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London will survive Brexit, but property will suffer

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UNITED KINGDOM

London post-Brexit.

Brexit will be damaging for UK-EU services trade

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UK/EU

Even if it succeeds, this will have a greater disruptive impact on the trade in services than goods, because the EU’s single market enables greater cross-border services trade…

Fintechs may shake up traditional banking in Brazil

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BRAZIL

Although fintechs may increase efficiency and competition in the financial system, they may also pose risks to the banking sector if they are poorly regulated. In March the…

Brexit’s impact on the City of London will vary

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UK

The alternative to passporting after Brexit is ‘equivalence’, which would allow EU and UK firms access each other’s financial markets. However, such a regime does have the same…

UK and EU financial reforms will have modest impact

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EU/UK

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled the 'Edinburgh Reforms', which seek to loosen regulations in order to boost post-Brexit growth and innovation. EU reforms include plans to…

Panama leak may exacerbate economic slowdown

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PANAMA

The move comes in light of April 3's massive leak of documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. The fallout of the leak -- known as the 'Panama Papers' -- could seriously…

Investors will return slowly to Iran despite potential

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IRAN

Iran investment outlook.

New Nigeria bank restrictions may boost fintech sector

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NIGERIA

These limit weekly cash withdrawals from banks to NGN500,000 (USD1,072) for individuals and to NGN5mn for businesses. One aim of the new policy is to drive an increase in digital…

Manama will struggle to vary its investor offering

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BAHRAIN

The Economic Development Board (EDB), the country’s investment promotion agency, announced in March that its ‘golden licence’ scheme of incentives for local and foreign investors…

US-China phase-two trade deals will be issue specific

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INTERNATIONAL

To halt trade hostilities, Beijing promised to buy more US imports, dismantle tariff and non-tariff barriers and open its financial services market to US firms. In return, the…