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Defined Benefit, Investment, LGPS, Mansion House, Private pensions

Where next for LGPS pooling?

The Government is frustrated at the slow pace of LGPS pooling. Since the eight LGPS pools were set up in 2015, the Government has been pushing for 100% pooling. However, as of March 2024, only 45% of LGPS assets are invested through pools (HMT, 2024). The level of…
Housing, Poverty, Retirement

Renting is a lifelong issue and housing supply is a big part of the solution

I was so interested to read the Resolution Foundation’s (RF) Housing Outlook 2024, which highlighted that increases in Housing Costs are increasingly pushing poorer families with children below the poverty line. The RF pointed to more children growing up in the private rental sector as a key determinant…