Border to Coast Pensions Partnership wants to pool up to £1.25bn in UK equities. : According to reports, global bond ETFs had their best quarter on record in the first quarter of 2017 with $44.5bn of inflows Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, one of eight UK public pension asset pools, is seeking UK equity managers for its first mandate. The pool, a collaboration between 12 funds in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), has launched a tender for an equity portfolio worth up to £1.25bn (€1.4bn) to be split between three asset managers.