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The UK’s bank ring-fencing legislation: legal uncertainties and potential solutions

25 March 2024 / Author(s): Venessa Parekh , Chhavi Sinha
Issue: February 2022 / Categories: Feature

This article is based on the FMLC’s Report on UK bank ring-fencing legislation, published in November 2021, in which the FMLC recommended amendments to the legislative framework. It delves into four of the eight issues examined by the FMLC’s Report, providing the legislative context, the impact of the uncertainty and the proposed solution by which each issue may be mitigated.

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