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Brexit equivalence deal for City is now so unachievable it’s ‘silly’ to bother

'Six months from now, people will have almost forgotten there is such a thing as equivalence'

“Six months from now, people will have almost forgotten there is such a thing as equivalence,” said a senior lobbyist at a bank in London
“Six months from now, people will have almost forgotten there is such a thing as equivalence,” said a senior lobbyist at a bank in London Photo: Getty Images

There’s a growing consensus forming across the City: The finance sector’s post-Brexit future will be one without equivalence. 

Six senior City lobbyists at London’s largest banks and trade groups, as well as regulatory advisers to finance's most senior executives told Financial News that they are now preparing for a Brexit deal that does not hinge on equivalence - where the EU allows those with matching standards access to its markets. 

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