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Bloomberg
Women in UK Finance Still Earn a Fifth Less Than Men
4 April 2025
Several UK banks like HSBC and Barclays have publicly reaffirmed their DEI commitments and representation targets. Yet the language they use has subtly shifted in many cases, switching to words like “goals”, “ambitions” or “aspirations” instead of “targets”, according to Yasmine Chinwala , partner at the New Financial think tank.
The Times
Lessons from Sweden in how to create a retail investing culture
24 March 2025
The success of these measures is clear from the increase in how much of their household assets Swedes hold in equities and investment funds. This rose from 32 per cent in 2002 to 50 per cent in 2021, according to New Financial, the London-based think tank.
Financial Times
Pensions minister says schemes must invest more in UK
5 March 2025
UK pension schemes have among the lowest proportion of funds held in domestic stocks and private assets of any significant global pension market, according to think-tank New Financial, with just 4 per cent of assets held in domestic equities compared with a global average of 10 per cent.
Financial Times
Britons have ‘lowest appetite’ for stock market investing in the G7
3 January 2025
Think-tank New Financial estimated that UK pension funds have slashed their allocation to UK equities from just over half of all assets in 1997 to 4.4 per cent today — among defined contribution schemes the proportion is higher, at 8 per cent.
Reuters
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.
Politico
Brussels takes aim at those cashing in on broken European markets
18 April 2025
European equity markets, stock exchanges and financial plumbing known as post-trade infrastructure are a “complex patchwork,” which creates “a huge obstacle to building bigger and better capital markets,” the think tank New Financial wrote in a 2021 report on markets fragmentation.
Reuters
UK finance industry slow to hire women to top roles, report finds
3 April 2025
Women working in finance held 36% of senior positions last year, up from 35% in 2023 and 34% in 2022. The slow progress was attributed to restructuring, low turnover in senior management and hiring freezes, according to the latest report from the HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter, compiled by think tank New Financial.
Investment Week
FCA calls for acceptance of risk-taking outcomes as industry tackles balance between growth and consumer protection
10 December 2024
William Wright, founder and managing director at the New Financial think-tank, said media and political scrutiny have a tendency to "default to consumer protection", which forms part of the primary objective of the FCA.
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.