Funnel £6bn of pension funds to support growth economy, report urges

James Phillips
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Around £6bn of UK pension fund monies should be invested in a National Renewal Fund aimed at recapitalising 21,000 growth economy businesses, a report suggests.

Without additional funding from both the public and private sector, the Business Growth Fund (BGF) and University of Buckingham vice-chancellor and historian Sir Anthony Seldon predicted that a "gr...

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