As the government taps into school pension savings to fund teachers’ pay, experts warn the move could set a precedent for future claims on the LGPS surplus.

A new tier of “advanced” mayoral authorities should be granted full fiscal governance and enhanced borrowing powers as part of moves to bolster devolution across ...

Several such risks were highlighted last week (17 September) at the event in London, including the risk of losing sight of context and human ...

Strong US equity market performance has been a key driver of LGPS investment returns in recent years, but LGPS investors are now considering if it is time to broaden their stock selection.

Pressure is growing on the government to rethink exceptional financial support (EFS), with leading academic and advisor Tony Travers calling it successive governments’ “most disgraceful policy”.

The lack of competence within some mayoral areas is the “single most immediate challenge” to devolution, according to former Treasury minister Lord Jim O’Neill.

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This year’s Room15 LGPS North conference attracted some 50 industry representatives from the North of the UK to discuss how their investment portfolios can adapt to a rapidly changing landscape.

Having struggled to take off since its founding in 2014, the UK Municipal Bonds Agency (UKMBA) is now closed to new business, but what went wrong? Please subscribe or ...

A new local government funding formula must be based on deprivation levels and updating the council tax base, according to Sir Stephen Houghton, chair of SIGOMA, whose organisation launched a report ...

LGPS pool Border to Coast has appointed Sally Ronald, a former official at the Department for Business and Trade, to lead its research team.