2024 Winners

LGPS categories

Pool of the Year

Winner- Local Pensions Partnership Investments

  • ACCESS Pool
  • Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
  • Brunel Pension Partnership
  • Local Pensions Partnership Investments
  • London CIV

Fund of the year (small)

Winner- Scottish Borders Council Pension Fund

  • City & County of Swansea Pension Fund
  • Scottish Borders Council Pension Fund
  • Norfolk Pension Fund
  • Westminster City Council

Fund of the year (large)

Winner- Essex Pension Fund

  • Essex Pension Fund
  • Greater Manchester Pension Fund
  • Lancashire County Pension Fund
  • NILGOSC
  • North East Scotland Pension Fund
  • South Yorkshire Pensions Authority
  • Strathclyde Pension Fund

ESG innovation

Winner- Wales Pension Partnership

  • Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
  • Cumbria Pension Fund - Westmorland and Furness Council
  • Essex Pension Fund
  • Greater Manchester Pension Fund
  • LGPS Central
  • London Borough of Lewisham Pension Fund
  • Wales Pension Partnership
  • Wiltshire Pension Fund

Innovation in investment

Winner - Wiltshire Pension Fund

  • Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
  • Norfolk Pension Fund
  • South Yorkshire Pensions Authority
  • Wiltshire Pension Fund

Innovation in administration

Winner- West Yorkshire Pension Fund

  • Essex Pension Fund
  • Greater Manchester Pension Fund
  • LPPA
  • NILGOSC
  • West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Rising star - LGPS

Winner- Ruby Vuong, Westminster City Council

  • Ellen Edwards - North East Scotland Pension Fund
  • Emma Hebblethwaite - LPPA
  • Chris van der Merwe - Brunel Pension Partnership
  • Ruby Vuong - Westminster City Council
  • Jack Yonge - LGPS Central

Outstanding individual contribution - LGPS

Winner - Debra Keeling, Norfolk Pension Fund

  • Louise Campbell - North East Scotland Pension Fund
  • Debra Keeling - Norfolk Pension Fund
  • Faith Ward - Brunel Pension Partnership

Service Provider categories

Fund manager of the year

Winner - Gresham House

  • Allspring Global Investments
  • Gresham House
  • HarbourVest Partners
  • Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
  • RBC BlueBay Asset Management
  • T. Rowe Price

Lawyer of the year

Winner - Eversheds Sutherland

  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Squire Patton Boggs

Consultant/actuary of the year

Winner - Barnett Waddingham

  • Aon
  • Barnett Waddingham
  • Hymans Robertson

Private markets manager

Winner - Gresham House

Highly Commended - HarbourVest Partners

  • Adams Street Partners
  • GLIL Infrastructure
  • Gresham House
  • HarbourVest Partners
  • Hines
  • IFM Investors
  • Invesco
  • Pluto Finance
  • Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners

Sustainability manager

Winner - Gresham House

Highly Commended - Jupiter Asset Management

  • AXA Investment Managers
  • Gresham House
  • Guinness Global Investors
  • Jupiter Asset Management 
  • Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
  • T. Rowe Price

Impact manager

Winner - Gresham House

Highly Commended - Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners

  • CBRE Investment Management
  • Cheyne Capital
  • Edmond de Rothschild REIM
  • Gresham House
  • Octopus Investments
  • Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
  • WHEB Asset Management

Rising star - service provider

Winner - Iain Campbell, Hymans Robertson

  • Jack Burnham - Octopus Investments
  • Iain Campbell - Hymans Robertson
  • Charlie Sheridan - Redington

Outstanding individual contribution - service provider

Winner - Sam Gervaise-Jones, bfinance

  • Sam Gervaise-Jones - bfinance
  • Abbie Llewellyn-Waters - Jupiter Asset Management
  • Guinevere Taylor - Cardano