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Why companies don't want to list in the UK anymore

Behind the Money

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The Great Avoidable Catastrophe of British Public Policy

In 2001, UK pension funds invested 56% of their assets in equities. By 2021, this had dropped just over 26%. This has left a big gaping hole in the amount of capital that's ending up in the London Stock Exchange. But Harriet says it doesn't have to be this way, the way British pensions avoid risk. In her reporting, she looked at how pension funds are run in other countries.

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