Andrew Griffith appointed city minister to see out UK financial reforms

Former Johnson business envoy

clock • 1 min read

Newly appointed financial secretary to the Treasury Andrew Griffith has also been appointed city minister by PM Liz Truss, and is set to deliver the government’s long-awaited post-Brexit financial services reforms.

The former Sky finance chief and Rothschild investment banker will lead on reforms making their way through parliament in the Financial Services Bill, and on oversight of the FCA and PRA, changes to Solvency II and the City's competitiveness post-Brexit. He succeeds John Glen, who held the role for four years. Commenting on his appointment on Twitter, Griffith said: "I look forward to working with the financial sector across the whole of the UK to deliver the government's agenda of economic growth and higher investment." Griffith became Boris Johnson's business envoy and was selected ...

To continue reading this article...

Join Investment Week for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the investment industry, including the Sustainable Hub covering fund news from the ESG space
  • Get ahead of regulatory and technological changes affecting fund management
  • Important and breaking news stories selected by the editors delivered straight to your inbox each day
  • Weekly members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from leading industry experts
  • Be the first to hear about our extensive events schedule and awards programmes

Join now

 

Already an Investment Week
member?

Login

More on UK

'There is no time to waste': Rachel Reeves requests public spending assessment
UK

'There is no time to waste': Rachel Reeves requests public spending assessment

'Britain is a place to do business'

Linus Uhlig
clock 08 July 2024 • 2 min read
CG Asset Management to launch index-linked bond fund
UK

CG Asset Management to launch index-linked bond fund

Irish domiciled UCITs fund

clock 01 November 2023 • 1 min read
UK dividends fall in Q3 as 2023 outlook downgraded
UK

UK dividends fall in Q3 as 2023 outlook downgraded

Computershare UK dividend monitor

clock 26 October 2023 • 2 min read
Trustpilot