Poppy Gustafsson: UK capital markets need to close gap between 'perception and reality'

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Sorin Dojan
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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.

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