Oxfordshire County Council Pension Fund

Oxfordshire County Council Pension Fund

The Oxfordshire County Council Pension Fund was established in 1974 to administer retirement benefits for local government employees in Oxfordshire. It functions as one of the 86 funds inside the Local Government Pension Scheme and shares ownership of the Brunel Pension Partnership with nine other schemes. The fund deploys capital across public equities, private equity, infrastructure and real assets. Brunel manages the bulk of the portfolio through cycle funds that include buyout, venture, private debt and secured income strategies. Confirmed holdings include the Toucan Energy solar portfolio, the Man Group Community Housing Fund and the Wessex Gardens LP renewable assets. Geographic exposure centers on the United Kingdom and global developed markets. Assets under management stand at approximately $4.83 billion. The fund maintains no additional offices beyond County Hall in Oxford. It participates in the UK Stewardship Code and the Paris Aligned Asset Owners initiative. In March 2024 the fund attended the Green Opportunities in Oxfordshire Conference to review nature restoration and sustainable farming investments. Oxfordshire’s structure is defined by mandatory pooling inside Brunel, which removes direct manager selection from the local pension committee and places it with the pool operator. This arrangement limits standalone mandates while preserving local oversight of responsible investment policy through the Pension Fund Committee.