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Making Our Pledge on World Menopuse Day

Making Our Pledge on World Menopuse Day

Posted October 18, 2022

On World Menopause Day, we take great pride in being a signatory of the Menopause Workplace Pledge. We remain committed to this along with our involvement with the Diversity Project to address this previously little discussed, but widely impacting topic. A small group of employees started a support group ‘MenTea’ last year attended by both[…]

Reflections on current UK Market Volatility from CIO, Gordon Ross

Reflections on current UK Market Volatility from CIO, Gordon Ross

Posted September 29, 2022

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[…]

LGPS Central Drives Forward in Realising the Benefits of Pooling

LGPS Central Drives Forward in Realising the Benefits of Pooling

Posted September 1, 2022

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[…]

Family Friendly Award Nomination

Family Friendly Award Nomination

Posted August 12, 2022

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[…]

Diversity and Inclusion in Investment Management

Diversity and Inclusion in Investment Management

Posted July 19, 2022

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,[…]

Welcoming Applications for our 2022 Graduate Scheme

Welcoming Applications for our 2022 Graduate Scheme

Posted May 26, 2022

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[…]

Responsible Asset Allocation Initiative Award

Responsible Asset Allocation Initiative Award

Posted May 26, 2022

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[…]

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