When London’s Lord Mayor called recently for the creation of a new council to lead reform of Britain’s flagging financial services sector, a deep sense of déjà vu eclipsed the City. For many, the proposal served as a reminder of …
Easing rules to boost the post-Brexit global competitiveness of Britain’s financial sector can only be done while maintaining a resilient financial system, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said on Tuesday. The Bank of England was given a new …
The government should check that insurers are spending up to 100 billion pounds ($125 billion) on Britain’s economy after their capital rules were eased, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said on Wednesday. Britain is rolling back capital rules …
The City of London called in a report on Thursday for a new council which would allow Britain’s financial sector to drive through “big moves” needed to boost the economy by 225 billion pounds ($281 billion) by 2030 and beyond. …
Leverage is now very high in parts of the $7 trillion hedge fund sector, G20 risk watchdog Financial Stability Board (FSB) warned on Wednesday, while noting that significant data gaps make it hard to get a full picture of vulnerabilities …
Britain said on Wednesday [Aug. 2] it would start work on setting up new rules specially designed to prevent a big insurance company collapse from crashing the financial system. Regulators have already introduced rules to deal with ailing banks after …
It is too early to tell if Britain’s financial rules post-Brexit will diverge too far from European Union norms to consider giving it access to the bloc’s markets, a senior EU official said on Tuesday. Paulina Dejmek Hack, a director …
Globally agreed rules leave crypto firms with no option but to introduce basic safeguards to prevent the blow-ups seen at FTX exchange and other crypto casualties, the G20’s Financial Stability Board said on Monday. The FSB published on Monday final …
Aviva, Legal & General and seven other pension firms intend to invest 50 billion pounds ($64 billion) in unlisted companies by 2030 to help the City of London remain a competitive global finance center after Brexit, finance minister Jeremy Hunt …
Britain’s regulators must push ahead with applying their new post-Brexit remit to help keep the country’s financial sector globally competitive, industry officials said on Thursday. After Britain’s departure from the European Union, the government has come under pressure to maintain …
