Latest data points to broader national security judgments and greater willingness to test the regime's boundaries, just as a new Prime Minister is about to take office. A maturing regime entering a new phase The Cabinet Office’s Investment Security Unit (ISU) published its Annual Report covering National Security and Investment Act (NSIA) operation from 1 […]
Here are our top 10 considerations for APAC investors in 2026 Related insight: For more on APAC regulatory fragmentation and where risks may emerge, see Flint’s take on private market dynamics and early engagement strategies in the region — Private Market Developments in APAC — Now is the time to engage 2. Competition enforcement is becoming more […]
Key takeaways for investors Ten key considerations for investors into the UK and Europe in 2026 This blog was written by Martin Summers Director in the Private Markets team, Joe Jones, Partner and Dylan Saralis, Associate Director. We offer buy and sell side services: regulatory, policy and political DD, advice on trade, on competition policy […]
Introduction A strange new term is echoing through the corridors of power in Whitehall: the ‘puffin’ (or, strictly, the PuFIn). Public financial institutions have long been a feature of government activity outside the UK – from the US mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to Germany’s Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau or KfW, eyed with envy from Whitehall for decades. But for reasons of history and public accounting, they have […]
The UK has a confused approach to private markets. Venture and private equity investors provide 81% of equity capital in 2024 and 73% between 2020 and 2024.[1] In the City and across Whitehall, this is both lauded and feared. Private markets are variously portrayed as the UK’s high growth saviour and a high risk, opaque […]
In December Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves went searching for growth in an unusual place – among the UK’s regulators. Each received an early Christmas present in the form of a letter asking for pro-growth ideas. Since then, the Government has mounted pressure on regulators to eliminate barriers and go for growth. First with the […]
The UK Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) approval of the Vodafone/Three merger has been widely interpreted as a significant change in its approach to merger control, signalling a greater openness to behavioural remedies. Our view is that this is a less dramatic shift. We set out why the specific circumstances of the merger and the […]
Download the PDF version here. The starting gun has been fired and the UK general election campaign is now well underway. Over the coming weeks, the major parties will set out more detail about their respective policy programmes and publish their manifestos. This will include policies on the energy and climate agenda, some of which […]
Overview The UK’s new post-Brexit subsidy control regime sits against a backdrop of governments across developed economies pursuing more active industrial policy. The UK’s trade partners, most notably the EU, are watching its subsidy regime and decisions closely. There is significant domestic scrutiny too. Those responsible for scrutinising public spending, such as the National Audit […]
The UK Government has launched it's second Review of the Electricity Market Arrangement (REMA). Whilst there has recently been a lot of talk about the UK falling behind its counterparts in green investment. It is true the UK’s fiscal firepower is unable to compete with the US Inflation Reduction Act and the EU’s Green Industrial […]
Labour’s recent Business Conference and commitment to not increasing corporation tax shows it wants to reassure business it will pursue largely centrist, business-friendly policies in government. But Labour has also challenged business in areas like employment reform and there is policy uncertainty and risk in others. The sell-side needs to get potential investors comfortable with […]
The Procurement Act recently became law and the new regime it introduces is expected to go live in October 2024, close to the anticipated General Election. The Act and the likelihood of a Labour government, with expectations of higher public spending, has seen increased investor and corporate interest in B2G. While there are genuine growth […]
