Exclusive: Schemes cannot view divestment as 'binary'

Aon issues a warning to pension schemes over the role of divestment

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Exclusive: Schemes cannot view divestment as 'binary'

Pension schemes must not view divestment as a “binary issue” and should determine where they sit on the spectrum between engagement and divestment in order to achieve objectives, according to Aon.

Its new report today (7 February), The Divestment Dilemma, found that determining an approach to divestment is a "key topic for pension scheme trustees," and as regulatory drivers accelerate, will ...

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