Merseyside scheme commits £30m to Funding Circle economic impact fund
The £9bn Merseyside Pension Fund (MPF) has pledged £30m of scheme assets to a private direct lending fund designed to support small businesses and the UK economy.
Launched today (24 June) by small business loans platform Funding Circle, the fund aims to improve opportunities for institutional investors to lend directly to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...
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