Scaling-Up Local Investing for Place-Based Impact - The Good Economy Whitepaper

Scaling-Up Local Investing for Place-Based Impact – The Good Economy Whitepaper

Scaling-Up Local Investing for Place-Based Impact - The Good Economy Whitepaper

Purpose of this Document

This document sets out a sector profile on small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) finance as an investment opportunity for the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) as part of a local investing strategy. It provides an overview as to how SME finance can be treated as a strategic asset allocation within a local investing strategy that can deliver both commercial returns and positive local impacts.

It provides supplementary
sector-specific guidance following on from The Good Economy’s 2025 White
Paper Scaling Up Local Investing for Place-Based Impact: A
Strategic Framework and Guidance for LGPS.

Report Contributors

  • NEL Fund Managers
  • Palatine Private Equity
  • Fasanara Capital
  • UK Private Capital (formerly the British Venture Capital Association).

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