We are delighted to announce that at the ninth annual IPE European Pension Fund Awards held in Dublin on November 18, that the Royal Country of Berkshire Pension Fund won the IPE Themed Award for Best Pension Fund investing in Commodities.

The fund's submission for this IPE Themed Award was selected by a panel of independent judges, appointed by Investment & Pensions Europe. Please click here to view the full press release.

In addition the Fund was also runner up in the following categories:

• Best UK Fund (won By Barnardo Staff Fund)
• Best Public Pension Fund (won by the Danish State Fund ATP)

The IPE awards are open to Pension Funds across Europe and the Berkshire Pension Scheme were one of only 4 English funds to win an award.