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An estimated 1.4trn resides in private sector "defined benefit" pension schemes.
A further 1.1trn is estimated to sit in "defined contribution" schemes.
Ministers wo 25bn like to se April e of it invested in the UK, and infrastructure projects.
UK equities accounted for around half of the money tied up in UK pension funds, but they now account for below 10%.
Aviva chief executive Amanda Blanc said this week she did not think compulsion was a good idea.
But Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, backed the idea this week.
She also favoured consolidation of smaller 1.1trn on schemes to more easily build scale.
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