Green light for LGIM’s Brexit plans

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has been given the green light for its Brexit plans for European Union clients from the Irish regulator.

‘Short’ Brexit transition concerns adviser body

Companies | 10 May 18

Columbia Threadneedle to move EU client assets ahead of Brexit

Columbia Threadneedle Investments will launch 13 Sicav versions of Oeics ahead of the UK’s exit from the European Union as the asset manager prepares to switch EU-based investors out of its UK-domiciled range into Luxembourg-domiciled alternatives.

FCA: Regulations ‘only go so far’ in changing culture

Investment | 24 Apr 18

FCA tells EU to get on with reciprocal passporting

Financial Conduct Authority chief executive Andrew Bailey has told the European Union to “get on with it” and reciprocate passporting for UK firms during the implementation period.

Products | 13 Apr 18

Insurance linked contracts will ‘not be torn up’ by Brexit

Brexit will not necessarily invalidate insurance linked contracts, according to Lombard International’s associate director of wealth structuring solutions.

Best Practice | 9 Apr 18

FCA will ‘absorb’ Brexit-related costs

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says its next annual budget and business plan will make explicit the costs associated to Brexit that it will have to absorb, news that will likely be welcomed by the financial services industry.

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