Closed-Ended Investment Companies: Cost Disclosure Debate

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Closed-Ended Investment Companies: Cost Disclosure

Baroness Neville-Rolfe Excerpts
Monday 24th March 2025

(1 week ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Livermore Portrait Lord Livermore (Lab)
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Yes, I do share the noble Baroness’s concern, which is exactly why we have done all the things that I have set out so far in this Answer. The Government’s policy regarding saving is that we think it is a good thing and we want to encourage more of it.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe Portrait Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con)
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Does the Minister agree that the most important objective in the savings area is to ensure that sufficient investment opportunities are available, whatever their nature, to allow and encourage UK investors to save and invest, especially in UK stocks? Will he outline how the Government intend to support products that facilitate private investment in important areas such as property and infrastructure, as closed-ended funds are generally well suited to that?

Lord Livermore Portrait Lord Livermore (Lab)
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I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her question. What she is saying is right; the Government share her view. That is exactly why the Chancellor established the pensions review, for example, in her recent Mansion House speech. Her view is that the pensions review could unlock billions of pounds in additional investment in fast-growing businesses and infrastructure while improving outcome for savers. That is exactly the objective of that policy.