In the last post I explained the importance of regulation for the asset management sector and how being outside of the EU means the UK industry can no longer make use of the regulatory framework which allowed them to passport their products around the EEA. The article...
The last post laid out the purpose and structure of the asset management industry. It also showed how the UK companies had benefitted from being a member of the EU, managing to accumulate a disproportionate amount of the region’s assets. It illustrated how, as a...
In the first post I outlined the importance of freedom of movement, mutual recognition of qualifications and non-discrimination between citizens in establishing a single market for services. For services to be sold within the single market, they need to be defined to...
Welcome to the first in a series of articles which will examine the impact of Brexit on the financial service sector. The aim of these posts is to explain how being outside the EEA will impact key financial service sectors such as asset management, banking and...
Learning about behavioural economics is one of the best parts of being a pension journalist. This branch of social science endeavours to explain why humans often don’t make logical financial decisions. There are many fascinating observations. There is, for example,...
The auto-enrolment of employees in occupational pension scheme has been one of most successful government policies over the last two decades. Yet none of the lessons learnt from this radical protocol have been applied to Brexit, despite it being the most significant...