LLOY · story · 2 November – 3 November
Lloyds Banking Group · 16 headlines from 13 outlets, from 2 November 2026 to 3 November 2026.
Scottish Widows and Aberdeen picked IP Group to run a UK venture growth strategy for workplace pensions.
The story's tone is the average of its headlines' own scores. Each score rates how good or bad the news was for the company, from −10 (clearly bad) to +10 (clearly good). 0 is neutral, and anything beyond ±6 is strong and rare. It rates the coverage, not the share price.
Average tone of each outlet's headlines in this story, −10 to +10. Impact = headlines × strength of tone.
Pensions Expert is the largest at 4.7, ahead of TheBusinessDesk (4.5). Sharecast is the smallest at 2.5.
Source: MarketFrame news analysis
| outlet | Average tone |
|---|---|
| MarketScreener | 3.8 |
| Proactive financial news | 3.0 |
| Sharecast | 2.5 |
| Pensions Expert | 4.7 |
| TheBusinessDesk | 4.5 |
| Investment & Pensions Europe | 4.2 |
| Scottish Financial News | 4.2 |
| Law360 | 4.2 |
| The Times | 4.2 |
| The Quantum Insider | 3.7 |
| Outlet | Headlines | Average tone |
|---|---|---|
| MarketScreener | 2 | +3.8 |
| Proactive financial news | 2 | +3.0 |
| Sharecast | 2 | +2.5 |
| Pensions Expert | 1 | +4.7 |
| TheBusinessDesk | 1 | +4.5 |
| Investment & Pensions Europe | 1 | +4.2 |
| Scottish Financial News | 1 | +4.2 |
| Law360 | 1 | +4.2 |
| The Times | 1 | +4.2 |
| The Quantum Insider | 1 | +3.7 |
| Outlet | Headlines | Average tone |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate Adviser | 1 | +3.7 |
| Dealroom | 1 | +3.0 |
| AskTraders | 1 | +2.0 |
One or two headlines is not a lean: read these as how this story was told, not as a verdict on the outlet.
| Tone | What the article reported, and why it scored that way |
|---|---|
| +5.0 | Scottish Widows is an early backer of UK growth venture capital. |
| +4.7 | Scottish Widows to put pension money into UK technology firms. |
| +4.5 | A newly launched pension fund will put money straight into science and technology companies. |
| +4.2 | Subsidiary opens workplace pensions to venture capital investment. |
| +4.2 | Scottish Widows among early pension providers backing UK venture capital. |
| +4.2 | Subsidiary backing UK start-ups in line with government priorities. |
| +3.7 | Scottish Widows directing venture growth money towards quantum computing. |
| +3.7 | Scottish Widows funding quantum computing through British venture capital. |
| Tone | What the article reported, and why it scored that way |
|---|---|
| +3.0 | Partnership to direct investment into UK innovation. |
| +3.0 | Scottish Widows channels pension money to UK venture via a manager. |
| +3.0 | Partnership freeing up pension money to support innovation in the UK. |
| +2.5 | Third party won mandate for Scottish Widows venture strategy. |
| +2.5 | Fund manager chosen for part of Scottish Widows' growth fund. |
| +2.5 | Manager appointed for Scottish Widows' UK growth portfolio. |
| +2.0 | Scottish Widows has handed a pensions mandate to a manager. |
| Tone | What the article reported, and why it scored that way |
|---|---|
| +4.2 | Scottish Widows subsidiary backing UK technology businesses. |
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