Articles by Huw Jones

‘Green’ Investment Funds Less Vulnerable to Climate-Related Shocks: EU Watchdog

Funds investing in “brown” or polluting companies would be hit far harder than environmentally friendly “green” funds in a climate-related market shock, the European Union’s securities watchdog said on Wednesday in its first study of its kind. Brown funds spread …

UK and EU on Track to Agree on Financial Services Cooperation – but Trust Must Be Built

Britain and the European Union are on course to agree a deal on regulatory cooperation in financial services this month, but the UK’s actions in Northern Ireland makes it harder to build trust, the bloc’s financial services chief said on …

Britain Must Think ‘Creatively’ About Keeping London Competitive for Financial Services

Brexit starts a new chapter for Britain to think “creatively” about keeping the UK an attractive location for international financial services companies, Britain’s finance minister Rishi Sunak told the Bank of England. Britain left the EU’s single market on Dec. …

Post-Brexit Exodus of Staff and Assets from London to EU Slows

LONDON – The shift in financial staff and assets from the City of London to the European Union because of Brexit has eased after Britain completed its full departure from the bloc, a tracker from consultants EY showed on Tuesday. …

Britain Reviews Rulebooks to Keep Financial Services Sector Competitive After Brexit

Britain is conducting a review of its financial rulebooks and policies to see how it can keep its 130 billion pound ($184 billion) finance sector competitive after Brexit left it largely cut off from the European Union. The government is …

Plans to Reform UK Insurance Capital Rules Not Part of ‘Deregulatory Agenda’: Minister

Britain’s plans to change capital requirement rules for insurers following its departure from the European Union are about tailoring them to local conditions rather than any “gratuitous deregulatory agenda,” its financial services minister said. Britain inherited the Solvency II insurance …

UK, EU to Create Financial Services Cooperation Forum for Market Access Talks

Plans by Britain and the European Union to set up a new financial cooperation forum by the end of March have made some progress but this will not automatically lead to market access, senior officials said on Tuesday. Britain’s trade …

Securities Regulators Back International Climate Risk Disclosure Body

Global market regulators have thrown their weight behind plans for a new international standards body for company disclosures on climate risks and sustainability, saying it would cut the scope for so-called greenwashing. The current patchwork of voluntary public and private …

Brexit Boosts Amsterdam Ahead of London as Europe’s Top Stock Trading Center

Amsterdam has displaced London as Europe’s biggest share trading center after Britain left the European Union’s single market, and picked up a chunk of UK derivatives business along the way, according to data published on Thursday. Stock exchanges in the …

UK Insurers Not Likely to See Cuts in Capital Requirements After Brexit: Bank of England

The Bank of England told insurers on Wednesday not to expect any big reduction in capital requirements after Brexit, adding that more capital could be “part of the answer” to meeting a 1.7 billion pound bill for COVID-19 claims. Britain …