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Devon Pension Fund urges Brunel to act on Israel-linked investments

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The Devon Pension Fund, which has £6.2bn of assets, has called on Brunel Pension Partnership to review pooled investments linked to companies accused of complicity in Israeli human rights violations in occupied Palestine Territories (OPT), amid a proposed US takeover of Gaza.

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A motion, submitted to an Investment and Pension Fund Committee meeting by councillor J Hodgson , has urged the fund to divest from investments

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)