Brexit
Book notes: Two hundred years of muddling through, by Duncan Weldon
Insights into UK economic history offer lessons for today’s policy-makers
BoE backs cut to insurers’ capital requirements
Post-Brexit move to ease regulations requires tightening of some other rules, central bank says
ECB supervision and the state of the eurozone’s banks
ECB banking supervision has passed the first stage of the Covid-19 test, but many challenges remain
Planned EU cross-border trading ban to hit most large markets
Most major jurisdictions currently provide either interdealer or client exemptions
BoE outlines new ‘tiered’ CCP supervision framework
Non-UK CCPs will be labelled Tier 1 and Tier 2 following ‘reliance assessment’
UK’s PRA ‘re-tooling’ for post-Brexit world – Woods
Chief executive says reform efforts complicated by hasty “on-shoring” of EU rules
Three ways to bolster flawed AML/CFT in the EU
EU must address significant weaknesses if it wants to combat illicit money flows, write Panicos Demetriades and Radosveta Vassileva
BoE prepares to break with EU rules on smaller banks
Central bank signals a more tailored approach to regulating non-systemic banks
‘Dark trading’ approach shows UK regulators are more ‘nimble’ – FCA
UK regulator has not seen evidence that dark trading harms market participants
BoE’s Woods says PRA needs more rulemaking powers
PRA chief dismisses “caricature” of the “rampant regulator intent on crushing the industry”
BoE to consult on Sonia clearing mandate
Long-dated Sonia swaps set to lose clearing exemption as liquidity shifts from Libor
Andrew Bailey attacks European Union over regulations
EU risks regional dispute as it holds UK to standard applied to ‘no other country’ – BoE governor
CCP open access will be ‘integral’ part of Mifid review
EC official says politicians will need to decide whether to further delay open access
ECB grants post-Brexit reprieve on large exposures limit
Exemption for intra-group exposures to UK will be preserved pending a decision on equivalence
BoE reassures foreign banks on post-Brexit booking models
EU banks that lost passporting rights after Brexit are unlikely to have to establish UK subsidiaries
Some firms need to provide ‘better’ information to BoE – David Bailey
Executive director says BoE must have sufficient influence over supervisory outcomes post-Brexit
BoE’s MPC says UK outlook is ‘unusually uncertain’
Outcome of Brexit talks and evolution of pandemic leave future cloudy, BoE says
BoE says banks can cope with Brexit and pandemic
But central bank warns EU actions are risking some disruption as transition period ends
FCA details Mifid onshoring process post-Brexit
UK regulator has built equivalent systems to ensure firms can continue with Mifid reporting
BoE expands asset purchases as UK locks down again
MPC publishes more pessimistic forecast of 11% growth contraction and high unemployment
FCA grants UK firms 15 months to comply with post-Brexit rules
UK regulator updates handbook to show which regulation must be adhered to by the end of 2020
BoE welcomes temporary deal on post-Brexit clearing
‘Equivalence’ decision will avoid short-term cliff-edge for CCPs, as Brexit negotiations enter final stages
Book notes: Radical uncertainty, by Mervyn King and John Kay
The one certainty we have faced is that we must confront uncertainty, which is precisely the point of this wonderful book
UK firms must prepare for Brexit risks – FCA
EU and UK have yet to agree on equivalence, senior official warns