Center Parcs: UK pension funds in talks for stake in holiday giant Business A number of Britain’s biggest public sector pension schemes are understood to be eyeing a stake in the holiday giant Center Parcs after the Treasury ramped up its efforts for funds to invest in UK-based assets. The Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), the London-based Local Pension Partnership (LPPI) and the Edinburgh-based Lothian Pension Scheme are [...]
Lady Mayor: Higher taxes will discourage investors at critical time Opinion Higher taxes on dividends, pension contributions and savings risk discouraging investors exactly when we need them, writes Susan Langley.
Time to bring back the Great British exit Opinion Britain has no lack of ideas, founders or ambition but too often our successful start-ups lean on American giants when they exit. This isn’t inevitable, says Carolyn Dawson More than 100 companies are incorporated every hour in this country. British start-ups have raised more than $7bn in investment so far this year alone. Despite the [...]
FTSE giants urge Reeves to unlock more domestic capital for businesses November 6, 2025 Over 250 companies across the London Stock Exchange have called on the Chancellor to do more to unlock domestic capital from pension funds for UK businesses to boost economic growth. In a letter to Rachel Reeves, signatories including asset manager Schroders and fashion giant Mulberry, warned that there is too little capital invested in the [...]
‘Disappointment’ and muted activity: Dealmakers sour on UK market October 7, 2025 UK dealmakers’ faith in the economy has slumped to its lowest in nine years with executives blaming a string of policy blunders and a sluggish deal environment for weighing on market activity. Over half of Britain’s private equity and corporate finance bosses feel negative about the next 18-24 months, according to a fresh poll of [...]
National Wealth Fund pumps millions into battery storage developer August 27, 2025 The National Wealth Fund has joined forces with two investment firms as part of a £500m venture to enhance the UK’s battery storage facilities. The consortium – including infrastructure asset manager Equitix and Australian pension fund Aware Super – will “build, own and operate grid-scale battery storage assets” via an investment in developer Eelpower Energy. [...]
Pension Commission is an attempt to diffuse UK’s ticking pensions time bomb July 28, 2025 Our pensions system is a ticking time bomb that could detonate within a generation. The Pension Commission will try to defuse it, writes Alastair King.
Rachel Reeves’ matchmaker moment July 23, 2025 Finance bros and gals are often seen oozing confidence as they strut their stuff around the streets of the City of London, imagining they’re the main characters on hit show Industry. But it would be a mistake to assume these investor strategists, expert consultants and risk analysts are libertarian dreamers, swashbuckling Reagan fanatics and small-state [...]
Scottish Widows owner: Pension funds deal risks making UK like China July 7, 2025 Labour’s flagship deal with pension funds risks making the UK economy more like China, the boss of Lloyds Banking Group has warned after its subsidiary Scottish Widows chose not to sign up to the agreement. Chancellor Rachel Reeves won the support of 17 pension funds which agreed to invest at least five per cent of [...]
Exclusive: Kemi Badenoch makes her pitch to the City July 1, 2025 Kemi Badenoch has apologised to the business community for any trust lost under previous Tory governments, insisting that “the Conservative party is the natural party of business.” The Tory leader said “I’m sorry if at any time over the last 14 years we did not seem like that,” adding that hers is now “the only [...]