Government meets with top UK asset managers following Brexit White Paper 'disappointment'

Part of Asset Management Taskforce

Mike Sheen
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City minister John Glen met with leaders of some of the UK's largest asset management firms on Tuesday (17 July) to discuss the sector's key Brexit priorities and the government's approach to accommodating them in its latest negotiations with the EU.

The latest meeting of the government's Asset Management Taskforce, which has met quarterly beginning in October 2017, followed the publication of its controversial Brexit White Paper earlier this month. According to a source familiar with the matter, Glen discussed how best to preserve the industry in the UK post-Brexit and what opportunities can be created for the sector after the UK leaves the EU, in a meeting that was described as "generally positive and useful". JPMorgan: 'Brexit could hurt everybody  In attendance at the meeting were: CEO of RLAM Andrew Carter, managing direct...

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