The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) has launched a UK-wide education initiative to support private markets investment and help unlock pension capital for long-term economic growth.
The CISI Growth Unleashed Learning Alliance, developed in partnership with the City of London Corporation and a coalition of professional and educational bodies, aims to raise awareness of the Mansion House Accord.
This is an agreement by 17 major pension providers to direct more capital into UK assets.
Formally launched on 11 July, the initiative was signed by CISI chief executive Tracy Vegro OBE, Lord Mayor of the City of London Alastair King FCSI(Hon), and Nick Garnish Chartered MCSI, Master of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers.
Vegro said: “We are excited to lead this initiative aligned with the Lord Mayor’s Growth Unleashed mission.
“It represents a sector-led response to market uncertainty and aims to accelerate adoption of the Accord through targeted learning across the pensions and investment ecosystem.”
Signed in May, the Mansion House Accord pledges up to £252bn in long-term pension capital to support UK businesses and infrastructure via increased investment in private markets.
Lord Mayor Alastair King welcomed the learning alliance as a bold commitment from the financial industry to serve others before it serves itself and praised the professional bodies offering training at cost.
The programme is set to launch in autumn 2025 and will include:
- CPD-accredited modular training
- Executive briefings and roundtables
- National insight and innovation events
- Toolkits, case studies and decision-making frameworks
It will be delivered in collaboration with members of the Chartered Body Alliance, universities and livery companies, led by the Worshipful Company of International Bankers.
Nick Garnish added: “Growth is critically important. This alliance will help improve understanding of risk and unlock better investment outcomes, showing how education can generate long-term value.”
CISI hopes the initiative will increase professional confidence in UK-based investments and help strengthen the long-term financial security of pension savers.
