LGPS

Working with the Local Government Pension Scheme since 1981

We want to be known as a trusted partner to the LGPS, working to help you meet your fiduciary duty, paying the future pensions of millions of Local Government employees and other key workers.

Schroders has extensive experience working with the LGPS having managed your pension funds since 1981. Schroders currently manages over £13 billion* of assets for 54 local authority pension funds and seven Pools.

*as at 31 March 2024

Partnership

Through partnerships developed over the past 40 years, our commitment to the LGPS has given us an in-depth understanding of your specific investment, regulatory and policy challenges and opportunities.

Public and private markets

Benefit from our diversified and well-established capabilities in public and private markets across equity, fixed income, thematic, multi-asset, private equity, private debt, real estate, infrastructure and alternatives.

Sustainability and impact

We recognise the importance of sustainability, local impact and the net-zero pathway for the LGPS. We work closely in partnership with our clients in delivering our investment and public policy expertise focused on these objectives.

LGPS Survey 2023 - Room151 in association with Schroders

Schroders and Room151 have teamed up to launch a survey tracking investment trends and officer sentiment within the LGPS community. Discover the result findings and insights here. Look out for our 2024 survey launching in November.

Access private markets through our dedicated investment capability

Our specialist private markets division, Schroders Capital, offer access to a variety of investment opportunities across the equity, debt and real assets spectrum of private asset classes, where investors seek to capitalise on both the liquidity and the complexity premium through bespoke solutions and direct investment.

Schroders Capital

In the world of private markets, there are two kinds of investors: those who respond to change and those who lead it. Discover standout opportunities across private markets.

Locally-focused Renewable Infrastructure

In 2023, Schroders Greencoat closed the largest-ever commitment by UK local government pensions into locally-focused renewable infrastructure.

The bespoke mandate targets investments in a wide range of renewable energy technologies in the South-West of England, contributing to UK net-zero targets and impact goals of the Local Government Schemes.

  • Unique Partnership

    6 local authorities

  • Commitments

    £330m

  • Location

    South-West England

Private equity mandate

In January 2023, Schroders secured a private equity mandate in excess of £500m by the Wales Pension Partnership (WPP), a collaboration of the eight LGPS funds in Wales.

The Global Private Equity segregated mandate will have a global investment focus, allocating across a number of industries including Healthcare and Technology encompassing primaries, co-investments and secondaries within multiple sectors from venture to turnaround. 

  • Commitment

    £500mn

  • Partnership

    8 local authorities in Wales

  • Investment focus

    Global

Contact us

To find out more about our range of investment solutions and funds, please get in touch with your LGPS representative.