Ian Forsyth | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesLiverpool, ENGLAND — U.K. finance chiefs are banging the drum for pension reforms to boost anaemic investment and growth in the country.
William Vereker, chairman of Santander U.K., cited pension reform as one of three paths to economic growth, alongside skills and education, and regulation.
"If we do not have domestic capital investing in domestic businesses, we will not see the growth that this government is so rightly focused on," he added.
"For me, pension reform is the way to unlock growth in the U.K.," Lee told "Squawk Box Europe."
UK pensions reviewU.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves in July announced a landmark pensions review as part of a "big bang" of reforms to unlock growth.
Persons:
Ian Forsyth, —, William Vereker, Vereker, Muirinn O'Neill, we're, Tiina Lee, Lee, it's, Rachel Reeves, Tulip Siddiq
Organizations:
Labour Party Conference, ACC Liverpool, Getty, Labour, Santander U.K, Citi U.K, CNBC, Finance, Treasury
Locations:
Liverpool, England, ENGLAND, City, London