Agenda

1st October, 2025

15:30 – 15:35
Scheme Advisory Board Update

Speaker
Clair Alcock

Head of Pensions

LGA

15:35 – 16:30
Everyone’s talking about LGPS
The session will examine the competing demands on LGPS funds, emphasising the need to maintain transparency and focus on the shcme’s core purpose. Key themes will include managing surpluses responsibly, balancing prudence with employer pressures for contribution rate reductions during economic hardship, and ensuring inter-generational fairness as highlighted in the GAD report. The conversation will also address the importance of aligning local investment, growth strategies, and pooling reforms with the long-term sustainability and mission of the LGPS.

Moderator
Clair Alcock

Head of Pensions

LGA

Speakers
Michelle Doman

Senior Principal

Mercer


Garth Foster

Actuary

GAD


Robbie McInroy

Head of LGPS Client Consulting

Hymans Robertson

Speakers

Clair Alcock

Head of Pensions

LGA

Michelle Doman

Senior Principal

Mercer

Garth Foster

Actuary

GAD

Robbie McInroy

Head of LGPS Client Consulting

Hymans Robertson