Skip to content
Feature Image - woman Smiling

News

View all the latest news and updates from NILGOSC.

Search NILGOSC news

NILGOSC news

Image: Logo: Department for communities

Department for Communities propose to change the date of the annual revaluation in the Local Government Pension Scheme (Northern Ireland)

The Department for Communities is consulting on changes to the LGPS Regulations (NI) 2014 to change the annual revaluation date from 1 April to 6 April.

Image: MoneyHelper: Find a Way forward

Coping with the rising cost-of-living

New research suggests that over 12 million people are now borrowing money for food or essential bills and half of them are doing so for the first time in their lives.

Image: Voting box

NILGOSC’s 2021/22 voting record published

NILGOSC seeks to improve corporate behaviour and protect shareholder value by exercising its right to vote

Image, logo: TCFD - Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures

NILGOSC issues its 2022 TCFD-aligned Climate-related Disclosures report

NILGOSC has voluntarily reported against the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) for the second year, today publishing its report for the year ended 31 March 2022.

Image: Banner: "We are proud to endorse advance" PRI - Principles for Responsible Investment Advance

NILGOSC endorses PRI stewardship initiative for human rights and social issues.

In December 2022, the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) formally launched Advance – a new stewardship initiative designed for institutional investors to work together with the overall objective of advancing human rights through stewardship.

Image: character illustration: Family asking questions

Pension Information Sessions for Members

NILGOSC has scheduled three pension information sessions in January 2023. Each session will last about 90 minutes and will be held via MS Teams. The sessions are designed to assist members when planning for their future retirement.

Image: half Thumbnail: Annual report and accounts 2021/22

NILGOSC publishes 2021/22 Annual Report

This publication provides detailed information on the performance of the Scheme, accountability reports and financial statements.

Image: Logo: Prudential

Annual Review of AVCs with Prudential

NILGOSC has completed its annual review of the Scheme’s AVC arrangement with Prudential.

Image: CDP logo. Disclosure. Insight. Action.

NILGOSC backs CDP campaign asking big emitters to meet 1.5°C goal

NILGOSC joined a group of 318 financial institutions and multinational firms, with $37 trillion USD in assets, in calling on over 1,000 of the world’s highest impact businesses to commit to and set a science-based target aligned with 1.5°C temperature scenarios.

Image: Logo: Pension attention: Pay your pension some attention

It’s Pension Awareness Week!

Time to pay your pension some attention

Image: Logo: The investor agenda Accelerating Action for a Net-zero Emissions Economy

NILGOSC supports the 2022 Global Investor Statement on Climate

NILGOSC is pleased to announce that it has signed the 2022 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis, to urge global governments to raise their ambition on climate policy.

Image: Bank Of England

Recent financial market turbulence will not affect the value of your NILGOSC pension

NILGOSC has issued a statement to reassure its members who may be concerned by some comments in the media about pension funds