{"id":22828,"date":"2023-04-25T12:52:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T12:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/uk-financial-sector-will\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T12:53:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T12:53:41","slug":"uk-financial-sector-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/uk-financial-sector-will\/","title":{"rendered":"UK financial sector will be largely cut off from EU for years, EU lawmakers told"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LONDON (Reuters) &#8211;     The long-delayed forum for European Union and British financial regulators won&#8217;t reopen the door for London&#8217;s financial centre to the bloc, EU lawmakers were told on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Windsor agreement on EU-UK arrangements for Northern Ireland will mean that the delayed UK-EU memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a regulatory forum will be implemented, raising hopes of improving market access later on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This could really unlock cooperation, but it&#8217;s our view there won&#8217;t be that many material changes coming out of the MOU and the regulatory forum in terms of cooperation between the UK and the EU,&#8221; Thorsten Beck, director of the Florence School of Banking and Finance, told the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s more like a long term process going forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Beck and Christy Ann Petit, assistant professor at Dublin City University, were being questioned by lawmakers over a report they wrote for the EU parliament on post-Brexit financial services in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>Britain is struggling with identifying post-Brexit growth opportunities and the prospect of regaining broad access to the EU financial market is limited, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>While Britain has begun to downplay the need for major divergence with the EU, the EU has proposed a draft law to force banks and asset managers to shift chunks of euro derivatives clearing from London to the EU.<\/p>\n<p>Beck said there was a tension between the UK government pushing for a globally competitive financial sector, and UK regulators focusing on financial stability.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There will be pressure on regulators to compromise stability in favour of competitiveness at some point,&#8221; Beck said.<\/p>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s finance ministry has said it won&#8217;t &#8220;unlearn&#8221; lessons from the global financial crisis or undermine the independence of regulators to keep the financial system stable and protect consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Petit said she did not expect major divergence between EU and UK rules, given Britain seeks to comply with international financial rules.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p> (Reporting by Huw Jones; Editing by Mark Potter)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/uk-financial-sector-will\/file-photo-a-general-view-of-skyscrapers-in-the-city\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportEconomy\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3O0HZ-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3O0HZ-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (Reuters) &#8211; The long-delayed forum for European Union and British financial regulators won&#8217;t reopen the door for London&#8217;s financial centre to the bloc, EU lawmakers were told on Tuesday. 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