Local Government Pension Scheme

LGPS Central has appointed Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS) to run engagement and voting services for the investments of its nine local authority funds.

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) is in the process of convening an industry-wide group to take forward the work of the Institutional Disclosure Working Group (IDWG).

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has named its first three asset managers to oversee a circa £1.2bn UK equity portfolio.

Andrew Warwick-Thompson is to step down from his role as chief executive of LGPS Central next spring, the £45bn pool has announced.

The £30bn Brunel Pension Partnership has appointed Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS) to provide voting and engagement services.

The LGPS Access local authority pool has received approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for its global equity sub-fund.

The University of Manchester is consulting on closing its non-academic staff final salary fund to future accrual and enrolling new recruits into a defined contribution (DC) scheme.

Brunel Pension Partnership has selected MSCI to provide benchmark data for £10bn of its equity allocation.

The Brunel Pension Partnership has transitioned £6bn of local government pension scheme (LGPS) assets to Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM).

The London Borough of Lambeth Pension Fund has signed up to a £42m private-rented sector investments strategy with Invesco Real Estate.