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FN Focus on Brexit

05 Jan 2016

After a Brexit, would the City of London go full speed ahead or on to the rocks? Industry experts forecast the best and worst possible outcomes for their sectors

Vote that will colour the City for decades

It won’t be uppermost on their minds but when British voters are asked to ‘leave’ or ‘stay’ in the referendum on European Union membership, they will also be defining the future of London’s finance sector for decades.
Alternative funds fear barriers after Brexit

For private equity firms and hedge funds, the debate surrounding Britain’s membership of the European Union is split into two parts.
Three Brexit scenarios for alternatives managers

After a Brexit, would the City of London go full speed ahead or on to the rocks?
Brexit spells higher costs and less influence for fund managers

A British exit from the European Union would disrupt UK asset managers more than their investment banking counterparts, with questions over their ability to distribute and manage funds, as well as the location of their future headquarters.
Three Brexit scenarios for asset managers

After a Brexit, would the City of London go full speed ahead or on to the rocks?
City needs wider vision for UK beyond EU exit

It really is hard to believe. Here is the UK government, negotiating with Europe’s leaders over nothing less than Britain’s future arrangements with Europe, without having put any serious analysis or assessment before the public.
Leaving Europe outweighs Mifid on risk scale

Ask any trading practitioner what their biggest potential headache of 2016 is and most would have said – without hesitation – Mifid II. That is, until a few weeks ago.
Three Brexit scenarios for traders

After a Brexit, would the City of London go full speed ahead or on to the rocks?
How London would fare in Britzerland

Eurosceptics are quick to cite Switzerland as proof that a country with a big financial sector can negotiate a deal that allows its firms to operate inside the European Union, touting the ‘Britzerland’ solution. But the view from the Swiss Alps isn’t so rosy.
'Cumbersome and costly’: Selling funds to the EU from Switzerland

A Brexit would lead to significant extra costs and complexity for UK fund managers if they market their funds inside the EU. But if their target market is further afield, a Brexit could be an opportunity.
Bankers in no hurry to react to Brexit alarm

There was a dismissive wave of the hand from a global investment banking head sitting in his London office when Financial News asked whether the UK’s possible departure from the European Union gave him cause for concern.
Three Brexit scenarios for investment bankers

After a Brexit, would the City of London go full speed ahead or on to the rocks?
Brexit raises fears of financial talent shortfall

One of the financial sector’s biggest fears from a UK exit from the European Union is that the free flow of talent into London could be slowed.
Brexit fight: City donors chased in dash for cash

Both those who want the UK to leave the European Union and those who want it to stay are having a dash for cash. And the rattling of collection tins is particularly loud in the City and Canary Wharf – and Mayfair.

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