LGPS pools

Northern LGPS has opened a procurement framework for property investment managers, mirroring existing collaboration agreements with local authority funds.

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has hired three people to its investment team and two to its research team following a series of new fund launches.

The £30bn Brunel Pension Partnership has hired CACEIS to provide cost transparency and benchmarking services across the partnership.

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has launched its first fixed income product with a £2.5bn sterling investment-grade credit fund.

A £1.2bn global investment-grade corporate bond fund has been launched by LGPS Central with four initial investors.

The £30bn Brunel Pension Partnership has called on asset managers to become more climate-aware or face removal from its portfolios.

The £45bn Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has launched its largest fund to date, with £5bn of Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) assets being allocated to global equity alpha.

LGPS Central has fully invested its inaugural private equity fund eight months on from its launch.

The Brunel Pension Partnership has launched an emerging markets sub-fund following the appointment of Genesis Investment Management, Wellington Management and Investec Asset Management as investment managers.