LGPS funds commit £80m to Gresham House BSIF strategy

Bedfordshire and Staffordshire pension funds commit to Gresham House sustainable strategy

Jasmine Urquhart
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LGPS investment into BSIF brings total capital to £400m for the sustainable strategy
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LGPS investment into BSIF brings total capital to £400m for the sustainable strategy

Bedfordshire and Staffordshire Pension Funds have committed £80m to the sustainable infrastructure (BSIF) strategy from Gresham House.

The "place-based impact investing" approach already has raised £400m for BSIF and its sidecar funds, with other Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds already showing interest in the sustaina...

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