A MULTI-BILLION pound Gwent pension fund will consider further advice after two local authorities demanded a review of investments linked to Israel’s war on Gaza.

The Greater Gwent Pension fund, which looks after more than £4 billion on behalf of current and retired public sector workers across the region, has faced calls to pull investments from firms linked to Israel’s military offensive.

Both Monmouthshire and Newport City councils, which are members of the fund, passed motions in September calling for a review of whether pension funds are held with firms linked to the conflict and violations of international law.

Local Palestine solidarity campaigners also called for pension funds to be divested from firms linked to the conflict and Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.

The Gwent fund, which is administered by Torfaen Borough Council, is a member of the Wales Pension Partnership which........

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