I think this is akin to rounding up the heard before slaughter time. I am a tad cynical but I do feel this is a step along the road to the pension funds being misused/raided/taxed whatever means is employed to get hands on a nice lump of cash.
These "bigger projects" may be interesting too, public/private finance projects ?
It seems like a legit way of funding big investment projects as long as it all works out! but it's no magic pill, lots of uncertainty!