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Our research

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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The New Financial international financial centres index

The size and growth of financial centres in 65 economies around the world

Our latest reports

July 2026

The size and growth of financial centres in 65 economies around the world

The New Financial international financial centres index

May 2026

Rethinking the growth and competitiveness strategy and the wider framework for UK banking, finance, and capital markets

A new sense of ambition

June 2026

Assessing the impact of a decade of the Charter and the challenge ahead

The 10 year review of the Women in Finance Charter

April 2026

This short paper explores how an increased allocation to UK equities would have affected the performance of defined contribution pensions over the past five years.

UK equities and the performance of DC pensions

May 2026

The size and depth of capital markets in the E6 countries - and of their proposals to reform EU capital markets

The ‘E6’ group and the reform of capital markets in the EU

March 2026

Our ninth Annual Review monitors the progress of signatories against their Charter commitments and holds them to account

HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter – Annual Review 2025

Previous reports

March 2021

Analysis of the fragmented stock exchange landscape in Europe and how it is holding back growth in capital markets

The problem with European stock markets

January 2021

This short paper summarises where we are, how we got here, and where we might go from here

Brexit & the City: some initial reflections

November 2020

Analysis of the progress so far and the new CMU action plan

A reality check on capital markets union

September 2020

Analysis of how banks and capital markets have responded to the Covid-19 crisis and he potential for growth in EU capital markets

EU capital markets & a post-Covid recovery

April 2020

The first in a series of papers on how the banking and finance industry can respond to the Covid crisis.

Covid crisis: how banking & finance can be part of the solution

March 2021

Five years since the UK Government launched the HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter, signatories faced their biggest test yet

HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter – Annual Review 2020

January 2021

Submission of evidence from New Financial to the UK listings review

The wider context on UK public equity markets

October 2020

Recalibrating the UK framework in a post-Brexit & post-covid world

Beyond Brexit - the future of UK banking & finance

June 2020

The third Annual Review analyses the largest cohort yet, with data from 187 signatories

HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter – Annual Review 2019

February 2020

Analysis of the EU equivalence regime, how it works, and what it means for UK financial services in the context of Brexit

A reality check on equivalence

March 2021

Analysis of how different pools of long-term capital in the UK are invested - and how to unlock them

Unlocking productive investment

December 2020

Analysis of the size, depth & concentration of capital markets in the EU27

What do EU capital markets look like on the other side of Brexit?

September 2020

How the Covid crisis is catalysing a step change in diversity and inclusion across the financial services industry

Covid and D&I - Time for radical action

May 2020

Analysis of how UK companies use the capital markets and the role they play in supporting jobs across the UK

The value of capital markets to the UK economy

January 2020

This thought paper series introduces why we believe radical action is necessary to drive a change in diversity to reach a new equilibrium

Research: radical actions

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