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UK finance firms seek 'bold' reforms to counter Wall St ascendancy
13 November 2024
A report published last month by think-tank New Financial suggested UK banking, finance and capital markets have declined in relative terms in the past decade compared with international markets across nearly 60 metrics of value and activity.
City AM
‘Incredible undervaluations’: Why this boss thinks the time is right to float on AIM
22 October 2024
Abrdn, business group the Quoted Companies Alliance, and think tank New Financial launched a report warning that the future of London’s small-cap market could be in jeopardy if the changes go ahead.
City AM
AIM chief: It will be painful, but we’ll survive Reeves’ tax raid
17 October 2024
Speaking at the launch of a new report on the poor prospects for smaller companies in the UK from think tank New Financial, Stuttard said that instituting an inheritance tax on AIM shares would cause a “significant slug of capital” to exit the market.
Financial Times
UK small-cap stocks face 'existential threat', report warns
17 October 2024
The asset manager’s call comes as New Financial, a think-tank, released a report on the state of UK smaller stocks, noting that about 600 companies with a market value of less than £1bn have delisted over the past two decades.
Reuters
Canada pension fund HOOPP outlines UK, Europe investment goals
20 September 2024
Canadian public sector pension schemes have 22% of their assets in private equity and 12% in infrastructure, compared with 6% and 5% for British local government pension schemes, according to a report last week from think tank New Financial.
Reuters
Britain needs extra $1.3 trillion investment for economic growth, report says
6 September 2024
UK pensions have a "significantly lower" allocation to domestic and unlisted equities than most developed market pension systems globally, according to a separate report published on Friday by think tank New Financial.
Financial Times
Rachel Reeves’ plans to reform Britain’s pensions industry
15 November 2024
There are currently about 30 authorised master trusts and 30 providers of contract-based schemes, with assets of around £130bn and £350bn respectively last year, according to the government and New Financial think-tank.
Financial Times
New Lord Mayor to push pension funds to invest more in London-listed companies
8 November 2024
Only 8 per cent of funds in UK defined contribution pensions are invested in UK equities, according to think-tank New Financial, and British pensions invest far less in domestic equities than in other markets such as Italy and Australia.
Reuters
UK retailer N Brown to delist as London's small caps struggle
17 October 2024
Illustrating the scale of the challenge for smaller companies, think tank New Financial said UK smaller company funds have recorded a 36th consecutive month of outflows while smaller company market debuts plunged by 80% to just 22 over the past decade.
Reuters
Smaller UK firms need help to end 'doom loop', think tank says
17 October 2024
Smaller companies represent only 8% of the combined value of Britain's bourse. But they account for over 80% of listed UK companies, provide key jobs and investment and can become tomorrow's stockmarket darlings with help from the government, regulators and industry, New Financial said.
Reuters
Risk appetite can arrest Britain's downward spiral, think tank says
11 October 2024
In an analysis of banking and finance regulation since 2014, New Financial said a culture of risk-aversion in regulation and financial services since the 2007-2009 credit crisis had spilled into the wider economy and stifled investment.
Financial Times
Oaktree calls out private equity partners
9 September 2024
New Financial showed that UK pension schemes have among the lowest proportion of funds held in domestic stocks and private assets of any significant global pension market, adding pressure on the government to revive investment in British industry.