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Financial Services weekly highlights—17 August 2017

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Published on: 17 August 2017

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Table of contents

Brexit
Brexit impact on customs union and internal market 'increases the more UK pushes for WTO model'
Director General of ABI raises concerns on insurers servicing contracts post-Brexit
ECB executive sets out post-Brexit expectations for banks
Brexit and ‘third country’ access
Regulatory architecture
Treasury Committee chair responds to BoE conflicts of interest report
Treasury Committee closes Maxwellisation inquiry
Treasury Committee inquiries closed
MiFID II and MiFIR

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Article summary

Welcome to the weekly Financial Services highlights from the Financial Services team for the week ending 17 August 2017. 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) new and updated content, (6) dates for your diary and (7) the latest Q&A’s from Financial Services.

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