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Pension fund investment regulations could be 'disastrous'

Forcing pension funds to follow UK foreign policy when making investment decisions could be ‘disastrous,’ according to the chair of the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum.

By Sam Clayden | 15 February 2016

Forcing pension funds to follow UK foreign policy when making investment decisions could be ‘disastrous,' according to the chair of the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF).

The Government has announced plans to strip councils and pension funds of the right to boycott trade on political grounds, insisting their decisions must be compatible with British foreign policy.  

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