Europe will suffer if Brussels shuts the City of London out of EU markets Benjamin Franklin once said that “you may delay, but time will not”. With Article 50 to be triggered before the end of March pending the Supreme Court ruling, how much more time can Westminster and Brussels policy-makers really afford to spend on political rhetoric? Can we really ignore warnings from European officials that UK plans to [...]
Brussels must see the lighter side of dark pools – or watch City innovation wither FROM allegedly failing to execute trades at the best price, to clients being misled about the type of trade being executed, trading in dark pools has taken its fair share of criticism recently. But against this flurry of negative headlines, and with the EU seeking to enforce stricter controls on dark pools, it is important [...]