Local Government Chronicle
15 episodes listed below
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Local Government Chronicle’s new Investment Series Podcast is all about local government pension fund investment.
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It connects pension policy to the governance, returns and local consequences that determine how public funds actually invest.
Martin George turns policy uncertainty around the Local Government Pension Scheme into focused conversations with fund leaders, scheme figures and investment managers.
Lincolnshire's pension fund has a question for your 'invest locally' instinct: how local is local?
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LGPS reform meets the practical limits of governance, diversification, and local investment.
Recorded at the LGC Investment and Pension Summit 2024 in Birmingham, this episode frames the new government's LGPS reforms as a practical test of what funds can actually absorb.
A practical look at turning net zero ambition into local investment reality.
The episode takes a familiar policy goal, net zero transition, and brings it down to the local level for LGPS funds, councils, investors, and the communities meant to feel the payoff. That focus is the main strength here.
Pooling works here because the practical compromises are discussed plainly.
This seminar-stage conversation treats LGPS pooling as a governance problem, not a slogan. Debbie Fielder and Philip Latham work through how Welsh funds balance shared vehicles with distinct responsible-investment positions, and the discussion is strongest when it moves from…
A practical look at how post-election policy pressure could shape LGPS investment decisions.
Recorded at the LGC Pension Insights Symposium in Winchester exactly one week after the election, this episode examines how the new government may shape the LGPS and its investment choices.
Demetri Kofinas interviews specialists on geopolitics, energy markets, AI, and finance at length.
BBC's daily business show, from toy-industry founders to Anthropic's Pentagon standoff.
Martin George records from Birmingham at the LGC Investment and Pension Summit 2024.
LGC Pension Insights 2024 - Government and LGPS
Bruce Miller, CIO at Lothian Pension Fund, discusses the state of Scotland's Local Government Pension Scheme, including challenges like climate change, investment diversification, and political pressures.
This episode features an interview with Debbie Fielder and Philip Latham from Cluid Pension Fund, recorded at the LGC Investment Seminar.
Martin George records from the LGC Investment Seminar at Carden Park in Cheshire and sets the episode around a clear tension.
Local investment is the practical test.
Local investment gets a mostly warm reception, then the details start tugging at it.
Discussion on sustainable finance and the crossroads facing the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with two experienced investors.
Chair of the LGPS Advisory Board discusses government proposals for the future of the Local Government Pension Scheme and pooling.
An interview with Daffod Edwards, County Fund Director at Gwynedd Pension Fund, discussing his career and changes in the Local Government Pension Scheme.
An interview with Mike O'Donnell, CEO of London CIV, discussing pension fund pooling and investment challenges.
An interview with Geoff Houston, Secretary to the LGPS Advisory Board, discussing his career and current issues in local government pension fund investment.
Discussion with Andrew Burns on long-term sustainability and ESG issues facing the Local Government Pension Scheme.
A podcast episode from the LGC Investment Series discussing key themes in local government pension fund investment, featuring expert interviews from a summit.
This episode covers ESG investing and accountability between pension pools and funds, recorded at the LGC Pension Insight Symposium.