Opportunities and challenges

Browse the pages shown to the left to explore our thoughts and analysis on opportunities and challenges facing some of the markets we follow.

UK energy market

The UK domestic energy market is worth around £66 billion a year and has doubled in size over the last ten years. What makes this an attractive market for innovation and what is the potential for disruption?

Read our blog post “What makes the UK energy market so attractive for innovation and disruption?"

Retirement Finance

In the 2014 Budget, the UK Chancellor announced changes to pension rulWhat makes the UK energy market so attractive for innovation and disruption?es meaning retirees are no longer forced to buy an annuity with the proceeds of defined contribution pension schemes.

Whilst the details and implications have still to be worked through, this simplification may well lead to wide ranging changes to the insurance, fund management and IFA sectors and possibly beyond, opening the door for innovators to reform a poor customer experience offering limited product choice.

Read our blog post “Retirement finance – is the pension industry ready for radical change?”.