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Sometimes in life the numbers, like the existential issues that surround them, just come at you thick and fast. And there’s been a blizzard of them in one particular direction in recent weeks.

The issue of getting more UK pensions fund investment into private capital is one the BVCA has long championed. However, it has become something of a hot topic in recent years, with both the last and the current Government increasingly seeing that it's a conundrum that, if resolved, provides solutions to two challenges keeping them up at night: the lack of UK growth and a pending retirement crisis.

Amidst the ever-changing geo-political backdrop of tariffs and shifting policies, it is evident this new era brings opportunities, as well as challenges. And it positions the UK and Europe competitively on the world stage as an attractive market for investment and partnership.

Leaders from the pensions and private capital industries have issued new recommendations on how to facilitate UK DC pensions to invest in private capital, and how the Government can support this aim – boosting investment in fast growing British businesses and helping UK pension savers access potentially higher returns. 

This final report sets out the recommendations and key findings of the Pensions and Private Capital Expert Panel.This work builds on the Expert Panel’s interim report, published in September 2024. As highlighted in that report, the UK’s world-leading private capital fund industry offers a huge opportunity for UK DC pension savers to benefit from greater investment in the country’s innovative growth companies.

Meghan Stevenson-Krausz, Co-CEO of Diversity VC shares her reflections on the newly published BVCA/Level 20 Diversity Report and gives her outlook on diversity from a VC perspective and takes a wider look at diversity initiatives that are needed to charter the path forward.

In this special Annual Review Voicenote podcast, BVCA Chief Executive, Michael Moore, is joined by Sarah Adams, BVCA Co-Director of Policy and Matthew Sabben-Clare, BVCA Chair and Senior Adviser at Cinven, to reflect on the past year and look ahead to the challenges and opportunities that are still to come in 2025.

The BVCA's latest Annual Review highlights the wide-ranging issues the association has addressed on behalf of the industry over the past 12 months, as well as detailing how the BVCA has supported the development of the industry through events, training and other activities.

Suzi Gillespie, the BVCA’s Head of Research provides her perspective on the latest analysis published about the industry’s performance and reflects on what will impact private market conditions in 2025.