Government backs Kay's call for radical investment industry overhaul

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The government has endorsed the findings of the Kay review which called for a major change of attitude from pension funds to combat short-termism in financial markets.

The report by Professor John Kay, published in the summer, also condemned the structure of the fund management industry and laid out ten principles to reform equity markets as well as making a numb...

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