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Launching our first local impact report

23 October 2025

We’re pleased to release our first local impact report. It shows the positive social and environmental impact Avon Pension Fund has had since it started investing locally in 2024.

Avon Pension Fund is changing who manages its investments

13 October 2025

Avon Pension Fund has decided to join a group called Local Pension Partnership Investments (LPPI). This is referred to as a pension pool.

Nothing changes for your LGPS pension, which remains secure and protected by government.

Publication of member survey results on Aerospace and Defence investments

9 October 2025

We’ve published results from a recent member survey which sought views on whether the Fund should continue or cease investing in Aerospace & Defence companies. The survey was conducted online with members between 4 - 22 September 2025.

The McCloud remedy and your LGPS pension

19 December 2023

The rules of the pension scheme changed on 1 October 2023 to address age discrimination. You may qualify for underpin protection if you were an active member of the LGPS on or before 1 April 2012 and active between 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2022. If you do qualify for underpin protection, you do not need to do anything we will write to you in due course.

Calling for action on climate change at COP28

12 December 2023

Councillor Paul Crossley, Chair of the Avon Pension Fund Committee and Councillor Shaun Stephenson-McGall, Committee Vice-Chair and Chair of the Investment Panel, are signatories to a letter calling for action on the global stocktake.

The McCloud judgment and your LGPS pension factsheet

21 April 2023

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has published a member factsheet - The McCloud judgment and your LGPS pension - that summarises the McCloud judgment and changes the Government are making to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

Our climate-focused investments are in the news

15 February 2023

Looking after our investments so we can pay all pensions in full, while working towards our net zero 2050 goal, are essential priorities for Avon Pension Fund. As we make good progress on reducing our investment portfolio’s carbon emissions, our innovative investment strategy has hit the news.