Investors are urging the Chancellor to use his upcoming Budget to boost the competitiveness of the UK economy and global standing of the UK investment management industry.
Nearly one in five FTSE 350 companies have received letters from the Investment Association (IA) and the Hampton-Alexander Review about the lack of gender diversity on their board and executive committees.
Investment managers have kept up pressure on companies in 2019, with key themes including executive pay and director re-election continuing to top the list of concerns.
In 2019, UK savers invested £15 billion into the UK retail fund market, double that of the previous year. A record £18.1 billion was placed into tracker funds in 2019, up by nearly 70% from the previous 2017 record of £10.8 billion, new analysis of industry data published today by the Investment Association (IA) shows.
New standardised categories to simplify the processing of unsuccessful trades on the foreign exchange (FX) markets have today been proposed by the Investment Association (IA), in a bid to bring greater consistency to the market and improve outcomes for investors.
Traders in the investment management and banking industries have today formally called for market trading hours to be reduced by 90-minutes to seven hours.
Our key purpose is to make investment better for savers and investors, for companies and their employees, and for the economy. That way, everyone prospers.
