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Brexit: UK to reopen temporary market access regime for EU financial firms
By Angharad Carrick
July 2, 2020, City A.M.
Britain is set to reopen its temporary market access regime for EU financial firms in September to help companies through the Brexit …
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Stock exchanges group blasts plans to trim trading hours
By Ryan Weeks
July 1, 2020, Financial News
An influential lobby group representing 36 stock exchanges in Europe has dismissed calls for a shorter trading day.
The Federation of European …
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Mifid II divergence will come from EU, not UK
By Hugo Bromley
June 30, 2020, Practice Insight from IFLR
Regulatory divergence on Mifid II will occur – but will be driven by the European Commission, according to several sources …
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Mifid II: systematic internalisers defend themselves
June 25, 2020, Practice Insight from IFLR
Systematic internalisers’ (SI) contribution to the market is not being considered in the debate over their future, according to several sources speaking to …
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Commission considers 19 actions for new CMU action plan
By Jasper Cox and Jean Comte
June 26, 2020, GlobalCapital
The European Commission has split a new set of initiatives to progress the Capital Markets Union into three sections based …
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Questions raised over UK trade bodies’ 10% rule fight
By Daniela Esnerova
July 2, 2020, Money Marketing
UK trade bodies have failed to call for changes to Mifid II’s 10 per cent drop rule in their responses to a …
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Less than half of advisers now use percentage charging
By Imogen Tew
June 30, 2020, FTAdviser
Less than half of advice firms now use a percentage of assets charging model for all of their clients, research has shown, as …
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Barnier rejects UK bid to preserve City of London’s rights via trade deal
By Jim Brunsden
June 30, 2020, Financial Times
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator has rejected British proposals to smooth the City of London’s access to European customers, warning that both …
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Switzerland and UK to cooperate more closely on financial services
By Silke Koltrowitz and Huw Jones
June 30, 2020, Reuters
Switzerland and Britain have signed a joint statement pledging to deepen their cooperation in the area of financial services like …
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Contagion can spread via cross-asset links, ECB study shows
By Alexander Campbell
July 1, 2020, Risk
Financial stress can move between central counterparties, clearing members and their clients more widely than previously thought, recent research suggests.
A study by …
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