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Lisa Hampton is marketing manager at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA)
PLSA LOCAL AUTHORITY CONFERENCE 2022: LOCAL GOVERNMENT, GLOBAL IMPACT
13-15 June De Vere Cotswold Water Park
It looks set to be another major year for local government pension schemes (LGPS), with the likelihood of new cli- mate-related reporting requirements on the horizon, the pandemic’s long-term impact on scheme finances yet to be fully realised, and the government’s invitation to fuel an investment ‘big bang’ pending. After three long years we are delighted to reunite our LGPS members in person at the PLSA Local Authority Conference. The programme will cover all these topics and more, including the launch of the PLSA’s new research report into the future of the LGPS.
Last year many PLSA members attended our LGPS workshops where their thoughts and opinions contributed to our research programme on the challenges they face. They participated in roundta- bles and shared insights on the key issues that need to be addressed. Our findings will be presented at conference and we will share an analysis of your collective views and the policy implications. The conference session will include lead- ing LGPS practitioners giving their per- spectives on the measures needed to help local authority pension funds face the future with confidence. Most importantly,
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we will discuss the next steps that the PLSA will take with you to continuously develop this piece of work, and to repre- sent you and your needs to government, regulators and policymakers. Other topics that will be covered include responsible investment – what the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Dis- closures (TCFD) for the LGPS could and should look like – asset pooling in LGPS; the likely direction of travel for funds and pools; how pensions
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work in the LGPS, and how funds can get ready for them; enhancing user experi- ence and combating pension fraud – tech- nological advances for local authority administrators. We will also debate if the local government pension scheme is sus- tainable? And you will learn what to expect when you are implementing the McCloud judgement. We also have one of the most influential people in the public sector, Ben Page, global CEO for Ipsos, who will join us and look at all the ways in which the world is transforming, and rapidly.
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Sandra Stewart, director of pensions for the Greater Manchester Pension Fund, will talk to the PLSA’s Joe Dabrowski about how local authority pension funds will need to meet new requirements to report on climate change, regulations that are similarly being phased in for private sector schemes. They will discuss how TCFD works, how funds and pools can plan to report and lessons learned from the private sector.
The conference will not just be about pen- sions – for those delegates who do not mind an early start we have a birdwatch- ing walk at 7.15am on 14 June with our own expert, James Walsh, who will be happy to point out the dozens of bird spe- cies that live around the lake just outside the conference venue.
The event will conclude with the Confer- ence Gala Dinner – hosted by John Pien- aar, a former chief political correspondent for the BBC perhaps best known as the presenter of Pienaar’s Politics. It will be a great opportunity to catch up with friends and colleagues.
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