The Investment Association

A pleasure to join the Investment Association @InvAssoc last night at their Annual Dinner at the Guildhall to make the case for getting 🇬🇧 investing!

Our Interim Director Buy-Side, Nike Trost, joins the @InvAssoc Talks Innovation podcast sharing our plans to support tokenisation and the launch of our consultation. Listen here theia.org/IA-Talks-Innov… #FCAGrowth #FinancialRegulation

Investment industry publishes recommendations to strengthen retirement outcomes for UK savers. @InvAssoc ifamagazine.com/investment-ind…

Money is a taboo topic for many across the UK, with Brits more likely to discuss politics and current affairs (50%) than money and finances (29%) at the dinner table, according to new research from The Investment Association (@InvAssoc). #Youngergenerations #GenZ ifamagazine.com/younger-genera…

We look forward to continue working with Nikhil Rathi to drive forward the UK's competitive and world-leading investment management industry, and to serve our customers in the UK and around the world to achieve their long-term financial goals.

Great to see our latest research included in this piece from @MoneyWeek. Junior stocks and shares ISAs beat cash ISAs – should you invest for your child? moneyweek.com/personal-finan…

Almost 1 in 5 Brits never heard of Stocks and Shares ISA cityam.com/almost-1-in-5-…

The Investment Association’s (@InvAssoc) FinTech hub and accelerator, IAEngine, has today announced the latest cohort of firms to join its Innovator and Advanced Access Programmes at its EmTech Global 2025 conference. Read: wealthdfm.com/ia-engine-welc…

Today’s statement also reiterates the central role of investment in delivering UK growth, in light of the challenging circumstances facing the UK economy and households. Investment managers are already playing an active role to deliver growth by channelling £1.4 trillion to UK businesses, infrastructure and social projects.

We welcome today’s commitment from government to boost the culture of retail investment, including looking at options for ISAs reforms that will get the balance right between cash and equities to earn better returns for savers. Our industry has long called for the government to create a culture of inclusive investment, which will see more people benefit from investing, and we’re pleased that the government has now heeded this call.

Congratulations to Lord David Willetts on his appointment as Chair of the Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO)! The RIO is doing important work to promote innovation and technological advance by encouraging greater collaboration in the regulatory environment. We look forward to Lord Willetts using his extensive experience to drive this work forward.

🧵1/2 This morning, I had a great meeting with @InvAssoc's Advisory Council, which included a number of the UK's leading investment CEOs. The Investment Association's 250 members manage an extraordinary £9.1 trillion for customers across the UK and globally.

Hear from our senior policy adviser, James King, at the @irmglobal event on 'Business Risk & the March of Artificial Intelligence' on March 3rd. James will be discussing how investment management firms are leveraging #AI technologies. More details here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/business-ris…

NEW: Funds under management ended the year at £1,509 billion in 2024, an increase of 6% since the end of 2023, while net retail outflows fell to £1.6 billion. The year’s figures demonstrate a cautious return to investor optimism, helped by falling inflation, rate cuts by central banks and stronger equity market performance, particularly in the US. Check out our latest figures: theia.org/news/press-rel…

Unlocking surplus capital from defined benefit schemes has the potential to both boost UK growth by opening up investment opportunities for companies and their stakeholders, as well as the possibility of higher pensions for scheme members.  With the right guardrails in place, the government’s proposals could help channel more funding into the economy, by enabling schemes to invest more widely and take on greater risk, while allowing for members to receive an uplift to pension benefits.

Pension reforms to go further to unlock billions to drive growth and boost working peoples’ pension pots gov.uk/government/new…

Congratulations to @TorstenBell for his appointment as Minister for Pensions. Ensuring our pensions system is fit for purpose is mission critical to securing the financial futures of millions across our country and channelling more productive capital into business and infrastructure. We look forward to continuing to work with Torsten, @hmtreasury and @DWPgovuk on this important brief.

Welcome to the new Economic Secretary to the Treasury @EmmaforWycombe. We look forward to continuing to work with Emma as she steps into this new role and helping her to drive sustainable growth through investment and build the financial resilience of households across the UK.

Hear from our CEO, Chris Cummings, on Following the Rules podcast with Lucy McNulty. Chris discusses the investment management industry's priorities for the year ahead, including our role in delivering UK growth, the need to modernise capital markets and spur innovation, while encouraging more people to invest. Check out the episode below👇

Financial services has rightly been identified as one of eight growth-driving sectors in the government’s new modern industrial strategy. We welcomed the opportunity to respond to the call for evidence for the new Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, set to be published early next year. Our submission included ambitious targets for the investment management industry over the next decade to increase the number of people holding an investment product from just over 20% of the UK population to 75% - matching the number who hold a cash savings account today, and an aim to increase export earnings by nearly 50% from £11.7 billion to £15 billion a year. Read more on our website: theia.org/news/press-rel…