Market access: All eyes turn to equivalence question as Brexit deal is completed

Managers plea for clarity over passporting rights

Mike Sheen
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The agreement of a Brexit deal was welcomed by financial markets in late December as sterling and UK equities strengthened in response, but the bare bones deal leaves UK asset managers in the lurch as their access to European markets remains in question.

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