Growth of private markets in the UK following reforms introduced after 2008
Inquiry by the Financial Services Regulation Committee, 1 July 2025. Its page on the Parliament website.
Reports and responses
- 3rd Report - Private markets: Unknown unknowns (9 January 2026)
- Response from HM Treasury to the Committee’s 3rd Report of Session 2024–26, ‘Private markets: Unknown unknowns’ (9 March 2026)
Evidence sessions
- 2 July 2025: Professor Kern Alexander, University of Zurich; Professor Kern Alexander, Queens' College, University of Cambridge; Professor Simon Gleeson, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford; Professor Simon Gleeson, Clifford Chance
- 9 July 2025: Dr Narine Lalafaryan, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge; Dr Narine Lalafaryan, Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance; Professor Ludovic Phalippou, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
- 23 July 2025: Professor Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr., George Washington University Law School
- 23 July 2025: Nicolas Véron, Bruegel; Nicolas Véron, Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
- 3 September 2025: Federation of Small Businesses (FSB); ScaleUp Institute; British Business Bank
- 10 September 2025: Apostolos Gkoutzinis, Milbank LLP
- 10 September 2025: Lord King of Lothbury, Bank of England
- 17 September 2025: Paragon Banking Group; OakNorth Bank
- 15 October 2025: UK Finance
- 21 October 2025: Bank of England; Bank of England
- 29 October 2025: Ares Management Corporation; Blackstone; Apollo Global Management
- 29 October 2025: British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA); M&G plc
- 5 November 2025: Bank of England
- 5 November 2025: Lloyds Banking Group; NatWest Group
- 11 November 2025: Barclays; HSBC
- 19 November 2025: HM Treasury; HM Treasury; HM Treasury