All the headlines from our Uk Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 19 2018 // A small town mayor from southern Spain is offering Gibraltar-based insurers a way to retain access to the European Union single market after Britain leaves the bloc next year.Juan Franco of La Linea on the southern tip of...
Apr 17 2018 // A prominent campaigner to leave the European Union, Arron Banks, denied allegations on Tuesday by a former employee of political consultancy Cambridge Analytica that he had misused personal data for political...
Apr 17 2018 // The plot to reverse Brexit is missing a key ally: U.K. business.Companies have been among the most outspoken critics of the split from the European Union, and many have much to lose from the divorce. But as a group of...
Apr 17 2018 // The United States and Britain on Monday accused Russia of launching cyber attacks on computer routers, firewalls and other networking equipment used by government agencies, businesses and critical infrastructure operators...
Apr 13 2018 // Leading bankers warned on Thursday that Britain is yet to feel the real impact of Brexit which will undermine its status as a global finance center as companies prepare to shift jobs out of London to preserve access to...
Apr 12 2018 // European Union regulators urged banks, investors and customers on Thursday to take “timely action” to avoid disruption to cross-border derivatives and insurance contracts caused by Brexit.Britain leaves the EU...
Apr 9 2018 // Britain’s financial watchdog called on Monday for immediate coordination with European Union counterparts to ensure that Brexit is as smooth and stable as possible for markets.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...
Mar 29 2018 // U.K. financial regulators sought to reassure banks and insurers that they can rely on a transition period to ease their adjustment to Brexit, putting pressure on the European Union to do the same.The statements on...
Mar 28 2018 // The number of finance jobs to be shifted out of Britain or created overseas by March 2019 due to Brexit has dropped by half compared to six months ago to 5,000 roles, firms employing the bulk of UK-based workers in...
Mar 28 2018 // Is London’s position as the largest international center of finance slipping as a result of Brexit?London has been a critical artery for the flow of money around the world for centuries. The financial services sector...
Mar 23 2018 // The Bank of England said it would update banks and insurers next week on its approach to Brexit given that Britain and the European Union have now adopted a transition deal.“The Bank of England welcomes the EU...
Mar 22 2018 // Markets had already delivered their verdict before the European Union’s data privacy watchdogs could express outrage toward Facebook Inc.And while the social media giant lost as much as $60 billion in value earlier...
Mar 22 2018 // Europol Executive Director Rob Wainwright is leaving the EU intelligence agency he’s led for almost a decade to help run Deloitte LLP’s cyber-security practice, as companies wake up to the growing...
Mar 21 2018 // The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has formed an agreement with the Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) so that BIBA’s UK-based brokers are introduced to WBN’s EU-based brokers — thereby...
Mar 21 2018 // Lloyd’s of London Chief Executive Officer Inga Beale said insurance contracts across Europe will remain at risk unless there’s an agreement on how they should be treated in post-Brexit Europe.“Regulators...
Mar 20 2018 // London-based banks and other financial firms won’t put their Brexit moves on hold despite a transition deal between Britain and the European Union as it lacks full legal certainty, industry officials said on...
Mar 20 2018 // The European Union will consider offering the U.K. “improved equivalence” for financial services after Brexit, according to the bloc’s latest negotiating guidelines, a system Britain has rejected as...
Mar 19 2018 // Britain’s government and regulators will look in detail at the potential risks from cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, British junior finance minister John Glen said on Monday.Glen said there had been an “explosion...
Mar 19 2018 // The U.K. clinched a deal that will buy it time in Brexit talks in a move the European Union’s chief negotiator hailed as a decisive step. But it’s all still contingent on finding a solution to the most...
Mar 19 2018 // XL Catlin’s London-based insurance operation has introduced a Brexit contract continuity clause. The clause addresses the risk that contracts written by XL’s London-based entities prior to Brexit may become...