100 days of Coalition: What has it meant for financial services?

Our first post-war coalition Government has now lasted 100 days; not a great achievement in itself but a convenient moment at which to pause and consider its impact on the financial services sector.

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Our first post-war coalition Government has now lasted 100 days; not a great achievement in itself but a convenient moment at which to pause and consider its impact on the financial services sector.

I thought it would provide an interesting perspective to look at what has been done by considering impact the Liberal Democrats have had on policy in this area. After all, the only real alternative to the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition following May's General Election was a minority Conservative administration. This would have been unstable and would have be looking to create a suitable opportunity to call a fresh election later this year or early in 2011 to drive for an overall majority. This would have made it rather more cautious in a couple of crucial areas. The first ...

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