UK equity investments halve in a decade

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Pension scheme investment into UK equities has more than halved over the past decade as funds move into bonds and index-linkers, figures show.

UK equity investment accounted for 51% of UK pension portfolios in 2000 but last year made up just 23.7%, research from BNY Mellon reveals. Debt investment has benefitted with bond investment ri...

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