United Kingdom Banking

On the face of it, the latest monthly data appeared to back the Monetary Policy Committee's decision to switch its focus away from fears about labour market fragility and back onto inflation. But the importance of the public sector in supporting employment and severe pressure on low-paying secto ...

Financial Leasing in the UK Leasing is mainly provided to businesses, consumers and the public sector. Leased goods include vehicles and equipment for businesses, as well as ships, aircraft, property or other physical assets. This industry covers leasing activities where the term of the lease approx ...

Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry make unsecured cash loans to consumers. Major companies include EZCORP, FirstCash, OneMain Financial, and Sallie Mae (all based in the US), along with Orient Corporation (Japan), and Tesco Bank and Vanquis Banking Group (both b ...

A volatile week for gilts demonstrated the importance of the UK government maintaining a credible commitment to fiscal discipline. As things stand, Chancellor Rachel Reeves will likely need to tighten policy by £20bn-£30bn in the Budget this autumn. Most of the savings will come from furth ...

UK Debt Management - Industry Report The analysis conducted in the Debt Management (UK) report is ideal for anyone wanting to • Identify the market leaders • Spot companies heading for failure • Seek out the most attractive acquisition opportunities • Analyse industry trends • Benchmark their own fi ...

UK Independent Financial Advisers - Industry Report The analysis conducted in the Independent Financial Advisers (UK) report is ideal for anyone wanting to • Identify the market leaders • Spot companies heading for failure • Seek out the most attractive acquisition opportunities • Analyse industry t ...

UK Cash & Valuables in Transit - Industry Report The analysis conducted in the Cash & Valuables in Transit (UK) report is ideal for anyone wanting to • Identify the market leaders • Spot companies heading for failure • Seek out the most attractive acquisition opportunities • Analyse industry trends ...

UK Money Transfer - Industry Report The analysis conducted in the Money Transfer (UK) report is ideal for anyone wanting to • Identify the market leaders • Spot companies heading for failure • Seek out the most attractive acquisition opportunities • Analyse industry trends • Benchmark their own fina ...

UK Asset Finance - Industry Report The analysis conducted in the Asset Finance (UK) report is ideal for anyone wanting to • Identify the market leaders • Spot companies heading for failure • Seek out the most attractive acquisition opportunities • Analyse industry trends • Benchmark their own financ ...

UK Financial Claims Management - Industry Report The analysis conducted in the Financial Claims Management (UK) report is ideal for anyone wanting to • Identify the market leaders • Spot companies heading for failure • Seek out the most attractive acquisition opportunities • Analyse industry trends ...

UK Fund Administration - Industry Report The analysis conducted in the Fund Administration (UK) report is ideal for anyone wanting to • Identify the market leaders • Spot companies heading for failure • Seek out the most attractive acquisition opportunities • Analyse industry trends • Benchmark thei ...

UK Asset Management - Industry Report The analysis conducted in the Asset Management (UK) report is ideal for anyone wanting to • Identify the market leaders • Spot companies heading for failure • Seek out the most attractive acquisition opportunities • Analyse industry trends • Benchmark their own ...

UK Banking - Industry Report The analysis conducted in the Banking (UK) report is ideal for anyone wanting to • Identify the market leaders • Spot companies heading for failure • Seek out the most attractive acquisition opportunities • Analyse industry trends • Benchmark their own financial performa ...

Speaking at events this week, three members of the Monetary Policy Committee largely confirmed our priors about whether they are likely to vote for an August rate cut. Megan Greene's remarks were relatively hawkish. But more dovish sentiments from Andrew Bailey and Dave Ramsden mean we continue ...

As expected, the Monetary Policy Committee kept Bank Rate on hold at 4.25% this week. But both the tone of the minutes and the vote were more dovish than we had anticipated. We think an August rate cut is almost certain, with a November cut likely to follow. The MPC also seemed more open to adding a ...

We've cut our 2025 GDP growth forecast for the UK by 0.1ppt to 1.1% to reflect a larger-than-expected fall in activity in April. We still expect growth will slow to 0.9% in 2026. Domestic headwinds, including fiscal policy being tightened significantly and the lagged impact of past interest rate ...

The end of the temporary increase in stamp duty thresholds triggered a surge in lending and transactions in March as buyers raced to beat the deadline. Though we're likely to see a softer patch for UK housing activity and prices in the short-term, the market looks healthier than it has for some ...

This week's data offered very mixed signals on the pace of UK activity growth. Retail sales rose again in March, but the composite PMI plunged in April. In our view, both measures are deeply flawed. The retail data appears to suffer from seasonal adjustment problems, while the results of the S&a ...

Fund Management Activities in the UK Overall, positive growth in both AUM and capital inflows in the years before the pandemic supported steady revenue growth by providing funds with additional capital to invest. While the COVID-19 outbreak shook markets, the UK and other advanced economies have bro ...

This week's labour market and inflation releases reported continued stickiness in the Bank of England's favoured measure of inflation and in pay growth. Evidence on the likely impact of this month's national insurance and national living wage rises has been mixed. Redundancy notification ...

Though President Trump temporarily suspended his administration's reciprocal tariffs on most countries this week, higher tariffs on China leave the overall effective tariff rate little changed from last week. And with trade policy uncertainty set to remain very high, we still plan to cut our nea ...

Banks in the United Kingdom Summary Banks in the United Kingdom industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2019-24, and forecast to 2029). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metr ...

Fund Management Activities in the UK Overall, positive growth in both AUM and capital inflows in the years before the pandemic supported steady revenue growth by providing funds with additional capital to invest. While the COVID-19 outbreak shook markets, the UK and other advanced economies have bro ...

The Monetary Policy Committee's decision to keep Bank Rate at 4.5% was no surprise. We expect the committee to continue cutting at alternate meetings until at least August, when it will start to digest evidence of the impact of the increase in employers' national insurance contributions. So ...

We expect UK GDP will grow by 1% in 2025 and 1.5% in 2026, unchanged from last month. Recent data have supported our view that the H2 2024 slowdown was exaggerated by residual seasonality in the GDP data. Though we expect the pace of quarterly growth to be stronger this year than in H2 2024, growth ...