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Stopping New Libor Loans By September Will Be Challenging
By Shanny Basar
January 21, 2020, Markets Media
Loan markets will find it difficult to meet the desire of U.K. regulators to stop the issuance of cash products linked to …
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Bankers consider possibility of Libor transition tax
By Thomas Helm
January 23, 2020, Practice Insight from IFLR
The next six months represent a critical period for the Libor transition, bankers and lawyers have told Practice Insight.
While …
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New Libor deadlines hit back at market’s slow progress
By Alice Tchernookova
January 23, 2020, Practice Insight from IFLR
The new deadlines imposed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for the transition away from the London interbank offered rate …
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U.K. watchdog begins two-year crackdown on financial advisers
By Huw Jones
January 21, 2020, Reuters
Britain’s markets watchdog told financial advisers on Tuesday they face a two-year crackdown to stop unsuitable advice, investment scams, and excessive fees.
The …
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E.U. ombudsman probes ‘revolving door’ at banking watchdog
By Huw Jones
January 21, 2020, Reuters
The European Union’s ombudsman has opened an investigation into how the E.U.’s banking regulator approved a move by its executive director to become …
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A thousand E.U. financial firms plan to open U.K. offices after Brexit
By Huw Jones
January 19, 2020, Reuters
More than a thousand banks, asset managers, payments companies and insurers in the European Union plan to open offices in post-Brexit Britain so …
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City of London Braces for a Post-Brexit Squeeze
By Anna Isaac and Max Colchester
January 21, 2020, The Wall Street Journal
Britain’s hulking financial sector presents a serious dilemma for both sides in the U.K.’s coming trade negotiations …
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Banks labor under negative interest rates and ‘zombie’ loan threat
By David Crow
January 21, 2020, Financial Times
When bank executives descended on Davos last year for the annual meeting of the world’s elite, they did so under a cloud. …
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City banks under pressure to strengthen Brexit hubs in Europe
By Paul Clarke
January 20, 2020, Financial News
For London-based investment banks, Brexit means Brexit, no matter what deal prime minister Boris Johnson strikes with Europe.
Senior investment bankers told …
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MiFID II in 2019: 5 Key Volume Trends
By Tim Cave, TABB Group
Originally published on the TABB Forum
European equity trading last year was marred by anemic volumes, but several trends emerged under MiFID II. TABB Group …
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