Winners 2025

LGPS Categories

ESG Innovation

Winner: North East Scotland Pension Fund

Highly commended: LGPS Central

Finalist:

  • East Sussex Pension Fund
  • Hackney LBC

Fund of the Year (large)

Winner: Lothian Pension Fund

Finalist:

  • North East Scotland Pension Fund
  • South Yorkshire Pensions Authority
  • Strathclyde Pension Fund
  • Surrey Pension Fund
  • West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Fund of the Year (small)

Winner: Gloucestershire Pension Fund

Highly commended: Scottish Borders Council Pension Fund

Finalist:

  • Cumbria Pension Fund, administered by Westmorland and Furness Council
  • Wiltshire Pension Fund

Innovation in Administration

Winner: North East Scotland Pension Fund

Highly commended: West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Finalist:

  • Essex Pension Fund
  • Greater Manchester Pension Fund
  • Haringey Pension Fund
  • LPPA
  • Peninsula Pensions
  • West Northamptonshire Council Pensions Team

Innovation in Investment

Winner: Wales Pension Partnership

Finalist:

  • Hackney LBC
  • LGPS Central
  • London CIV
  • National LGPS Frameworks
  • West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Outstanding Individual Contribution - LGPS

Winner: Jenna Watt - North east Scotland Pension Fund

Finalist:

  • Allison McGuinness -  Cumbria Pension Fund administered by Westmorland and Furness Council
  • Max Townshend -  LPPI

Pool of the Year

Winner: LGPS Central

Finalist:

  • Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
  • London CIV
  • LPPI

Rising Star - LGPS

Winner: Sallie Wilson - ACCESS

Highly commended: Amanda Luk - City of London Corporation

Finalist:

  • Noah Cuthbert - North East Scotland Pension Fund
  • Christopher Gautret  - LGPS Central
  • Euan Hill - South Yorkshire Pensions Authority
  • Sean Hunt - North East Scotland Pension Fund
  • William Moffat - Gloucestershire Pension Fund
  • Oliver Pick - LGPS Central

Service Provider Categories

Consultant/Actuary of the Year

Winner: Redington, a Gallagher company

Finalist:

  • Barnett Waddingham
  • Hymans Robertson
  • Mercer

Fund Manager of the Year

Winner: CBRE Investment Management

Highly commended: Gresham House

Finalist:

  • HarbourVest
  • I Squared Capital
  • Mondrian Investment Partners
  • Montanaro Asset Management
  • Newcore Capital
  • Quoniam Asset Management

Impact Manager

Winner: Gresham House

Finalist:

  • AlphaReal
  • CBRE Investment Management
  • Franklin Templeton
  • Octopus Capital
  • Pluto Finance

Lawyer of the Year

Winner: Squire Patton Boggs

Finalist:

  • Burges Salmon
  • CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
  • Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd

Outstanding Individual Contribution - Service Provider

Winner: Mark Solomon - Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd

Finalist:

  • Con Hargrave - Hymans Robertson
  • Bill Manahan - Downing

Private Markets Manager

Winner: Gresham House

Finalist:

  • Adams Street Partners
  • AlphaReal
  • Blue Owl Capital
  • GLIL Infrastructure
  • HarbourVest
  • IFM Investors
  • Pluto Finance
  • Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners

Rising Star - Service Provider

Winner: Charlie Sheridan - Redington, a Gallagher company

Finalist:

  • Pippa Rudling - Jupiter Asset Management
  • Maria Vaggione - AlphaReal

Sustainability Manager

Winner: Gresham House

Highly commended: Storebrand Asset Management

Finalist:

  • AlphaReal
  • AXA Investment Managers
  • Fiera Capital
  • Impax Asset Management
  • Jupiter Asset Management
  • T. Rowe Price