Market deregulation is key to reinforcing the UK's position in the financial world

People sometimes say that real estate investment, where I have specialised for 30 years, is becoming the preserve of Blackstone, Brookfield and Bill Gates as private equity giants and ultra-high net worth individuals play a bigger and bigger part in the landscape. But there is no doubt that the UK's overall capital markets scene - including investment in listed property companies - has become a big boys' game. In 1963, the man or woman in the street owned 54% of all the shares in issue on the London Stock Exchange. By 2012, this had fallen to a low point of 10.1%, and has only recover...