‘Talking Shops’ and Too Little Action Hamper City of London Reboot: Analysis September 20, 2023 By Huw Jones and Sinead Cruise When London’s Lord Mayor called recently for the creation of a new council to lead reform of Britain’s flagging financial...
Britain Must Not Damage Financial Services Sector Resilience: BoE’s Woods September 19, 2023 By Huw Jones Easing rules to boost the post-Brexit global competitiveness of Britain’s financial sector can only be done while maintaining a resilient...
Bank of England Tells UK to Hold Insurers to Account on Infrastructure Spending September 14, 2023 By Huw Jones The government should check that insurers are spending up to 100 billion pounds ($125 billion) on Britain’s economy after their...
City of London Calls for ‘Big Moves’ to Boost Post-Brexit Finance September 7, 2023 By Huw Jones The City of London called in a report on Thursday for a new council which would allow Britain’s financial sector...
Global Watchdog Warns Over ‘Very High Leverage’ in Hedge Funds September 6, 2023 By Huw Jones Leverage is now very high in parts of the $7 trillion hedge fund sector, G20 risk watchdog Financial Stability Board...
Britain to Create New Regime to Deal With Big Insurance Company Failures August 7, 2023 By Huw Jones Britain said on Wednesday [Aug. 2] it would start work on setting up new rules specially designed to prevent a...
UK’s Post-Brexit Access to EU Financial Markets Still Unclear, EU Official Says July 19, 2023 By Huw Jones It is too early to tell if Britain’s financial rules post-Brexit will diverge too far from European Union norms to...
Global Rules Leave Crypto Firms With No Place to Hide: G20 Watchdog July 17, 2023 By Huw Jones Globally agreed rules leave crypto firms with no option but to introduce basic safeguards to prevent the blow-ups seen at...
UK Pension Funds Back Next Phase of Post-Brexit Shakeup in City of London July 11, 2023 By Huw Jones Aviva, Legal & General and seven other pension firms intend to invest 50 billion pounds ($64 billion) in unlisted companies...
UK Regulators Urged to Help Keep London Competitive, Using New Post-Brexit Remit June 30, 2023 By Huw Jones Britain’s regulators must push ahead with applying their new post-Brexit remit to help keep the country’s financial sector globally competitive,...