Covid-19 or not, Brexit or not: the British financial industry is not letting the EU exit, which happened almost a year ago, get it down. New stock exchange rules, sustainability obligations and more jobs in the financial sector are supposed to prove that the industry is alive and kicking. However, the announcements on the Thames have yet to be followed by deeds. And the dispute over the Northern Ireland protocol threatens to undo the painstakingly negotiated Brexit deal, explains Hagen Gerle in this guest article for FondsTrends, the platform of Hauck & Aufhäuser Fund Services S.A. with contributions on current and future-oriented topics in the fund world: Brexit-Update: Britische Finanzszene alive and kicking? (only available in German)
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- Penalty for not shutting gate: Photo by Hagen Gerle