Border to Coast launches £700m emerging markets fund

Durham, Surrey and Tyne and Wear LGPS funds have joined the pool’s £700m fund

Jasmine Urquhart
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Durham, Surrey and Tyne and Wear LGPS funds have joined Border to Coast's new emerging markets fund
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Durham, Surrey and Tyne and Wear LGPS funds have joined Border to Coast's new emerging markets fund

Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has launched a £700m emerging markets equity alpha fund on behalf of its 11 partner funds.

The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) pool, which manages more than £40bn of assets for 1.1 million members, said the new fund will complement its existing emerging markets proposition which w...

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