| UK investment fund launches plunge to 20-year low as investors turn to cash
January 3, 2023--The number of new UK investment funds has reached its lowest level in two decades, according to new data, as asset managers are squeezed by rising interest rates and the cost of living. |
| Figures from US financial services firm Morningstar, first reported by the Financial Times, showed 397 UK funds were launched in 2023, down a quarter from the year before and the lowest since the aftermath of the dotcom crash in 2003. |
| ESMA's activities in 2024 focused on strengthening the EU capital markets and putting citizens and businesses at the heart of it June 16, 2025-The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published its Annual Report for 2024. The activities conducted and results achieved in 2024 support ESMA's strategic priorities and thematic drivers- to foster stable and effective markets, strengthen supervision, and enhance retail investor protection while enabling sustainable finance and facilitating technological innovation and the use of data. |