How realistic is it for pension schemes to invest more in growth assets?

The success of measures to boost investment in growth assets will vary across scheme types

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Going for growth. Photo: Sezeryadigar via iStock
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Going for growth. Photo: Sezeryadigar via iStock

Ahead of the chancellor’s Mansion House speech tonight, which is expected to set out a series of reforms intended to channel tens of billions of pounds of Britain's pensions savings into high-growth companies, Charlotte Moore looks at the challenges of getting pension schemes to invest more in growth assets.

In recent months, there has been a flurry of ideas to persuade UK pension schemes to invest more in the domestic market to bolster economic growth. The Tony Blair Institute proposes scaling up t...

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