Finance District Leader Calls Brexit a ‘Moment of High Risk’ for London October 15, 2019 By Huw Jones and Andrew MacAskill Britain’s vast financial services industry will lose more jobs to Europe over the coming years because of Brexit, the City...
London Retains Status as Top Global Financial Services Center, Despite Brexit Chaos October 15, 2019 By Andrew MacAskill, Sinead Cruise and Huw Jones From the pinnacle of the City of London’s largest skyscraper, Stuart Lipton is wagering a $1.2 billion bet that the...
UK Markets Regulator Warns of Dangers of Unregulated Cryptocurrencies August 1, 2019 By Huw Jones and Tom Wilson Britain’s markets watchdog said on Wednesday that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have no intrinsic value and offer consumers few protections,...
Britain Reviews How to Improve Financial Services Regulation After Brexit July 23, 2019 By Huw Jones Britain has kicked off a review of how regulation of finance could be improved after Brexit, saying it would not...
Global Insurance Accounting Rules Under IFRS17 to Be Amended June 27, 2019 By Huw Jones An international standard setting body has proposed a one-year delay and changes to the first global accounting rule for insurance...
London Must Avoid Becoming ‘Offshore’ Financial Center After Brexit, Says CFTC Chief June 5, 2019 By Huw Jones Policymakers should “tether” London to the European Union to avoid isolating the region’s largest financial hub, harming the euro zone...
UK Financial Services Industry Will Emerge Stronger from Brexit: Gov’t Ministers May 21, 2019 By Huw Jones and Andrew MacAskill Britain’s finance industry will emerge stronger from Brexit, remaining one of the world’s top financial centers, ministers in Prime Minister...
Bank of England Warns Against Weakening Rules for Insurers, Banks After Brexit May 17, 2019 By Huw Jones Weakening rules for banks and insurers after Brexit would be “anathema,” but Britain could change its style of regulating to...
Will UK Insurers and Banks Be EU Rule Takers or Rule Makers, After Brexit? May 1, 2019 By Huw Jones A group of banks are directly feeding the British government ideas for a Brexit financial services trade deal, bypassing the...
UK Financial Services Business Flows to EU to Avert Possible Brexit Disruption: Report April 3, 2019 By Huw Jones Financial firms in Britain continue to shift business to new European Union hubs and won’t stop unless Brexit is canceled,...