Investment Principles

The Trustees have a statutory duty to set policies for choosing the pension scheme's investments, covering the following areas:

• the type of investments held
• the balance between different asset classes
• the return expected on the investments
• the scheme's risk tolerance and how to measure and monitor the scheme's risk exposure
•  the social, ethical and environmental factors taking into acocunt when selecting investments

The policies are set out in the Statement of Investment Principles which can be accessed here.