West Midlands Pension Fund leads £1bn global sustainable equity mandate
The £16bn local pension fund has launched a sustainable equity framework, which is available to all schemes in the LGPS Central pool.
The £16bn Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) fund has launched a sustainable equity framework, which is now available to all schemes in the LGPS Central pool. The framework will award five investment...
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