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...
UK Market Turmoil Threatens Plans for Post-Brexit Reforms for Insurers October 6, 2022 By Katherine Griffiths Reforming European Union insurance rules to release billions of pounds of capital is a key part of the UK government’s...
UK Bond Market Crash Takes Shine Off Plans to ‘Unshackle’ City of London October 4, 2022 By Huw Jones Britain’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss promised to “unshackle” the City of London to fuel growth, but crashing the bond...
Bank of England Won’t Take ‘Risky Bets’ to Boost City of London’s Competitiveness September 27, 2022 By Huw Jones The Bank of England’s new objective of helping the financial sector remain globally competitive should not encourage risky bets on...
UK Government to Pursue ‘Big Bang 2’ Reforms for City of London: New Chancellor September 8, 2022 By Katherine Griffiths Kwasi Kwarteng, the UK’s new chancellor of the exchequer, said the government will pursue sweeping financial reforms to unleash growth...
New UK Prime Minister Promises to ‘Unshackle’ City of London September 6, 2022 By Huw Jones Liz Truss becomes Britain’s prime minister on Tuesday after a campaign in which she promised to “really unshackle” the City...
London’s Financial Services Firms See Potential in Liz Truss’ ‘Radical’ Policies September 1, 2022 By Katherine Griffiths After an international career in finance, a rapid political rise and high profile as chancellor of the exchequer during the...
Front Runner to Be Next UK PM Wants to Review Financial Watchdogs’ Roles: Source August 18, 2022 By Elizabeth Piper and Huw Jones Liz Truss, the front-runner to become Britain’s next prime minister, wants to examine the roles of the country’s three financial...