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HMT has published a note of the inaugural meeting of the Group, which was held on 31 January 2026 and was attended by representatives from governments and regulators. Topics include: financial regulation/supervision and financial sector innovation including with regard to sustainable finance.
HMT has published a note on the meeting held on 11 January 2025. Matters under discussion include: financial regulatory cooperation; capital markets; asset management; insurance/pensions; sustainable finance.
The following have been published in the Official Journal: (i) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/984 of 22 June 2022 on the equivalence of the regulatory framework of the People’s Republic of China for central counterparties that are authorised to clear OTC derivatives in the interbank market and supervised by the People’s Bank of China to the requirements of EMIR; (ii) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/985 of 22 June 2022 on the equivalence of the regulatory framework for central counterparties in Israel to the requirements of EMIR has been published in the Official Journal.
The People’s Bank of China and the Bank of England have today announced that they have signed an agreement to renew the existing reciprocal sterling/renminbi currency swap line for a further five years.
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FATF’s report has re-rated the country on a number of recommendations. China remains in enhanced follow-up and will continue to report back to FATF on its progress.
The FCA has published the first addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and the FCA. It relates to UK UCITS.
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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1000 of 14 March 2019 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1799 as regards the exemption of the People's Bank of China from the pre- and post-trade transparency requirements in MiFIR has been published in the Official Journal.
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HMT has announced the launch of Stock Connect by which UK-listed companies will be able to sell shares in China from 17 June 2019. This is a reciprocal arrangement between the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. FCA and the China Securities Regulatory Commission have announced their approval of the scheme and published a high-level MoU. HMT has also published a summary note of the Economic and Financial Dialogue between the UK and China which took place on 17 June 2019.
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- https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-china-efd-sees-launch-of-london-shanghai-stock-connect
- https://www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-and-csrc-announce-their-support-shanghai-london-stock-connect-scheme
- https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tenth-economic-and-financial-dialogue-held-between-the-uk-and-china
The EC has published this draft Regulation which amends Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1799 as regards the exemption of the People’s Bank of China from the pre- and post-trade transparency requirements in MiFIR. Comments are invited, to be received by 6 February 2019.
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BIS has published reports assessing the implementation of the LCR regulations in these territories, deeming China and the USA to be "compliant" with the Basel framework and the EU to be “largely compliant”. The inpidual reports are available to download via the following link.
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