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Reg rageJuly 12 2021

Sunak signals new era for the City of London

The UK finance minister’s annual Mansion House speech set a path towards steering the City of London towards new distant pastures, as hopes of gaining financial services equivalence from the EU evaporate. By Justin Pugsley. 
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What is happening?

At the annual Mansion House speech, UK finance minister Rishi Sunak pretty much admitted defeat on winning equivalence from the EU on financial services. However, he suggested that this gives the UK more leg room to pursue its own regulatory vision and to forge deals with non-EU countries. 

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