LAPF’s - what have they really done for us?

…..aka the Life of Brian.

With unashamed bias, I am always delighted to shine a line on our excellent speakers, way beyond the timeline of any RAO conference they’ve been part of, especially when it showcases Innovation, Collaboration & Leadership, as it is today.

Former - and future (#RAOEurope24) speaker Jamie Broderick of III posts an interesting piece on LinkedIN today, shining a light on the ESG value of LGPS’s featuring a video from the talented team at Brunel Pension Partners, whose leaders have been a tour de force at previous RAO conferences around the globe. Jamie writes:

If you still aren't sure if UK's local authority pension funds are able to invest to create local impact, especially after pooling, this video (4 mn) from LGPS pension pool Brunel Pension Partnership Limited explains how they invest locally for a world worth living in.

CIO David Vickers and CEO Laura Chappell describe how targeting positive impact is successfully interwoven into their financial objectives. As Vickers says, "There is no trade-off between investing for a purpose and investing for a financial return, the two are very much interlinked."

Brunel manages money for ten local authority pension funds across the South West, and even after pooling assets across that region, the pension pool is able to work with individual pension funds to create opportunity in their specific area, especially in housing and renewable energy, as described by Jayne Kirkham, who chairs the Cornwall Pension Fund.

https://lnkd.in/epS7d3Sa

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Saskia Secker Oscar Kingsbury PGIM Real Estate Impact Investing Institute Pensions for Purpose