Wednesday 14 May,
09.30am, Committee Room 6
MPs on the Work and Pensions Committee will question pension
industry leaders and finance think tanks on pension funds' UK
investments and how to boost them.
The Government has made releasing funds in pension funds and
insurance firms part of its policy to boost investment in the UK
in a bid to drive economic growth. The introduction of the
Pensions Scheme Bill, reportedly due before the summer, is
expected to include measures that would help achieve this.
In recent months, the Government has threatened to mandate in law
levels of investment by pension schemes in the UK if they do not
do so voluntarily.
Meanwhile, the Committee has published the Government response to
the predecessor Committee's report on Defined Benefit Pension
Schemes.
Confirmed witnesses,
Panel 1 from 09.30:
- Jesse Griffiths, Chief Executive Officer, Financial
Innovation Lab;
- Jackie Wells, Independent Pensions Researcher;
-
, Managing Director, New
Financial.
Panel 2 from 10.15:
- Rachel Croft, Trustee Director, Association of Professional
Pension Trustees;
- Chris Curry, Director, Pensions Policy Institute;
- Yvonne Braun, Director of Policy, Long-Term Savings, Health
& Protection, Association of British Insurers;
- Joe Dabrowski, Deputy Director, Pension and Lifetime Savings
Association.
ENDS
Notes to editors
Predecessor Committee Defined Benefit Schemes
Report, published 20 March 2024.
