Rebooting UK capital markets

The decline in smaller listed companies, why we should care about it - and what we can do to address it.

Explores the structural shift over the past few decades in the way UK pension funds invest the money they allocate to equities.

How ISAs could help kickstart a recovery in UK capital markets.

This short paper is a summary of the key themes in our current work on the urgent need for more structural reform of pensions, capital marke

Something funny seems to be going on with the banking and finance industry: the number of jobs in the UK economy is shrinking.

A 10-year performance review of financial regulation and regulators in the context of market outcomes.

The case for transitioning unfunded public sector occupational pension schemes to a funded model.

Analysis of the shifting dynamics of retail participation in European equity markets and proposals for increasing engagement.

Analysis of the shift in risk appetite & investment away from equities over the past few decades by UK pension funds.

A rough guide to how (not) to talk about banking, finance, and capital markets.

Analysis of investment in domestic equities and of home bias by pension funds in the UK and around the world.

Measuring the regional footprint and impact of the industry through the lens of Pension Insurance Corporation.

Analysis of the ‘parallel crisis’ in UK pensions and capital markets - and how to address it.

This paper outlines the journey from Big Bang 2.0 to Edinburgh, and looks ahead to the complicated process of rebooting UK Capital Markets.

For a few brief weeks, the UK government had a new tone towards financial services and a new sense of ambition with ‘Big Bang 2.0'.