Swansea pension fund switches £500m to low carbon strategy

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Swansea pension fund switches £500m to low carbon strategy

Swansea Local Government Pension Scheme becomes latest institutional investor to shift towards greener assets

The City and County of Swansea Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) will swap around a quarter of its assets to a low carbon fund by the end of the month, it has announced. The £2.1bn local authority...

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