Irrespective of whether the UK leaves the EU with a withdrawal agreement, interest grows in the future of regulatory policy, the inter-connectivity of international financial services, and how firms from other countries will...more
With Parliament prorogued and the Government suggesting it may ignore legislation obliging it to request a further Brexit extension from Brussels, it remains a possibility that the UK may leave the EU on 31 October 2019...more
9/17/2019
/ Cross-Border Transactions ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Member State ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Passporting ,
Temporary Permissions Regime (TPR) ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
In a speech that was ostensibly on the progress of the Capital Markets Union, Steven Maijoor, the Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") announced, that ESMA is planning possible measures to avoid a...more
4/19/2017
/ Article 50 Treaty of the EU ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Member State ,
Referendums ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Relocation ,
UK ,
UK Brexit
The main focus of the commentary so far has been on the references to security (in the Article 50 notice) and the references to Gibraltar (in the EU response).
What though does this mean for the Financial Services...more