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FEATURED: The ACCESS Pool is seeking to appoint two Private Equity Allocators

The ACCESS Pool, which consists of assets totalling c.£35bn on behalf of participating Pension Funds, is seeking to appoint two Private Equity allocators.


17th March 2022

ACCESS LGPS Investment Pool launches four new sub-funds to pool a further £3.2bn

The assets invested by the constituent schemes brings the total ACCESS Pool assets under management to £33.1bn.
Four new externally managed funds enhance the fixed income and UK equity solutions for the 11 Local Authorities.

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14th March 2022

ACCESS Joint Committee agrees observer proposals

At its meeting on Monday 7 March 2022, the ACCESS Joint Committee (JC) agreed proposals enabling each ACCESS Authority’s Local Pension Board (LPB) to send two observers, on a rotational basis, to Joint Committee meetings.

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9th March 2022

ACCESS Joint Committee statement on Russian invasion of Ukraine

The ACCESS Joint Committee met on Monday 7 March 2022.

At that meeting the 11 Local Authorities that make up the ACCESS Pool unanimously condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the strongest possible terms.

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13th January 2022

ACCESS LGPS Pool appoints MJ Hudson as implementation advisor for pooling of illiquid assets

The ACCESS Pool has this month appointed MJ Hudson, the specialist service provider to the asset management industry, as implementation advisor for the pooling of illiquid assets, including private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate.

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3rd March 2021

ACCESS LGPS Pool appoints Minerva as ESG adviser

Minerva Analytics will be helping ACCESS with a comprehensive review and revision of the pool’s responsible investment guidelines to ensure they capture the very latest thinking on Environmental Social and Governance (ESG), Stewardship and Climate Change issues.

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8th February 2021

ACCESS LGPS Investment Pool adds £5.5bn with the launch of seven new sub-funds

ACCESS LGPS Investment Pool adds £5.5bn with the launch of seven new sub-funds

The assets invested by the constituent schemes brings the total ACCESS Pool assets under management to £31bn1
Seven externally managed funds invest in a range of global equities and bonds

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16th August 2019

Appointment of Director for ACCESS Support Unit

ACCESS have announced Kevin McDonald as Interim Director for the ACCESS Support Unit. Please read the press release ACCESS Director.

As Interim Director, Kevin McDonald will lead the ACCESS Support Unit, managing the development and strategy of the ACCESS Pool.

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15th February 2019

The ACCESS LGPS Investment Pool transfers £7.4 billion into new sub-funds

Link Fund Solutions Ltd has recently launched a further tranche of Sub-Funds to bring the ACCESS ACS Pooled investments total to £8.6 billion, with additional pooling achieved by consolidating its index tracking investments now valued at £10.1 billion.

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10th December 2018

Press Release: Link Fund Solutions announces search for a Global Equity Manager for the LGPS ACCESS Pool

Link Fund Solutions have announced that they are working in partnership with Russell Investment Management to appoint a Global Equity Manager for the LGPS ACCESS Pool.

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