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A stubborn lack of purpose
Blogging is new to me, but I welcome the opportunity to set down some thoughts, observations and views on different aspects of the LGPS investment world. I’ll do my very best to stay away from...
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Social housing for LGPS funds?
Time for blog two – this time, some thoughts on ‘local’ investment. As a topic, it does seem to be a no-brainer. I’m sure local authorities throughout the UK would love to see more social housing and...
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Blogging, I’ve discovered, is not as easy as it looks. Coming up with topics that are vaguely interesting is going to be a bit of a challenge, I think, so for this instalment I thought I’d fall back on...
View ArticleInvestment returns Vs principles: and the winner is…
Back to the real, post-Olympics, world now, which is such a shame, since it was great living in a bubble where the daily news was led with positive stories of athletic endeavours, national pride and...
View ArticlePensions committees – are they really working?
A busy few weeks has seen me struggle to find some time for blogging but I’ve now managed to set aside an hour or so to put fingers to keyboard to write another entry. I thought I’d return to a topic...
View ArticleFund management costs – what lies beneath?
Winter, it would seem, has come early(ish) to the south of England. Whilst I’m not exactly freezing as I sit and write this latest blog entry, there is a nip in the air that reminds me of home, north...
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Bond price movement and tactical asset allocation
It has been some time since my last blog – almost 8 weeks now. I haven’t been sitting with my feet up, in case you were wondering. I did, however, escape the country for a very nice festive period...
View ArticleAre LGPS assets in safe hands?
Another train journey – this time heading down to London – and another opportunity to have a few uninterrupted hours to focus on work. These journeys have proved to be quite fruitful in terms of...
View ArticleDo LGPS consultants add any value?
I was recently sent a paper written by Jay Youngdahl, lab fellow at the Edmond J Safra Centre for Ethics at Harvard, entitled “Investment Consultants and Institutional Corruption”, which turned out to...
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