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With all the talk about unlocking private market investments for DC pension investors, you might think everyone would know about it by now. But in our latest research[1], we found that among pension savers, awareness of the link between pension funds and where they’re invested remains as low as ever.

Yet, just as we found in our previous research in 2023[2], once DC pension savers know what we mean by private market investments, the majority are supportive, or in some instances, even keen.

This year we went further to find out not just what DC savers know about private markets but what sort of investments might inspire them to take more interest in their pension, and feel invested not just financially, but personally, in how their pension money could support issues they care about.

Read our full Private Markets Research Report.

Key risks

The value of an investment and any income taken from it is not guaranteed and can go down as well as up, you may not get back the amount you originally invested.

 
[1] Online survey of 2,024 respondents in the UK, conducted in April 2024 by Ignition House for Legal & General, with fieldwork running from 17 April 2024 to 30 April 2024. All respondents were currently contributing to a DC pension.
[2] Of 3,634 that we interviewed in the UK in June 2023, 72% said they’d would be prepared to pay higher pension fees to invest in ‘illiquid’ investments including infrastructure that supported renewable energy sources, solar parks and wind farms.