POLITICO Launches Pro Financial Services UK at the London Stock Exchange

POLITICO today rang in the next stage of its coverage of the British economy by launching a new POLITICO Pro Financial Services UK product at the opening of the London Stock Exchange.

Hosted on the POLITICO Pro platform and delivered through a daily morning newsletter and breaking news alerts, Financial Services UK covers the intersection of politics, policy, economics and finance, including post-Brexit regulations, innovations in FinTech, and the policies that are moving markets in the City.

We're here today at the London Stock Exchange,opening the market and celebrating the launchof our latest policy vertical, Pro Financial Services UK.Three, two, one. -Thebig overarching story in finance since the 1980s has been abouthow markets have been imposing themselves on policy.Well, we feel that that era is coming to an end,and politics is now coming into finance in a really big way.Now is the time for finance to take note of what's going on in policy.Because our policy newsletters set up your day.So with a bit of a sense of humour because we don't want boring emailsat seven o'clock in the morning. -I think it embodieswhat we're going to be doing. We're doing serious financial services,but it's also a little bit of fun. -POLITICO is the most informativenewsmaker in terms of financial services in Europe by far.POLITICO is expanding rapidly here in London,adding to the excellent trade team with tech and energyand now financial services. -We want to be an essential readfor the trading community, for analysts, for everybodywhose job depends on understanding risk. -What we will be writing aboutwill really be of interest to banks, insurers, retail finance, consumers even.That's the city of London in the sense of the Square Mile,but also people who work in financial servicesoutside of the capital. -We want to make it easierfor people in markets to understand how policy is going to influence themand their ability to make money.

Fiona Maxwell, POLITICO’s Financial Services UK Editor, was joined by colleagues from across the publication’s newsroom and commercial teams to open the markets and recognise the expansion of POLITICO’s reporting.

Hannah Brenton, James Fitzgerald, and Eleanor Myers will join Maxwell to complete the Financial Services UK team. Their expertise will help ensure both policymakers and industry professionals are across the developments and analyses that matter in the sector.

This launch follows POLITICO’s continued investment in financial policy, politics, and regulatory reporting. In 2023, Izabella Kaminska joined the publication as Senior Finance Editor in Europe whilst POLITICO also established policy areas Financial Services and Central Banker to cover the most significant developments for businesses across the continent.

“Robust financial coverage is at the beating heart of our newsroom,” said Jamil Anderlini, POLITICO’s Editor-in-Chief for Europe. “POLITICO prides itself on consistently keeping our readers ahead and informed, so in addition to strengthening our POLITICO Pro offering, I’m delighted to expand our London newsroom further and bring our distinctive journalism to the UK’s financial sector.”

As part of the launch of Financial Services UK, readers can sign up for a four-week free trial of the Morning Pro Financial Services UK newsletter from February 20.

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Founded in 2007, POLITICO has grown to a team of more than 1100 journalists and media professionals across North America, and Europe. In October 2021, POLITICO was acquired by, and is subsidiary of, Axel Springer SE.

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