Cashing in with outside experts - Councils are grappling with unprecedented cash surpluses mainly due to the freeing up of funds from transfers of housing stock. And they're looking for outside help to help them manage

Keeping a sense of balance - It's been a white-knuckle-ride this year for local government asset managers. Stock markets have soared, then plunged in a dead cat bounce. Meanwhile, the Local Government Pension Scheme was quietly and unspectacularly relaunched. So what is the outlook for 1999?

Powdrill, Tom,

Crash course for pensions - The crisis facing the public sector's unfunded pension schemes is escalating, with fire services and the police struggling to meet their commitments

Powdrill, Tom, (2001)

A nudge in the right direction? - Local authority pension funds are more cautious in their investments and choices of manager than the UK sector as a whole. Will the Myners inquiry change this?

Powdrill, Tom, (2001)