Sectors
Working within our supervisory areas you will most often deal with firms which cover a number of sectors, however we don’t expect you to know everything about everything. We are recruiting people with a variety of backgrounds however if you have experience within financial services you will be asked to select your preferred sector.
RETAIL SECTORS
Insurance
We supervise:
- Life insurance companies
- General insurance companies
- Friendly societies
- Related fund management and advisory operations
Banking & Mortgages
We supervise:
- All retail banks
- UK building societies
- E-money issuers
- Mortgage lenders
- Mortgage brokers
- General insurance brokers
- Stockbrokers
- Spread betting firms
- Clearing
- Retail bank investment banking and fund management
- Retail bank insurance
Asset Managers & Advisers
We supervise:
- Fund managers
- Private client stockbrokers
- IFAs
- Mortgage brokers
- General insurers
- Alternative investment strategies
WHOLESALE SECTORS
Investment Banks
We supervise major US & European investment banks which have significant presence in the UK
- Equity markets
- Debt markets
- Derivative markets
- Advisory markets
Banks & Investment Firms
We supervise:
- International Banks
- Standard Chartered Banks
- Regional Insurance Brokers
- Large Hedge fund firms
- Private Equity Firms
- Wholesale Asset Managers
- Wholesale Small Firms
Insurance
We supervise:
- General Insurance Intermediaries
- Commercial Insurers
- London Insurance and Reinsurance market (including Lloyds of London)