Major Local Government Pension Scheme consolidation is on the cards as part of a radical shake-up of the pensions market aimed at generating long-term investment.
The Labour Party’s landslide election victory on the promise of “change” will not lead to big differences in the government’s approach to fiscal policy, analysts at ratings agency Fitch have...
Oxfordshire County Council chief executive Martin Reeves explains why unlocking the investment needed to deliver environmental activity at scale is critical to every decision-maker in the public...
Depressed investment and slower economic growth caused by Brexit have wiped £140bn off the UK economy compared with if the country stayed in the European Union, researchers have claimed.
A Local Government Pension Scheme pool that handles assets for 11 local government pension schemes has launched a second series of its private markets programme, including a distinct climate-related...
We are living through uncertain economic times. This week, a group of chief investment officers gathered to discuss some of the main global issues which are likely to impact their decisions in coming...
The Covid-19 pandemic strengthens the argument that human capital investment can help build a healthy and prosperous society, argues senior fellow at the Health Foundation Dave Finch.
Ambitious plans to expand early learning and childcare in Scotland could be undermined by risks around infrastructure and workforce, auditors have warned.
Treasury management takes a new turn as local authorities knit investment strategy with local growth, social and regeneration ambitions. Karen Day reports.
Peter Hetherington looks at whether county councils have missed a trick in failing to exploit agricultural land that could represent a solid, long-term investment.
An independent Scotland could become a bridge between the EU and the UK, and a “magnet for global investment”, first minister Nicola Sturgeon is expected to tell the SNP’s annual conference this...
Amid huge uncertainty about funding services beyond 2020, councils are turning to commercial property as an income stream, but are they managing the risks? Rachel Willcox reports.
Councils have been granted a statutory override on accounting changes to pooled investments for five years, despite most stakeholders opposing a time-limited period.
Council pension funds can do more to help promote ethical behaviour in the companies they invest in, which would benefit members as well as local residents.
The ongoing fiscal squeeze is encouraging public bodies of all shapes and sizes to reassess how they use, and might benefit from, the properties on their books
