Pension funds still have "clout" in UK equity markets, despite holding a dwindling proportion of UK shares compared with foreign investors and institutional asset managers, according to the National Association of Pension Funds.
Schemes hold a lower proportion of company shares than in their heyday in the 1990s, controlling 5-10% of UK equities compared with their asset manager intermediaries' 40% stake, as highlighted in ...
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