North Yorkshire scheme joins East Riding LGPS pool
The North Yorkshire Pension Fund (NYPF) has confirmed it is joining the local government pension investment pool led by East Riding, Cumbria, and Surrey.
The collaboration, which has been set up to meet the government's mandate to force funds to pool investments, also includes Warwickshire and more recently Lincolnshire. A spokesperson from North Yorkshire...
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