Sophie Baker

International News Editor

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+44-20-3823-9893

Sophie Baker is Pensions & Investments' international news editor based in London.

Ms. Baker covers institutional investment and money management in the U.K. and Europe.

Prior to joining P&I, she was investor services reporter at Financial News, which is owned by Dow Jones & Co. She has also worked as editor at FStech and as news editor at Pensions Age and European Pensions.

She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in comparative literature, specializing in English literature and modern and medieval Spanish literature, and a post-graduate diploma in magazine journalism.

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The Pension Protection Fund improved its mean gender pay gap in 2022 but said its ethnicity pay gap remains "unacceptably high."
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Investor group with $6.81 trillion teams up with tech giants on human rights risks

A group of investors with $6.81 trillion in assets will engage with tech firms on strengthening the management of their human rights risks.
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Mubadala Investment Co. and Ares Management formed a joint venture to deploy an initial $1 billion in global credit secondaries opportunities.

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BOE delivers 11th consecutive interest-rate increase

The Bank of England kept pace with the Federal Reserve with a 25-basis-point increase, amid rising U.K. inflation and volatility in global markets.