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Posted on April 7, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleThe UK plans to ease regulations for smaller private equity and hedge funds, raising the 'full-scope' threshold to £5 billion to boost investment appeal.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government wants to dilute regulations for smaller private equity and hedge funds in a bid to bolster the country's appeal as an investment hub.
The UK finance ministry and the Financial Conduct Authority regulator launched plans on Monday to lift the threshold for 'full-scope' regulation from 100 million pounds of assets to 5 billion pounds ($129 million to $6.4 billion) for alternative asset managers.
Emma Reynolds, Britain's economic secretary, said in a statement the government was focused on "tearing down unnecessary barriers to investment".
Institutional investors have been piling into alternative assets such as infrastructure in recent years in search of higher returns, jockeying with more established players from private equity firms to hedge funds.
The announcement of the proposals comes as global markets have been roiled in recent days by the announcement of steep tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump, threatening to upend global trade relationships and raising risks across markets.
The FCA has requested comments on the proposals by June 9.
($1 = 0.7764 pounds)
(Reporting by Raechel Thankam Job in Bengaluru and Iain Withers in London; Editing by Tommy Reggiori Wilkes and Toby Chopra)
The article discusses the UK's plan to ease regulations for smaller private equity and hedge funds to attract more investment.
The UK plans to raise the threshold for 'full-scope' regulation from £100 million to £5 billion for alternative asset managers.
The UK finance ministry and the Financial Conduct Authority are involved, with comments requested by June 9.
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