UK Drops Post-Brexit Plan to Scrap Thousands of EU Laws by Year’s End May 12, 2023 By Jill Lawless Britain’s bonfire of European Union laws has been reduced to embers. The U.K. government on Wednesday scrapped a plan to...
Germany Joins Opposition to EU Ban on Commission-Based Financial Products January 17, 2023 By Huw Jones Banning commission-based sales of financial products from banks and insurers would be a “serious setback” to the European Union’s capital...
Britain Says Financial Services Agreement With EU Should Come Soon March 18, 2021 By Huw Jones Britain expects to seal a financial services cooperation pact with the European Union shortly, a senior finance ministry official told...
EU Regulators to Weigh If Antitrust Rules Fit for Today’s Global, Digital Markets December 9, 2019 By Foo Yun Chee EU regulators will review two-decade old rules that determine if companies have the market power to throttle rivals or control...
EU Lawmakers Target Big Tech Firms’ Unfair Business Practices December 6, 2018 By Foo Yun Chee EU lawmakers agreed on Thursday to take a tougher stance against tech giants such as Google , Amazon and Apple...
EU Bank Reform Includes Insurance, Bad Loan, Other Sweeteners December 4, 2018 By Francesco Guarascio European Union finance ministers struck a deal on a major reform of banking rules on Tuesday, addressing some of the...
Undoing U.S. Financial Regulations Could Bar U.S. Firms from EU February 10, 2017 By Huw Jones Some U.S. financial institutions could be locked out of the European market if Donald Trump’s administration repeals global rules imposed...
Europe Appears Close to Agreement on Solvency II Insurance Rules November 12, 2013 By Maud van Gaal and Oliver Suess Europe may be nearing an agreement on rules that aim to make insurance companies safer after 13 years of wrangling...
U.S., European Union Struggle to Overcome Regulatory Barriers June 19, 2012 By Doug Palmer The United States and the European Union, stung by past failures to liberalize trade, are struggling over how to tackle...