LGC Investment Series Podcast

Episode six of this LGC Investment Series Podcast is now live, and was recorded at the recent LGC Investment Seminar held at Carden Park in Cheshire between 30-31 March 2023. In this episode, Deputy Editor of LGC, Martin George, chats to Dafydd Edwards - County Fund Director at Gwynedd Pension Fund, ahead of his impending retirement. Dafydd was also awarded the LGC Investment Lifetime Achievement Awards at the event. The next LGC Investment event will be the LGC Pension Insight Symposium in Stratford upon Avon, between 13-14 July 2023. Find out more here: https://lgcpensioninsight.lgcplus.com/pensioninsightsymposium2023/en/page/home

Episode five of this LGC Investment Series Podcast is now live, and was recorded at the recent LGC Investment & Pensions Summit held in Leeds between 08-09 September 2022. In this episode, Deputy Editor of LGC, Martin George, chats to Mike O'Donnell - the Chief Executive Officer at London CIV. The next LGC Investment event will be the LGC Investment Seminar Scotland in Edinburgh, between 20-21 October. Find out more here: https://www.investmentseminarscotland.lgcplus.com

The fourth episode of the LGC Investment Series Podcast is live!  This one was recorded at the Investment Seminar which was held at Carden Park in Cheshire, between 25-25 March 2022, and features our interview with Jeff Houston as his retirement from the Local Government Pension Scheme Advisory Board approaches. Jeff is quizzed by LGC's deputy editor Martin George on all things LGPS including his blue sky thoughts about the next ten years - how many pools and funds will there be, and what impact will levelling up have? Also find out the answer to the question "What one thing was the biggest waste of time during your career?" - an answer a few people may be able to predict.  Jeff also tells us his opinion on the LGPS achieving net-zero emissiosn by 2050, some analysis on the impact of the conflict in Ukraine, and regales us with stories from his long career in local government pensions. The next LGC Investment event will be the Pension Insight Symposium which will be held in Stratford-upon-Avon in July. Visit https://lgcpensioninsight.lgcplus.com/ to find out more.

The third episode of our Investment Series Podcast was recorded at the LGC Investment Seminar 2020 which was held on 27 & 28 February at Carden Park Country Hotel in Cheshire. The episode is hosted once again by LGC Features Editor Martin George. Martin is joined by CIPFA's Associate Director, Andrew Burns, shortly before he delivered the closing session to the conference audience. Together they discuss the potential impact of COVID-19 (briefly), issues around pooling, and major infrastructure projects in the context of a new government.The next LGC Investment event will be the Pension Insight Symposium which will be held in Stratford-upon-Avon in July.Visit https://lgcpensioninsight.lgcplus.com/ to find out more.

This episode was recorded at the LGC Investment and Pensions Summit which was held at Celtic Manor in South Wales on 5 & 6 September 2019.LGC’s new Features Editor, Martin George, is joined by the Chief Executive of Brunel Pension Partnership, Dawn Turner, and Secretary to the Scheme Advisory Board, Jeff Houston.The trio discuss the key highlights from the two day Summit, including hot topics like collaboration cross-pools and sustainable investing. Also in this episode, we hear from Natalie Fee, Founder of City to Sea, as she sets the scene on climate change for the delegates. Find out more about Natalie’s journey and how City to Sea are connecting our actions to our oceans by visiting citytosea.org.uk.This podcast is bought to you by Minerva Analytics, the new name for Manifest. Minerva is Europe’s independent provider of global proxy voting, corporate governance & ESG-factor research. To learn more about our Sustainable Stewardship and Shareholder Voting services, please visit Minerva.info.

In the first episode of the LGC Investment Series Podcast, editor of LGC Nick Golding is joined by Denise Le Gal from BPP and Michael Marshall from LGPS. The three discuss ESG - what does it mean and how does it directly impact our world, and how funds can hold their pool to account. This episode was recorded at the LGC Pension Insight Symposium, sponsored by PIMCO, held between 11-12 July 2019. PIMCO is one of the world's premier fixed income investment managers. Find out more at pimco.co.uk