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Research Date 27 Jan 2017 The uncertain future of the UK Green Investment Bank It would appear that Macquarie’s status as preferred bidder for the Green Investment Bank, a UK government owned renewable energy investor, is under threat. While the sale was supposed to... Read more
Research Date 26 Jan 2017 Carney on fintech: quid pro quo Yesterday in Wiesbaden, Bank of England Governor and Financial Stability Board (FSB) Chair Mark Carney gave the clearest articulation yet of how financial regulators are weighing the future of fintech... Read more
Research Date 23 Jan 2017 At the front of a very slow queue British Prime Minister Theresa May goes to Washington this week to meet President Trump, with the aim of securing a strong public commitment to conclude a trade deal at the... Read more
Research Date 23 Jan 2017 Is the EU a pragmatist or a purist on insurance equivalence? There has been quite a lot of media coverage of the recently finalised negotiations between the EU and the US Department of Treasury and Federal Insurance Office on a “covered... Read more
Research Date 20 Jan 2017 All (climate) politics is local As the Davos elite gather in the shadow of the Trump inauguration, much of the talk is of uncertainty over the future of globalisation. Davos sessions with titles such as... Read more
Research Date 19 Jan 2017 Brexit begins now Theresa May’s Lancaster House speech has provided much needed clarity about the British approach to Brexit. It has reset the baseline for the negotiation by taking the UK out of... Read more
Research Date 18 Jan 2017 Do populists need to win to matter? The upcoming Dutch parliamentary elections on 15 March are the first test in a year that will see populist parties perform strongly in elections in France, Germany, and probably Italy... Read more
Report Date 16 Jan 2017 Brexit and the future of UK immigration policy UK Prime Minister Theresa May has all but ruled out maintaining freedom of movement between the UK and EU post-Brexit. This implies a new migration system, providing recruitment challenges for... Read more
Research Date 13 Jan 2017 Passporting is dead. Long live ‘passporting’? There was some comment this week about the fact that the UK’s largest financial services advocacy body TheCityUK has self-consciously ceased to advocate the retention of passporting rights for UK-based... Read more
Research Date 13 Jan 2017 Could the UK’s new industrial strategy solve the conundrum of skills and migration? UK immigration minister Robert Goodwill’s comments were very rapidly dismissed by his prime minister this week when he floated the idea of extending the proposed £1,000 a year charge on... Read more
Report Date 12 Jan 2017 Who wants a universal basic income? Interest in a universal basic income is growing at both ends of the political spectrum, albeit for very different reasons. It is also attracting support, and some financial backing, from... Read more
Research Date 3 Jan 2017 Short-changing Britain with shoddy analysis Campaign group Change Britain has published flawed and incomplete analysis suggesting the UK will gain £24bn a year, or £450mn each week, if the UK government pursues a ‘clean Brexit’... Read more
Research Date 22 Dec 2016 EU FTAs: mixed fortunes The EU Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston yesterday delivered an important preliminary conclusion in the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) review of the ratification requirements of the EU-Singapore FTA. This sounds... Read more
Research Date 20 Dec 2016 Vestager dislikes Facebook status on WhatsApp data The European Commission today brought charges against Facebook, alleging the company misled the EU’s competition authorities during its acquisition of WhatsApp in 2014. The social media giant stands accused of... Read more
Research Date 16 Dec 2016 Carney and Bloomberg’s climate competent market This week saw Mark Carney and Michael Bloomberg launch the second phase of the work of the G20 Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. The report... Read more
Research Date 16 Dec 2016 Murdoch reaches for the Sky – will he fall flat again? Following yesterday’s formal confirmation of 21st Century Fox's bid to take control of Sky, UK Culture Secretary Karen Bradley will soon need to decide on whether to launch a public... Read more
Report Date 12 Dec 2016 China, the EU and ‘market economy status’: what happens now? Summary Yesterday marked the deadline to solve the issue of China’s market economy status (MES) and yet nothing has changed in the EU rulebook. However, a reform package is on... Read more
Research Date 9 Dec 2016 Tackling “fake” FDI: why China is clamping down on foreign acquisitions At the end of November, the Chinese government indicated that it intended to exert greater scrutiny over Chinese outbound investment. Draft policy papers released online outlined a new policy whereby... Read more