The great barrier relief: UK must cut red tape to turn into the ultimate alternatives hotspot

Chance for SMEs and start-ups to flourish

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Lord David Frost, the UK-EU's relations minister, said recently that the City of London needs to "get on and do its own thing". Hopes of reaching equivalence – that is, access granted by Brussels to foreign financial services firms with home market rules they deem similar to the EU's standards – are fading.

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