Social finance lures in occupational funds

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Local authority pension funds should start "dipping their toe" into social investment projects and allocating small portions of their portfolios to the asset class, delegates heard.

Increases to the quality of social investment opportunities and the potential for a surge in the oversight of new funds are decreasing the risks for schemes, speakers at a roundtable on social fina...

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