‘Phantom’ power projects are holding back the UK’s energy security – Centrica report
New report shows queue for new energy projects is blocked by developers that may not even have land rights and...
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UK crypto investors to take 6-page questionnaire before being allowed to buy bitcoin
Table of Contents UK regulators are bringing in a “test” which consists of a fairly arduous questionnaire that investors will...
Bloomberg Evening Briefing: US Regulators Look to Rein In Hedge Funds
Top US regulators are zeroing in on the dangers posed by highly leveraged hedge fund trades—and mulling options to rein...
Israel-Gaza: Crypto Is a Small But Deadly Slice of Hamas’ Funding
As lawyers and prosecutors rake over the ashes of Sam Bankman-Fried’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire, another reckoning for digital currencies...
Brexit confusion continues as top financial regulators prepare to meet
More than seven years on from the Brexit vote, the City remains in regulatory limbo, with some executives predicting more...
‘No one wants go back to square one’
Axing the EU’s ESG investing rules would be a mistake, the head of EU policy at the UN PRI has...
London Can Handle EU Derivatives Trading Just Fine
Nearly four years after Brexit, London still dominates an essential corner of Europe’s financial markets: acting as the guarantor for...
The EU Just Kicked Off Its Biggest Climate Experiment Yet
With little fanfare, the European Union has launched a huge climate experiment. On October 1, the EU kicked off the...
Revolut attracts FCA scrutiny over red-flagged accounts
Revolut has attracted scrutiny from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority over red-flag accounts that were restricted by the National Crime...
No ‘bonfire of regulations’ post-Brexit, Pimfa says
There will be no big bonfire of regulations post-Brexit when it comes to UK financial services, the public affairs director for Pimfa has said.Simon Harrington was speaking at FTAdviser's Financial Advice Forum 2023, in conversation with Carmen Reichman, FTAdviser's multimedia editor.He said the announcement of the Treasury’s Financial Services and Markets Bill in 2022 marked a significant step forward in the UK government’s implementation of a post-Brexit regulatory framework.However, he assured the audience that the advice profession did not need to fear a complete unravelling of the EU regulations that have...