As a general election approaches in 2024, many in the UK are thinking about how private investment could be better deployed for public good. Blended finance offers a way for public and private investors to work together to deliver economic, environmental, and social goals, but it can be challenging to deliver effectively. Meanwhile, the UK is losing out globally against its peers in the US and the European Union, which are using blended finance to catalyse private investment, particularly into climate finance. Recent research by the London School of Economics explores how investors in the UK and elsewhere have navigated these challenges. It also looks at what could drive a more ambitious partnership between policymakers and the financial services industry to address the need to boost economic growth, address social inequality, and make the transition to net zero. Please join us in this session where we welcome Sarah Gordon, Visiting Professor in Practice at the LSE and former founding Chief Executive of the Impact Investing Institute. The institute was launched in 2019 with a mission to make capital markets fairer and work better for people and the planet. The webinar will be chaired by Gareth Mee, CFO at Legal & General Capital. Gareth and Sarah will explore some approaches that, for the next 5 to 10 years, could see a far greater percentage of pension and insurance assets, and other pools of capital, directed at productive investment for resilient and sustainable economic growth.