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Asset managers draw up plans for hard EU exit

Survey of fund houses shows half have put contingency plans into action

British expats living in EU launch Brexit legal challenge

UK expats based in Spain, France and Italy claim the Brexit referendum was unconstitutional

Barclays set to become Ireland’s biggest bank thanks to Brexit

UK bank moving ownership of European branches to Dublin, bringing €250bn in assets

Finance watchdog relaxed about bank models after Brexit

FCA says it is open to ‘broad range’ of arrangements on booking risk and profit

Interdealer broker TP ICAP selects Paris for EU hub

TP ICAP fired its chief executive officer last month and warned rising costs related to Britain’s EU exit and new rules on market transparency would see profit fall short of expectations this year.

Baillie Gifford to set up Dublin business amid Brexit fears

The Edinburgh-based fund house has been on a strong run, topping the second quarter retail sales charts with net inflows of £855 million, according to the latest Pridham Report.

Treasury asks City for help on Brexit action plan

Senior officials including Katharine Braddick, the Treasury’s director general for financial services, made the request to representatives from banks including Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley

Hammond sees dangers of bank capital shift after Brexit

Hub where lenders book assets viewed as vital to jobs, investment and tax revenues

Credit Suisse picks Luxembourg, Madrid, Frankfurt as post-Brexit hubs

The move came “after a business reassessment in connection with our planning relating to the withdrawal of the UK from the EU”, it said.

Brexit puts pension agreements for retiring expats at risk

According to Advantage Retirement, a person retiring to Australia in 2008 would have seen their UK basic state pension frozen at £90.70.

Deutsche Bank shifts half of euro clearing from London to Frankfurt

German lender’s move is latest Brexit blow as European rivals win City business

Building a Stronger and More Integrated Europe

The EU can help lagging regions catch up by reforming cohesion policy and facilitating firm creation through the removal of barriers across the single market.

John Cleese puts his £1.25m Chelsea flat up for sale as he plans his 'Brexit exit'

I am so disappointed with so much about this country at the moment

No-deal Brexit could make 38 million pension payments illegal

The head of the Association of British Insurers has warned that 38 million individuals living in the EU could have their UK pension and life policy payments deemed “illegal” if no Brexit deal is reached.

Chubb Achieves Regulatory Milestones in Preparation for Brexit

Chubb European Group converts to Societas Europaea (SE) ahead of redomicile to France on 1 January 2019

The Brexit White Paper: What it means for Financial Services

Firms will continue to need to plan their fall-back arrangements in the event that "Brexit" means "no-deal Brexit".

The pound will relive the record-breaking horrors of Brexit night if Britain leaves the EU without a deal

The British pound could fall as much as 8% the day after a no deal Brexit is announced, analysts say.

European Commission: Preparing for the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union

Further progress was reported in a joint statement of the EU and the UK negotiators on 19 June 2018.

CI ministers in Brussels for Brexit talks

The meetings, organised by the Channel Islands Brussels Office, gave the ministers an opportunity to discuss a range of issues, with a focus on Brexit and the ongoing EU Code of Conduct assessment process.

Guernsey highlights the positive over Brexit

The IEA report also suggested that the UK look to partnerships with the Crown Dependencies, in addition to working with global centres such as Switzerland, the US and Hong Kong.