All the headlines from our Uk Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 31 2023 // Britain’s finance ministry set out plans on Thursday to meet its target of becoming the world’s first net-zero aligned financial center, proposing measures to stamp out so-called greenwashing in financial...
Mar 21 2023 // Top officials from Britain’s financial sector said on Tuesday they would set out a blueprint later this year to “kickstart” London’s role as a post-Brexit global financial center by 2030.The City of...
Mar 9 2023 // Investors Aviva and M&G on Thursday joined calls for Britain to press ahead with financial reforms and give high-growth sectors such as technology companies more support to keep London’s markets...
Mar 9 2023 // Britain’s revamped financial market rules will largely be aligned with U.S. and European Union regulations to minimize disruption to global companies, its financial services minister Andrew Griffith said on...
Mar 2 2023 // Britain will seek to reset relations between the City of London and the European Union on Thursday, saying it will stick to high standards in finance and not do anything to undermine financial stability in the bloc in the...
Feb 22 2023 // A central plank of global accounting rules has become a “performance penalty” which holds back investment in Britain, its financial services minister Andrew Griffith said on Tuesday.So-called mark-to-market, or...
Feb 21 2023 // The Bank of England sought on Monday to allay fears among insurers that it was dragging its feet over a long-trailed and disputed reform of their capital rules, saying a “very good sense” of the changes would...
Feb 10 2023 // The UK government is in talks to speed the implementation of a flagship insurance reform to release £100 billion ($121 billion) of capital for investment, after months of clashes over the plans and frustration about the...
Feb 2 2023 // Britain’s finance ministry laid out its first set of rules to regulate cryptoassets on Wednesday, saying ongoing turbulence in the sector and the collapse of exchange FTX highlighted risks that need...
Jan 26 2023 // A Russia-based hacking group named Cold River is behind an expansive and ongoing information-gathering campaign that has struck various targets in government, politics, academia, defense, journalism, and activism, Britain...
Jan 23 2023 // Insurers loved the UK government’s long-awaited plans to free up billions of pounds of their capital. But after the celebrations have come fears that regulators could nudge the changes in a more cautious...
Jan 12 2023 // Britain’s Royal Mail said on Wednesday it was facing severe disruption to its international export services following what it described as “a cyber incident.”“We are temporarily unable to despatch...
Jan 11 2023 // NEWQUAY, England – Britain’s hopes of becoming a prime launch site for small satellites remain intact despite the failure of what would have been the first launch into orbit from western Europe, business minister...
Dec 12 2022 // The UK set out a package of financial services reforms that cuts across dozens of areas but fell short of the “Big Bang” that politicians were promising earlier this year and is unlikely to deliver the dramatic...
Dec 1 2022 // Britain is just at the beginning of post-Brexit efforts to keep London a top global financial center, but deregulation will be selective to ensure high standards are kept, financial services minister Andrew Griffith said...
Nov 23 2022 // Even after years of division and vitriol, it seems like Britain still needs to talk about Brexit.More than six years after voting to leave the European Union, the UK is facing a prolonged recession, a deep cost-of-living...
Nov 22 2022 // Zurich Insurance Plc (ZIP), the Dublin-based wholly owned subsidiary of Zurich Insurance Group, plans to relocate to Germany as a result of the UK’s exit from the European Union.Since the Irish unit includes the...
Nov 17 2022 // The British government and the Bank of England are reforming insurers’ capital rules, seen as a post-Brexit test of UK willingness to “unshackle” the City of London after leaving the European Union.Reform...
Nov 17 2022 // Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey took the British government to task on Wednesday over its plan to give itself veto powers over post-Brexit financial rules written by independent regulators, including the central...
Oct 26 2022 // After seven weeks in which Britain’s reputation for financial credibility has been rocked by political missteps, senior finance executives have given new prime minister Rishi Sunak a cautious welcome.Sunak is a known...