All Merseyside Pension Fund articles
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UK Investment Summit: Speaker line-up revealed
The chief executives of the National Wealth Fund and the British Business Bank are to deliver keynote speeches at Pensions Expert’s UK Investment Summit on 27 February.
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NewsBrunel leads engagement with Shell over natural gas plans
Brunel Pension Partnership, Greater Manchester Pension Fund and Merseyside Pension Fund are among LGPS organisations collaborating in a bid to put pressure on oil giant Shell over its plans to expand liquified natural gas output.
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NewsMerseyside Pension Fund appoints new adviser
On the go: The £10.4bn Merseyside Pension Fund has appointed Redington to act as its strategic investment adviser.
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NewsLGPS responds to Israeli settlements database complaint
The Local Government Pension Scheme’s advisory board has provided an update regarding a database that lists companies active in the occupied Palestinian territories, after the UK Lawyers for Israel criticised the LGPS's summary of a January meeting with the then-UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Michael Lynk.
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NewsCampaigners oppose govt’s planned boycott ban
On the go: A coalition of 46 campaigning organisations has spoken out against anti-boycott legislation due in the next Queen’s Speech, which includes a ban on pension funds from pursuing politically motivating boycotts and divestments.
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NewsGLIL banks record £1.2bn fundraising for infra investment
On the go: Local Government Pension Scheme funds have stumped up £1.2bn towards GLIL Infrastructure for investment in UK infrastructure.
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NewsLGPS funds invest in clean tech fund, PPF bets on forestry
ESG spotlight: A roundup of the latest news on environmental, social and governance initiatives, including investment from Merseyside and South Yorkshire schemes in the Clean Growth Fund, the Pension Protection Fund raising its stakes in forestry and the Church of England Pensions Board leading a mining initiative.
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OpinionLGPS funds should not join the Israel boycott movement
Pension scheme trustees are currently discussing one of the easiest divestment decisions they will ever have to make.
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NewsMerseyside Pension Fund delays Israeli investments decision
Councillors responsible for the £10bn Merseyside Pension Fund have delayed a decision over its investments in companies active in occupied Palestinian territories.
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NewsPrudential reports itself to regulator over AVC failings
Prudential reported itself last year to the Pensions Regulator, as a perfect storm of IT problems and coronavirus-led disruption pushed customers looking to cash out their additional voluntary contributions into long delays.
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NewsActivists demand LGPS divestment from factory farming
Several Local Government Pension Scheme funds have come under pressure from animal rights activists over their exposure to factory farming, facing demands for divestment.