The UK government's Green Investment Bank (GIB) will be sold to Australian bank Macquarie Group for £2.3bn, in a deal that involves Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) becoming an investor.
The GIB was first launched by the government in 2012 to invest in renewable energy, but its board decided the right route was privatisation as this would attract new investors. It has so far backed...
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