Today's announcement comes as part of ongoing discussions about local government pensions schemes. (politics.co.uk)
R (Palestine Solidarity Campaign) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2017] EWHC 1502, [2017] 1 WLR 4611, [2017] Pens LR 17 The Secretary of State's guidance to local government pension scheme authorities, to the effect that they were not entitled to take into account non-financial factors in their investment decisions where this was contrary to UK foreign or defence policy, was unlawful. (11kbw.com)
Nigel Giffin QC and Zac Sammour of 11KBW acted for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign in a successful challenge to guidance issued by the Secretary of State on how local government pension scheme (LGPS) administering authorities should take account of non-financial factors when drawing up statements of investment strategy. (11kbw.com)