UK minister for investment Poppy Gustafsson lauded the government’s efforts to bolster Britain’s capital markets but said what the country misses is finding a way to “close the gap between perception and reality” when it comes to liquidity.
Speaking at the Investment Association annual conference today (26 June), Gustafsson, who previously was chief executive of Darktrace and became minister in October last year, said "a lot of hard work has been done", including on listing and reporting requirements, and added that "there is some incredible innovation…coming out of [her] team". "The innovation is there, the team is there, the change in the regulation that is necessary to…support and make it much easier for those businesses to come through is also there," she said. "What we are missing is that ability to…close the gap be...
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