European Union

Spectrum Markets’ Nicky Maan: Stamp duty puts UK markets at ‘severe competitive disadvantage’

The retail exchange boss says traders want convenience and taxes are holding back demand

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New clearing rules could still fragment markets and increase risk, policymakers are being warned

EU set to row back on mandatory threshold for euro clearing

A quantitative clearing requirement, seen as the worst-case scenario for European banks and traders, has been dropped for now

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The joint venture is backed by Deutsche Börse, Euronext, Nasdaq Nordics, SIX and ten other exchanges

Deutsche Börse, Euronext, SIX back new bid to run EU’s sole source of trading data

Madrid exchange chief executive and deputy CEO of SIX securities services Jorge Yzaguirre Scharfhausen has been named chair of the new firm

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The EU extended equivalency for UK clearing houses until June 2025

Industry bodies push back on EU’s forced move for Europe-based clearing

The 11 trade associations said the 'active account requirement' would disadvantage EU firms

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Galaxy Digital's Emea head Tim Grant (left), and TRM Labs' head of legal and government affairs Ari Redbord, caught up with Financial News on Barron's Live

The Fintech Files: Is the crypto winter coming to an end?

Plus: Europe wins the regulatory race in digital assets, and Galaxy eyes a UK crypto ETP

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Mairead McGuinness, financial services commissioner for the EU, said the new rules put the bloc ahead of its peers

MiCA passes: EU’s landmark crypto rulebook to ‘pile pressure’ on UK and US regulators

Markets in Crypto Assets bill will 'undoubtedly make the EU an attractive destination' for crypto firms

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Mental health clinics are also seeing pandemic-related spikes in investor interest, with lockdowns prompting a rise in demand for services around anxiety and loneliness

Private equity bosses target Europe’s fragmented healthcare market

Europe’s disparate healthcare clinics are ripe for consolidation into pan-continental platforms

London mayor Sadiq Khan called on the government to change its immigration system so that it 'meets our economic needs'

London mayor calls for equivalence for the City, slams ‘no-deal Brexit’ for finance

'The final Brexit deal was effectively a no-deal Brexit for finance...this was a major mistake,' said Sadiq Khan

While joining forces has been a feature of the market stateside, EU banks have been slower to face up to threats

Europe’s banks can’t ignore the M&A rush in fight with the US giants

Banks on the continent might fail to survive if they do not use consolidation to their advantage

We are only at the start of the journey to make accessing services and payments as seamless as possible

The EU’s digital wallet — the direction of travel for financial services?

Despite data privacy concerns, the scheme will help foster financial inclusion and simplify cross-border bureaucracy

The prime minister's office in February complained about the bloc’s unwillingness so far to grant the UK equivalence

EU finance deal seen following US model in blow to Brexit optimists

Lobbyists in the City with knowledge of the talks are sceptical — calling such a model the 'lowest possible version' of a future UK-EU framework

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