PIC adds to social housing portfolio with £72m PFI bond

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Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) has increased its allocated funds to social housing by purchasing £72m of bonds from Salford City Council.

The bonds back a private finance initiative (PFI) to fund the New Pendleton Social Housing project. This will see 1,270 homes be refurbished in the Salford area and maintained for 30 years. PIC was...

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