Simon Gergel, chief Investment officer for UK Equities and head of the Value & Income Investment style team at Allianz Global Investors, talks to Financial News about the unwanted side effects of political and regulatory intervention in UK markets.

With the UK's Labour Party pledging to freeze energy prices if it wins the general election and the Financial Conduct Authority's leaked probe into the insurance industry last month, Gergel reveals his concerns about how this will harm market volatility and companies' decisions to invest in the UK.