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Short term UK interest rates likely to move higher than expected and remain high for longer Recent Sterling weakness is an opportunity to consider hedging non-GBP overseas assets Equity market weakness should be an opportunity to dynamically manage any equity protection hedges in place Last Friday’s UK’s Conservative Government Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng unveiled their ‘mini[…]

Please see below the updated link for our Modern Slavery Statement:[…]

Press Release Midlands-based Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Pool, LGPS Central, has published its 2021/22 annual report, showing that assets continue to be pooled positively by its eight Partner Funds, reaching a total of £28.5billion of assets under stewardship (comprising investments in pooled products, advisory and discretionary mandates), with achieved cumulative net investment cost savings[…]

We are privileged to have been nominated for a family friendly employer award with Personnel Today and we are one of only five organisations to be shortlisted. Our maternity, paternity and sickness absence are above industry standard, and our flexible working policy is in line with industry standard. We continue to review our hybrid working[…]

Dialogue is key to making a positive change in inclusion and diversity in investment management Two senior members of the LGPS Central Executive Team delivered a session on diversity and inclusion within the investment management industry at the recent LGC Symposium. Metrics shared as part of the presentation reflected a 60/40 ratio in gender distribution,[…]

We are now inviting applications for our third graduate cohort at LGPS Central Limited, providing a unique opportunity to work in the investment management industry in a broad range of areas.  Established in 2018, we are we’re a relatively young company dealing with combined assets of approximately £26 billion. For the right candidates there are[…]

We are proud to have secured the top spot in the Responsible Asset Allocator Initiative Awards and have been rated as a Leader in the 2021 Responsible Asset Allocator Initiative (RAAI) Index. We received a perfect score of 100% in this evaluation which is an improvement on our 2019-2020 score of 80% and 2nd quintile[…]

We have announced the successful launch of our £1 billion Global Sustainable Equities Active Fund with four local authority Partners investing at launch. The fund consists of three themed sub-funds covering broad, thematic and targeted funds that will be managed by Mirova, Liontrust and Baillie Gifford respectively. Managers were selected on their merit and their[…]