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Solvency UK: Insurers benefit from private market options
The loosening of matching adjustment restrictions in Solvency UK presents life insurers with new opportunities and the potential for greater diversification

Aegon AM launches Capital Call Finance Fund
New fund provides an opportunity to invest alongside co-investors
Schroders hits $600m final close for Global Innovation XI
Schroders Capital ends fundraising for its latest venture and growth fund in an established series
Insurers explore role for venture capital
Institutions encouraged to support UK growth and technological development

Smart Pension commits 15% of growth fund to private markets
Master trust makes move to provide access to critical growth sectors of UK economy
Frontier Development Capital picks up BBB backing for Evolution Fund
£81.5 million regional SME investment vehicle is also supported by a West Midlands pension fund
ICG delivers ‘milestone’ $24bn fundraising year
Intermediate Capital Group sets sights on European infra final close in June and secondaries launch this financial year
Dementia Discovery Fund 2 achieves final close
SV Health Investors’ second dementia-focused fund secures commitments of $269 million
Seeking Northern exposure
Northern Gritstone’s Duncan Johnson talks to PMP about the North’s untapped potential, adding another research-intensive northern university to the Gritstone Family and his firm’s European aspirations

How Natwest Cushon approaches private markets
Veronica Humble, Natwest Cushon CIO, talks to PMP about how real assets and venture capital can boost member engagement in DC workplace pensions

District heating: the economical low-carbon solution
Triple Point’s Ken Hunnisett envisages a tenfold increase in UK homes being heated by low-carbon heat networks.

Private credit: is there still room for new entrants?
With established managers concentrating on increasing large deals, an opportunity has emerged in the relationship-based core mid-market, according to Corinthia’s Mark Wilton. 2024 was…

