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Financial Services weekly highlights—9 August 2018

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Published on: 09 August 2018

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Table of contents

Brexit
FCA sends Dear CEO letter on cross-border booking arrangements post-Brexit
FMLC examines the effects of hard Brexit on legacy financial contracts
Regulatory architecture
European Commission request technical advice on sustainable finance from EIOPA and ESMA
ECON publishes draft report on proposed regulation on sustainability disclosures
Prudential requirements
ECJ clarifies certain aspects of procedure under CRD IV and CRR
Risk management and controls
ECB publishes TIBER-EU services procurement guidelines

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Article summary

Welcome to the weekly Financial Services highlights from the Financial Services team for the week ending 9 August 2018. This week’s edition of Financial Services highlights provides an aggregation of the news reported by the Lexis®PSL 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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