Financial Services

The UK is home to one of the most open, innovative, and dynamic financial services sectors in the world. As a global financial centre with robust and liquid capital markets, the UK offers an exceptional environment for raising capital and driving economic growth. Our goal is to make UK financial services the most technologically advanced in the world and geared towards investment.

Further measures will be announced in the Financial Services Sector Plan on 15 July 2025.

Our Financial Services include world-leading industries:

  • FinTech
  • Insurance and Reinsurance markets
  • Sustainable Finance
  • Asset Management & Wholesale Service
  • Capital Markets

Why the UK for Financial Services?

Nationwide financial strength

The UK is home to several important financial services clusters – with London, Edinburgh and Glasgow all ranking in the top 40 most competitive financial centres globally. The government is committed to ensuring that all parts of the UK benefit from our world-leading financial services centre, and to unlocking the enormous potential in city regions and clusters. The UK is one of the world’s leading hubs for for international finance, offering a favourable regulatory and tax environment for global investors.

Sustainable finance leadership

London is ranked number 1 in the Global Green Finance Index. The London Stock Exchange lists over 500 sustainability-related bonds, including more than 250 green bonds, reinforcing the UK’s commitment to responsible investment.

A global hub for capital

The UK’s mature and liquid capital markets make it one of the best places in the world to raise capital. In 2024, the London Stock Exchange ranked 4th globally for equity capital raised, outperforming all other European exchanges.

Government commitment

The Government has committed to enabling the creation of new pension megafunds with the scale to invest in assets with higher growth potential, delivering new legislation to build on our reforms to the UK's listing regime, and streamlining our approach to financial regulation.

Connected

According to the London Stock Exchange group, 45% of growth capital raised in Europe over the last five years has been on AIM, its market for small and medium-sized growth companies

Innovation

Financial Services contributed £197.7 billion to the UK economy in 2023

Financial Services is one of the largest sectors in the UK economy, accounting for 1.2 million jobs

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