Weakening UK Regulators Would Undermine Financial Services, Bank of England Warns August 12, 2022 Weakening the independence of regulators would undermine reforms to bolster Britain’s finance industry, the head of the Bank of England...
Britain’s Proposed Post-Brexit Financial Reform Explained August 12, 2022 By Huw Jones Britain’s government proposed a far-reaching financial services law last month to exploit “freedoms” to write its own capital market rules...
UK’s Solvency II Reforms Could Open Door to Share-Buyback Bonanza for Insurers August 5, 2022 By Alex Morales and William Shaw Insurers would potentially be able to use billions of pounds of expected gains from a relaxation of capital rules for...
UK Insurers, Banks Risk Fines Under New Reforms Unless They Put Customers First July 27, 2022 By William Shaw Financial firms may be fined and stripped of their regulatory authorization unless they put their customers’ needs first under far-reaching...
UK Should Avoid Hasty Financial Services Reforms Following Brexit: Lawmakers June 23, 2022 By Huw Jones Britain should avoid hasty reforms to make its financial sector more globally competitive after the industry’s separation from the European...
UK Lawmakers Warn About Watering Down Post-Brexit Financial Regulation June 16, 2022 By Huw Jones Brexit is no reason to radically alter British financial regulation and regulators should not be forced to water down rules...
IMF Warns Britain About Relaxing High Regulatory Standards for Insurers, Banks February 23, 2022 By Huw Jones A push to make London more attractive as a global financial center after Brexit must not threaten high standards of...
UK to Ease Solvency II Insurance Capital Rules to Unlock ‘Billions of Pounds’ February 22, 2022 By Huw Jones Britain will unlock “tens of billions of pounds” of insurance sector capital that should boost the economy through infrastructure investment,...
Financial Services Firms Likely to Flee Britain If ‘Passport’ Regulations Lost ECB’s Lane October 31, 2016 By Padraic Halpin There is likely to be a significant flight of financial activity out of Britain if companies are no longer regulated...
UK’s New Regulators Take Over; FCA Now Responsible for Insurance Sector April 1, 2013 By Charles E. Boyle In a move that is certainly not an April Fool’s Day joke, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), which has been...