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Oxfordshire Pension Fund divests from UK and emerging markets over ESG concerns

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Oxfordshire County Council’s Pension Fund has sold off £250m of its existing UK and emerging markets funds due to environmental, social and governance (ESG)

LGPS allocations to UK plc have been at the forefront of a growing debate with the government nudging the scheme to invest more in stocks at home.

(Left to right: James Beaumont, Piers Hillier and Mark Davies, credit: Mark Flynn)