Local Government Pension Scheme

The Border to Coast Pension Partnership has selected Northern Trust as to provide third-party administration and depositary services ahead of the looming April deadline for pooling.

Susan Martin says local government pension funds have made great strides in collaborating but there are still challenges ahead of the April deadline

Councillor Brenda Warrington has been appointed to lead the £23bn Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), following the recent passing away of Kieran Quinn.

South Tyneside Council and Northumberland County Council are setting up a shared administration service for their pension funds to improve efficiencies and benefit from greater economies of scale.

The Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund has confirmed it will pool some of its assets with the Local Pensions Partnership (LPP).

Hugh Grover will step down from his role as chief executive of the £5.6bn London Collective Investment Vehicle (CIV) at the end of next week.

The market value of funds for the English and Welsh local government pension schemes (LGPS) reached £259bn at the end of the 2016/17 financial year, official statistics show.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has called on the Scottish government to reform cessation debt rules in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

The central Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) pool has named John Burns as both its chief financial officer (CFO) and chief operating officer (COO).

Brunel Pension Partnership (BPP) is looking for a head of private markets to directly invest the pool in real estate, infrastructure, private equity, and debt.