Pension fund assets under management

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Dear Bedford Borough Council,

1) Please provide in Microsoft excel format for the end of the 2018/19 financial year:

a. the sum total of pension fund assets under management;

b. full details of what the Local Government Pension Fund currently invests in, including the full name and amounts of each fund, bond, institution and investment held, by asset class or category, including specific equities;

c. full details of any investments in: renewable energy, green technologies, social housing or community wealth building or low carbon funds.

I would like to receive this information in an unlocked excel sheet without protected cells (.xls). If you have to password protect the excel sheet, please can you also provide the password to the excel sheet.

2) Please provide any Local Government Pension Fund or Council policy or strategy statements, meeting minutes, investment principles, or Investment Strategy Statements that commit to reducing investments in fossil fuel producers or to decarbonise the Fund

If one part of the request can be answered sooner than others, please send that information first followed by any subsequent data. If you need further clarification, please contact me by email.

Yours faithfully,

Sarah Shoraka

Freedom of Information, Bedford Borough Council

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Dear Sarah Shoraka

 

Request pursuant to Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request No.15102

 

I refer to your recent enquiry for information held by the Council under
the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Under the
provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, the authority must state
whether or not the information exists and I can confirm that we do hold
the information you requested which has been answered below. 

 

Please find your request and our response below: 

 

1)    Please provide in Microsoft excel format for the end of the 2018/19
financial year:

a.    the sum total of pension fund assets under management;

b.    full details of what the Local Government Pension Fund currently
invests in, including the full name and amounts of each fund, bond,
institution and investment held, by asset class or category, including
specific equities;

c.    full details of any investments in: renewable energy, green
technologies, social housing or community wealth building or low carbon
funds.

 

Please find the data requested in the spreadsheet attached.

 

2)    Please provide any Local Government Pension Fund or Council policy
or strategy statements, meeting minutes, investment principles, or
Investment Strategy Statements that commit to reducing investments in
fossil fuel producers or to decarbonise the Fund.

There are a number of documents on our website under the “Responsible
Investment”.
This includes our Responsible investment policy, Investment Strategy
Statement (ISS), Investment beliefs statement, statement of Bedfordshire
Pension Fund regarding Fossil fuels.

 

[1]https://www.bedspensionfund.org/Fund_inf...

 

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

Andrea Bechtle

FOI & EIR Officer - Environment & Enabling Services
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Bedford Borough Council

Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street

Bedford, MK42 9AP

 

 

 

 

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