Award comes in bid to unlock private capital to support innovative companies in the UK
Success in impact investing has been driven by the rising awareness around social inequality and climate issues, both of which are no longer abstract concepts.
Follows a year long consultation after last year's Budget
Consultation another step towards the new funding regime but challenges remain
Brightwell research finds two-fifths of schemes are taking a ‘wait and see’ approach
Only one in ten to offer uncapped inflationary indexation increases
Larger schemes prefer low dependency, while one in five consider employer surplus return
XPS says DB funding improved by £20bn in February driven by 0.2% rise in long term gilts
Chancellor’s proposals could make schemes more risk averse
Poll comes as 500,000 people still contributing to private sector schemes