Budget 2011: Investors welcome Green Bank announcement

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Global institutional investors have welcomed Chancellor George Osborne's confirmation that £3bn will be provided to fund a Green Investment Bank in today's Budget.

The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, whose members include ATP, BlackRock, BT Pension Scheme, First Swedish National Pension Fund and the London Pensions Fund Authority, said the de...

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