Fairness and Financial Markets

Can regulation and financial capability overcome failures in financial markets? Are some types of financial security too important to be left to the markets? Our research looks for answers.



Table of imperfect consumers: Financial Conduct Authority image

New report shows millions in the UK are denied essential financial services because of disability, disease and age.

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New York clings firmly to its system of rent control, but London's housing market has changed too much to re-introduce them.

The Corporate Criminal: cover of book image

Two new reports from the NAO offer a telling reminder that within the financial services sector, crime forms part of normal business practice.

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As the UK government delivers its spending plans for the next five years, a number of controversial cuts are on the cards.

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Corbyn has proposed giving the Bank of England a new mandate to invest, but Alan Shipman argues the track record of this approach makes it hard to swallow.

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Could the sharing economy bring about the end of capitalism - or simply further reduce quality of life for many within society?

Britain pensions image

The new government’s financial plans - including a major change to the taxation of dividends and pension tax reliefs - should put savers on alert.

UK business investment

Osborne’s budgets have made many businesses happy - just not enough to make them splash the cash sufficiently for his monetary and fiscal stimulus to be withdrawn.

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The freedom that Osborne's reforms bring is complex and annuity sellers will need good advice that goes beyond Pension Wise's guidance.

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80% of questions on free online course Managing My Money ask about pensions, revealing widespread examples of poor or no pension planning in UK.

Contact us

To find out more about our work, or to discuss a potential project, please contact:

International Development Research Office
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
United Kingdom

T: +44 (0)1908 858502
E: international-development-research@open.ac.uk