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Financial Services weekly highlights—24 May 2018

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Published on: 24 May 2018

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Table of contents

Brexit
EIOPA issues opinion on solvency position of insurers post-Brexit
Banks may get more time for moves from UK, ECB says
Lawyers warn of fears over financial contracts after Brexit
Financial Conduct Authority updates
FCA and FRC sign MoU on co-operation and co-ordination
FCA signs MoU with Insolvency Service
FCA Regulation round-up May 2018
Regulatory architecture
ECON report on sustainable finance

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Article summary

Welcome to the weekly Financial Services highlights from the Financial Services team for the week ending 24 May 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) new and updated content and (6) dates for your diary from Financial Services.

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