I spoke to UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of her Mansion House speech. She gave Bloomberg TV a preview of her plan to reform pensions to boost economic growth. (Yes, we’re in lab coats). Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=qvOtEJ… Writeup by Philip Aldrick: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Can Britain’s pension ‘megafunds’ boost the economy? bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Leonard Kehnscherper

She was once told she was ‘not the man for the job’. After standing up to challenges including activist investors and sexist barbs, Aviva plc boss is now juggling her largest acquisition on record. Must-read profile of Dame Amanda Blanc with Leonard Kehnscherper bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Pension caution costs UK £25 billion of investment, study shows bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Philip Aldrick Leonard Kehnscherper

Schroders plans to cut as much as 3% of its workforce, as new CEO Richard Oldfield looks to revive the UK’s largest standalone asset manager bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A few months into his role as CEO of Deutsche Bank's asset management arm, Stefan Hoops presented shareholders his vision for growth with a “private debt muscle” as one key part of the strategy. Almost three years on, that plan is sputtering: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Boaz Weinstein’s Saba Capital lost votes to gain control of two investment trusts run by Scottish growth investor Baillie Gifford trib.al/tWn2op9

scoop: BlackRock is preparing to list a Bitcoin exchange-traded product in Europe, following on from the success of its $58 billion US IBIT ETF. story w/ Leonard Kehnscherper 👀 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

UK officials urge pension funds to invest 10% of assets at home bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Philip Aldrick Leonard Kehnscherper

Govt officials are piling pressure on UK pension funds to commit 10% of their assets to listed & unlisted British equities as part of a new Mansion House compact. The veiled threat is: agree something meaningful or risk being mandated. w/ Leonard Kehnscherper bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Labour vows support for the most vulnerable amid UK welfare cuts debate bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Leonard Kehnscherper

Just landed in London and I’m so relieved to be in a place where a conservative leader of an over-indebted country hasn’t implemented an iconoclastic economic policy that sent markets into a death spiral & sparked an immediate rise in the cost of living and refinancing govt debt!

Reeves looks to unveil fresh UK pension funds deal in early may bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Leonard Kehnscherper Philip Aldrick Joe Mayes

Shocking and upsetting to see Spurs win a trophy last night, but I enjoyed covering the Man United stock reaction today. Every cloud. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Private equity firms have seen a sharp drop in fundraising this year, the latest sign of how a slowdown in dealmaking and IPOs has hurt an industry that’s struggling to return capital to investors bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Leonard Kehnscherper Bloomberg #PrivateEquity

UK plans to force pension funds to invest in private markets bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Leonard Kehnscherper

New: BlackRock halted its search for investors to back a multibillion-dollar Ukraine recovery fund earlier this year after Trump's return saw the US sour on Kyiv. The fund was originally meant to be unveiled next week at the Ukraine recovery conference in Rome. With Jenny Leonard

Reeves faces city in first major speech since Commons tears bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Joe Mayes Ronan Martin Leonard Kehnscherper