UK ‘Just Getting Started’ on Post-Brexit Boost to London’s Competitiveness: Minister December 1, 2022 By Huw Jones Britain is just at the beginning of post-Brexit efforts to keep London a top global financial center, but deregulation will...
EU Insurers, Banks Face Tougher Rules on Use of Cloud Computing Giants November 29, 2022 By Huw Jones Financial firms in the European Union will have to show how quickly they could recover from a cyber attack as...
FTX Crash Injects Urgency Into Regulating Crypto Sector: Global Securities Watchdog November 28, 2022 By Huw Jones The crash of FTX exchange has injected greater urgency into regulating the crypto sector and targeting such ‘conglomerate’ platforms will...
FTX Collapse Shows Need to Regulate Crypto World: Bank of England November 21, 2022 By Marc Jones and Huw Jones The implosion of cryptocurrency exchange FTX shows the need to bring the crypto world within the regulatory framework, Bank of...
UK Insurers Provide Test Case for Post-Brexit ‘Unshackling’ From EU Capital Rules November 17, 2022 By Huw Jones and Carolyn Cohn The British government and the Bank of England are reforming insurers’ capital rules, seen as a post-Brexit test of UK...
Global Securities Regulators Plan Closer Scrutiny of Carbon Trading November 10, 2022 By Huw Jones Global securities regulators proposed closer scrutiny of carbon trading on Wednesday to deepen liquidity and prevent greenwashing in markets used...
Making London’s Financial Center a ‘Wild West’ Would Be Self-Defeating: BoE’s Woods October 28, 2022 By Huw Jones Turning the City – London’s financial district – into a “Wild West“ to attract more business after Brexit would be...
Britain’s Financial Services Execs Hope Sunak Can Steady the Ship After Market Chaos October 26, 2022 By Iain Withers, Lawrence White and Huw Jones After seven weeks in which Britain’s reputation for financial credibility has been rocked by political missteps, senior finance executives have...
Bank of England and City of London Square Off Over Financial Services’ Reforms October 19, 2022 By Huw Jones A plan to give the British government power to override watchogs would raise “serious concerns” about the ability of regulators...
Climate Standard Setters Must Avoid Hardwiring Disclosure Differences: G20 Watchdog October 11, 2022 By Huw Jones Standard setters must work faster to avoid hardwiring differences between their finalized climate-related company disclosures, which would fragment markets, the...