At the end of March 2021, the UK and EU agreed a Memorandum of Understanding which provides a framework for ongoing regulatory co-operation and dialogue on financial services in the post-Brexit environment. However, it does not significantly alter the new reality for firms doing cross-border business between the UK and EU, where UK firms face a patchwork of national regimes for market access into the EU, coupled with a limited set of equivalence determinations.
1 MAY 2021