The Investment Association, the trade body for the UK’s asset management sector, has kicked off the search for a new head office after almost a decade at its City location.

The IA, which employs around 100 people and represents more than 240 members with around £9tn in assets, has resided at Camomile Street since it relocated in 2016 from 65 Kingsway — a grade II listed art deco building that was the former headquarters of Kodak.