{"id":44213,"date":"2015-08-21T00:15:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T22:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/mobilite\/london-pensions-fund-authority-names-acting-chairman\/"},"modified":"2015-08-21T00:15:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T22:15:59","slug":"london-pensions-fund-authority-names-acting-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/asset-management\/mobilite\/london-pensions-fund-authority-names-acting-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"London Pensions Fund Authority names acting Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The<br \/>\nLPFA<br \/>\nrecently<br \/>\nannounced<br \/>\nits<br \/>\nintention<br \/>\nto<br \/>\nmove<br \/>\nforward<br \/>\nwith<br \/>\na<br \/>\n\u00a310bn<br \/>\npartnership<br \/>\nwith<br \/>\nLancashire<br \/>\nCounty<br \/>\nPension<br \/>\nFund,<br \/>\nwhich<br \/>\nwill<br \/>\ninitially<br \/>\nbe<br \/>\nknown<br \/>\nas<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nLancashire<br \/>\nand<br \/>\nLondon<br \/>\nPensions<br \/>\nPartnership<br \/>\n(LLPP).<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nannouncement,<br \/>\nLPFA<br \/>\nChief<br \/>\nExecutive,<br \/>\nSusan<br \/>\nMartin<br \/>\nsaid: <em>\u201cAs<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nLPFA<br \/>\nmoves<br \/>\nforward<br \/>\nwith<br \/>\nits<br \/>\nvarious<br \/>\npartnerships<br \/>\nincluding<br \/>\nwith<br \/>\nLancashire<br \/>\nCounty<br \/>\nand<br \/>\nGreater<br \/>\nManchester<br \/>\nPension<br \/>\nFunds,<br \/>\nSir<br \/>\nMerrick\u2019s<br \/>\nskills<br \/>\nand<br \/>\nleadership<br \/>\nare<br \/>\nof<br \/>\ngreat<br \/>\nimportance.<br \/>\nHe<br \/>\nwill<br \/>\ncontinue<br \/>\nto<br \/>\nlead<br \/>\nour<br \/>\ndiscussions<br \/>\nwith<br \/>\nLancashire<br \/>\nand<br \/>\nother<br \/>\nLocal<br \/>\nGovernment<br \/>\nFunds<br \/>\nand<br \/>\npush<br \/>\nfor<br \/>\ncollaboration<br \/>\nacross<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nsector.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sir<br \/>\nMerrick<br \/>\nhas<br \/>\nunrivalled<br \/>\nknowledge<br \/>\nof<br \/>\nlocal<br \/>\ngovernment<br \/>\nand<br \/>\ninfrastructure<br \/>\nfunding,<br \/>\nhaving<br \/>\nbeen<br \/>\nappointed<br \/>\nearlier<br \/>\nin<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nyear<br \/>\nas<br \/>\nChairman<br \/>\nof<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nUK<br \/>\nMunicipal<br \/>\nBonds<br \/>\nAgency,<br \/>\nan<br \/>\ninitiative<br \/>\nformed<br \/>\nby<br \/>\nlocal<br \/>\ngovernment<br \/>\nto<br \/>\nassist<br \/>\nwith<br \/>\nraising<br \/>\ncapital<br \/>\ncost<br \/>\neffectively.<br \/>\nHe<br \/>\nwas<br \/>\nalso<br \/>\nrecently<br \/>\nnamed<br \/>\nas<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nChair<br \/>\nof<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nCrossrail2<br \/>\nGrowth<br \/>\nCommission.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking<br \/>\nabout<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nfuture<br \/>\ndirection<br \/>\nof<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nLPFA<br \/>\nand<br \/>\nhis<br \/>\nrole,<br \/>\nSir<br \/>\nMerrick<br \/>\nsaid:<br \/>\n<em>\u201cIt\u2019s<br \/>\nan<br \/>\nexciting<br \/>\ntime<br \/>\nto<br \/>\nbe<br \/>\nleading<br \/>\nLPFA<br \/>\nas<br \/>\nwe<br \/>\nare<br \/>\ntake<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nunprecedented<br \/>\nstep<br \/>\nof<br \/>\npooling<br \/>\ntwo<br \/>\nof<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nlargest<br \/>\npension<br \/>\nfunds<br \/>\nin<br \/>\nlocal<br \/>\ngovernment.<br \/>\nAs<br \/>\njoint<br \/>\nshareholders<br \/>\nwith<br \/>\nLancashire<br \/>\nin<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nLLPP<br \/>\nwe<br \/>\nhave<br \/>\nbeen<br \/>\nworking<br \/>\nclosely<br \/>\ntogether<br \/>\non<br \/>\nevery<br \/>\nfacet<br \/>\nof<br \/>\nits<br \/>\ndevelopment<br \/>\nand<br \/>\nwe<br \/>\nexpect<br \/>\nthis<br \/>\nto<br \/>\ncontinue<br \/>\ngoing<br \/>\nforward.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nformation<br \/>\nof<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nLLPP<br \/>\nis<br \/>\nwell<br \/>\nunderway,<br \/>\nwith<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nprocess<br \/>\nof<br \/>\nappointing<br \/>\nan<br \/>\nIndependent<br \/>\nChair<br \/>\nand<br \/>\nNon-\u00ad?Executive<br \/>\nDirectors<br \/>\nto<br \/>\nits<br \/>\nBoard<br \/>\nin<br \/>\nadvanced<br \/>\nstages.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nLPFA<br \/>\nand<br \/>\nLancashire<br \/>\nCountry<br \/>\nPension<br \/>\nFund<br \/>\nalso<br \/>\nrecently<br \/>\nannounced<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\ncreation<br \/>\nof<br \/>\na<br \/>\nStrategic<br \/>\nInvestment<br \/>\nAdvisory<br \/>\nBoard<br \/>\nthat<br \/>\nwill<br \/>\nreport<br \/>\nin<br \/>\nto<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\ninvestment<br \/>\nfunction<br \/>\nof<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nLLPP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London<br \/>\nPensions<br \/>\nFund<br \/>\nAuthority<br \/>\ntoday<br \/>\nannounced<br \/>\nthat<br \/>\nSir<br \/>\nMerrick<br \/>\nCockell<br \/>\nwill<br \/>\ntake<br \/>\nover<br \/>\nas<br \/>\nits<br \/>\nacting<br \/>\nChairman.<br \/>\nThe<br \/>\nposition<br \/>\nis<br \/>\na<br \/>\nnatural<br \/>\nprogression<br \/>\nfor<br \/>\nSir<br \/>\nMerrick,<br \/>\nwho<br \/>\njoined<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nLPFA<br \/>\nBoard<br \/>\nin<br \/>\nOctober<br \/>\n2010<br \/>\nand,<br \/>\nas<br \/>\nits<br \/>\nDeputy<br \/>\nChairman<br \/>\nsince<br \/>\nJanuary<br \/>\n2013,<br \/>\nhas<br \/>\nsteered<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\norganisation<br \/>\nthrough<br \/>\nmuch<br \/>\nof<br \/>\nits<br \/>\nstrategic<br \/>\nshift.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":44211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1479],"tags":[1655,1651,1437,2094,2044],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44213"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}