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Brexit Risks Making London Lose Ground to New York as Global Financial Center
The U.K.'s exit from the European Union will be a watershed moment for the City of London and weaken its role as one of the world's leading financial centers, Bundesbank Executive Board Member ...
Conservative UK Lawmaker Pushes for Harder Brexit, Threatens May’s Leadership
It was appropriate that Jacob Rees-Mogg should have found himself in the middle of another fight. The British Conservative lawmaker has been in the middle of all the important fights lately. ...
UK Exports of Finance, Insurance Services Reach Record in 2016
U.K. exports of financial and related professional services grew to a record in 2016 as all regions surged. Exports rose 15.8 percent to 95.7 billion pounds ($136 billion), according new data ...
UK Official: Britain Wants a Brexit With No Changes
The U.K. has revealed for the first time what kind of trade deal it wants businesses to have with the European Union after Brexit -- and in British eyes, nothing will change. Brexit Secretary David ...
UK Minister Asserts Future Governments Can Change Brexit Terms
British voters will be able to change the terms of the country's relationship with the European Union after leaving the bloc if they don't like the final Brexit deal, senior cabinet minister and ...
Deal Struck to Begin Brexit Divorce Negotiations
The U.K. and the European Union struck a deal to unlock divorce negotiations, opening the way for talks on what businesses are keenest to nail down -- the nature of the post-Brexit future. The deal, ...
Brexit May Adversely Effect Legions of Insurance Liabilities, Bank Contracts Without Fix
As far as Brexit headaches go, Barclays Plc's John McFarlane says that while his bank is on top of job relocations, he's more concerned about rewriting "hundreds of thousands" of contracts. He's not ...
Possible Brexit Casualty: 75,000 UK Insurance and Banking Jobs
Sam Woods, Britain's top banking regulator, said a consultancy's estimate that Brexit could cause as many as 75,000 job losses in banking and insurance is "plausible" if the U.K. leaves the European ...