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Financial Services weekly highlights—11 January 2018

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Published on: 11 January 2018

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Table of contents

Brexit
Brexit: UK appeals for German special partnership to avoid ‘unnecessary barriers’
Commission publishes Michel Barnier Brexit speech—financial services aspects
Global standards—ISDA plans for derivatives post-Brexit
Regulatory architecture
FCA and FRC sign MoU on co-ordination and co-operation
EU lawmakers mull tweaks to Professional Licensing Plan
Charles Randell to chair FCA and PSR
Prudential requirements
PRA consults on MREL reporting expectations

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Article summary

Welcome to the weekly Financial Services highlights from the Financial Services team for the week ending 11 January 2018. This week’s edition of Financial Services highlights provides an aggregation of the news reported by the Financial Services team over the past week and includes: (1) news items relating to the UK’s decision to leave the EU, (2) updates from UK Regulators, (3) updates from EU and International Regulators, (4) updates from industry bodies and market participants, (5) dates for your diary and (6) the latest Q&As from Financial Services.

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