Some of Britain’s biggest asset managers are competing to oversee a new £1bn government-backed fund designed to channel pension money into the country’s fastest-growing startups, as the government steps up efforts to tackle the UK’s funding gap.
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August 26, 2026
UK fund managers battling to run £1bn Scale-up Fund, reports say
M&G Investments and Schroders are said to be among those in contention
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