Our latest comments, blogs, press releases and statements about the financial and related professional services industry can be found below.
In this guest blog, Terry Myatt, Head of Professional Services at Barclays Corporate Banking, looks into the UK legal services sector’s strong economic growth, rapid digital innovation and leadership in LawTech. He also highlights ongoing initiatives to improve diversity and skill development within the legal profession.
Our latest report showcases the significant contribution the UK’s legal services sector continues to make to the economy.
Jessica Skedd, our Senior Policy Manager, Sustainability, reflects on key themes emerging from COP30 Brazil.
Our Chief Executive Officer, Miles Celic OBE, responds to the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget 2025.
The report calls on the UK government to set a long-term strategy to transform the country from cautious savers into confident investors, highlighting that nearly 15 million people are missing out on opportunities by holding surplus wealth in cash.
The report looks at the current landscape and international position of the UK’s asset management sector, providing a data-driven assessment of its performance, structure and evolving client base both in the UK and worldwide.
In this guest blog, Dr Carol McNaughton Nicholls and Joshua Cohen of Thinks Insight & Strategy, reveals how their latest survey about pension investment preferences shows general agreement, but also clear political divisions for providers and policymakers to consider.
With jobs numbers and labour market trends receiving considerable public, policymaker and media attention at the moment, Anjalika Bardalai, our Chief Economist and Director, Economic Research has analysed the trends in financial services employment.
Jessica Skedd, our Senior Policy Manager, Sustainability, explores how COP30 in Belém marks the shift from promise to progress on climate solutions, and highlights the crucial role of the UK’s financial and related professional services industry in delivering climate solutions and supporting the COP30 Action Agenda.
Our new report with PwC UK finds that UK financial services firms now spend over £33.9bn a year on regulatory compliance, highlighting the need for collective action to simplify and streamline the system.
This release highlights the British American Finance Alliance’s (BAFA) call for stronger US–UK regulatory cooperation to boost growth, jobs and innovation across both markets.
The IRSG has published a new Global Regulatory Coherence Dashboard to map the extent of global alignment or divergence in financial regulations across key policy areas affecting UK-based financial and related professional services.
