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New Financial commissions and publishes regular papers, commentary and research on the capital markets industry. We work with business schools, academics and other experts to produce a regular research and analysis on some of the main challenges facing capital markets and market participants.

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A focus on market outcomes: reforming EU financial regulation

The size and depth of EU capital markets in the context of the scale and complexity of financial regulation in the EU

Our latest reports

October 2025

The size and depth of EU capital markets in the context of the scale and complexity of financial regulation in the EU

A focus on market outcomes: reforming EU financial regulation

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September 2025

Five potential reforms to defined benefit contribution pensions to increase investment in UK listed equities

How to boost investment in UK equities by UK pensions

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October 2025

The shifting dynamics and increased competition in public equity markets in the UK, EU and Switzerland

The future of European equity market structure

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June 2025

How can firms accelerate annual progress beyond one percentage point?

HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter – focus on acceleration

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October 2025

A unique analysis of the size of the rulebook for banking, finance & capital markets in the EU

Measuring the volume of EU financial regulation

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June 2025

Exploring the potential for reforming ISAs in the context of the government review of ISAs and its ambition to widen retail participation

Reforming ISAs

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Previous reports

July 2014

An emphasis of the importance of the IPO as a mechanism for capital raising and encouraging the shift away from bank financing.

Market failure? The two different faces of the IPO market

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June 2014

Until banks start making a more positive case for the value of what they do, they will struggle to defuse – let alone win – the argument.

Winning the debate on bankerspay and bonuses

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June 2014

A summary of Thomas Philippon's paper 'On the Theory and Measurement of Financial Intermediation'

Why is the financial industry so inefficient?

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June 2014

A summary of a speech given by by Robert Jenkins to the New York Society of Security Analysts on 1 May 2014.

It's not too late for asset managers to make a difference

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June 2014

An analysis of the slow decline of the fixed income business.

FICC is dead. Long live FICC?

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