New Tory leader needs to grasp the complexities of capital markets

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Amid all the carnage and chaos in Westminster over the past month, investment managers could be forgiven for overlooking the long overdue post-Brexit financial services and markets reform bill. Published last week, the bill essentially rewrites the U.K.’s rulebook for capital markets. There is just one problem, those responsible for drawing up and passing the bill through Parliament are unlikely to be on the front bench come party conference season.

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