LGC Investment Seminar 2026 – pooling, valuations and local investment

This episode was recorded at the LGC Investment Seminar 2026 in Carden Park on 19-20 March. Joining Martin George, acting editor of Local Government Chronicle, are Rachel Brothwood, executive director of pensions at the West Midlands Pension Fund, and Matthew Graham, chief business development officer at the LPPI pool. They discuss some of the biggest current issues in the Local Government Pension Scheme, including progress on ‘completing’ the government’s pooling reforms, and three-yearly actuarial valuation of council pension funds. They also reflect on a topic that is becoming of ever greater importance to the LGPS: local investment. Read LGC's investment content at lgcplus.com/investment