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LGPS funds mull cuts to employer contributions as Trump slump poses new challenges

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Falling stock market prices and the prospect of rate hikes are putting pressure on LGPS asset values just as a growing number of funds are considering cutting employer contribution rates.

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With LGPS funds having passed the cut-off date for their triennial valuation, many are now looking at reducing contribution rates, according to Hymans Robertson,

Volatile stock markets ahead of US president Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ speech could weigh on asset price estimates for the LGPS triennial valuation.

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