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Bankers Talk of Being Sold Out as London Waits for Its Own Brexit Deal With Brussels
By Joumanna Bercetche
April 6, 2021, CNBC
Despite a breakthrough last month, London-based bankers are nervously waiting for Britain and Brussels to agree on a post-Brexit relationship for their financial …

US Companies Clamoring for Standardized SOFR Rate to Ease Their Libor Systems’ Transition
By Neil Roland
April 2, 2021, MLex
US corporate treasurers are calling urgently for a single approach to calculating the Secured Overnight Financing Rate that has been designated to replace …

Killing Off Libor Gets Real for Banks on Key Milestone Date
By William Shaw, Silla Brush, and Tasos Vossos
April 1, 2021, Bloomberg
The UK’s efforts to disentangle itself from sterling Libor by year-end just went up a gear.
Starting Thursday, …
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Brussels Squares Up to UK in Fight Over Euro Swaps Clearing
By Philip Stafford and Jim Brunsden
March 31, 2021, Financial Times
The EU is gearing up for a campaign to seize greater control of one of the City of London’s …

City of London Should Not Blindly Adopt EU rules, Says BOE’s Brazier
By Rachel Armstrong and Huw Jones
March 29, 2021, Reuters
Britain should not be “short-sighted” and copy European Union rules just to keep financial activity in London, Bank of England …

Bank of England Clamps Down on Brexit-Driven EU Relocations
By Stephen Morris and Caroline Binham
March 29, 2021, Financial Times
The Bank of England is demanding that lenders seek its approval before relocating UK jobs or operations to the …

BOE Flags Risk of Illiquidity in Fragile Government Bond Markets
By Lucy Meakin
March 26, 2021, Bloomberg
The Bank of England flagged instances of illiquidity as a broader risk to the financial system after a rout in some government bond …

Bank of England Acts to Limit Fallout From Banking Glitches
By Huw Jones
March 29, 2021, Reuters
Banks and other financial firms in Britain must set out by March 2022 how quickly critical parts of their business could recover from …

UK Watchdogs Quash Call for Flexibility on March Libor Milestone
By Huw Jones
March 24, 2021, Reuters
A Bank of England-backed industry group has resisted a call by a lobby for the loan market to be flexible on a “significant” …
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Lords’ Report: Equivalence Process Needs an Overhaul to Suit UK-EU Relations
By Berengere Sim
March 24, 2021, Financial News
The process of granting equivalent financial services access should be reformed to better suit relations between the UK and the European Union, …