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Lord Hill: How London can up its IPO game

A landmark review of the City’s listings regime completed just over a year ago. Its chair reflects on the progress that still needs to be made

In a global fight for listings, the City needs the right rules to stay on top
In a global fight for listings, the City needs the right rules to stay on top Photo: Getty Images

Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford, was formerly European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, and chaired the UK Listings Review

The specific issues I was asked to look at by the chancellor for my review of the UK's IPO market — which reported just over a year ago now — were only a subset of the broader exam question: how can we make the UK a more attractive place for companies to set up and grow? To that end, the review was quite narrow in its focus.

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