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Brunel Pension Partnership

Brunel Pension Partnership is one of eight UK Local Government Pension Scheme Pools, bringing together more than £35 billion of investments of ten likeminded funds: Avon, Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, the Environment Agency, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Somerset and Wiltshire.

Country

United Kingdom

AUM ($B, AS AT DATE OF ASSET ALLOCATION)

$40

Chief Executive

Laura Chappell

Chief Investment Officer

David Vickers

Chair

Sally Bridgeland

Asset allocation

Website

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Asset allocation as of September 30, 2023. All information is as per the most recent annual report or other publicly available data via the fund's website

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