Brexit could significantly alter pension funds' risk profiles

Stephanie Baxter
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Schemes with heavy allocation to UK equities that have high EU exposure could see major changes to their risk profiles following a Brexit, according to research.

Old Mutual Asset Management's Brexit, an Analysis of Economic Exposure report reveals the telecoms, information technology and consumer sectors had the highest European exposure in 2015 with 37.3%,...

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