Five stories you may have missed this week

Hope William-Smith
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This week’s top stories included Aon findings that the number of defined benefit schemes employing a sole trustee model is expected to double by 2025, while Scottish Widows invested £2bn as the inaugural investor in BlackRock’s new climate fund.

1) Sole trustees expect usage to double in next five years The number of defined benefit schemes employing a sole trustee model is expected to double over the next five years, according to an Ao...

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