Our work is focused on the priorities of our members and where our cross-sectoral remit can add the most value - international trade and investment; long-term competitiveness; UK regions and nations; industry trust and reputation and sustainability. We provide a wide range of research that helps shape the debate and influence policy for UK-based financial and related professional services.
For yet another year, the wider social and economic context within which the financial and related professional services industry operates is fraught.
The National Security and Investment Act 2021 established the UK’s investment screening regime to prevent investments in UK assets from posing national security risks.
Our ‘Improving regulatory efficiency on authorisations’ report puts forward recommendations for action that would transform the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) approach to authorisations processes by improving speed, efficiency and effectiveness.
This report uses the latest available annual data to highlight a number of measures and markets that demonstrate the UK’s role as an international financial centre.
Our annual report about legal services, now on its 11th edition, underlines the UK’s world-leading status as a centre for international legal services and dispute resolution.
This report evaluates the Islamic finance sector globally but with a special focus on the UK market in recent years, presenting the regulatory landscape, the performance of each major segment, and the most innovative developments.
UK businesses are globally renowned for producing creative services that solve some of the world’s most pressing problems and make people’s lives better.
The financial and related professional services industry is a vital facilitator of investment and growth across the UK economy. It also plays a crucial role in supporting individuals to build financial resilience and plan for the future with confidence.
Climate change is the greatest challenge of our time. Mobilising green finance to achieve carbon reductions and elimination is vital.
