London CNN —The UK economy badly needs a boost — and the government hopes the nation’s vast pension savings might deliver one.
All UK workplace pension plans offer default funds, which savers who don’t choose their own investment strategy are automatically enrolled into.
Measures to tap pension fund cash come at a crucial time for an economy suffering from stubbornly high inflation, depressed investment and feeble growth.
UK pension funds’ exposure to domestic stock markets has fallen even more sharply: from 53% in 1997 to 6% in 2021.
The combination of measures is likely to have “far-reaching” effects on the types of assets pension funds invest in, easing companies’ access to the capital they need to grow, he added.
Persons:
Jeremy Hunt, Mercer, ” Hunt, Hunt, “, ”, Nicholas Lyons, Julia Hoggett, Nigel Peaple
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London CNN, Aviva, London, European, London Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, EU, chipmaker ARM, House, of London Corporation, City of, Financial, New Financial, Pension, Lifetime Savings Association
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London, Britain, Frankfurt, Paris, New York, United States, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, City of London