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Updates to UK ring-fencing regime, short-selling rules move closer to adoption

By Sofia Gerace ( January 7, 2025, 14:07 GMT | Insight) -- An easing of the UK's bank ring-fencing regime and updated rules on short selling of securities both came closer to entering force today with the backing of a committee of lawmakers tasked with scrutinizing secondary legislation. Banks will see a streamlined regime with less onerous capital burdens, while a new framework for short selling will replace EU-inherited laws. The statutory instruments will now pass to the House of Commons, the lower chamber of Parliament, for final approval.An easing of the UK's ring-fencing regime for banks and updates to rules on short selling of securities both won the backing of a committee of lawmakers tasked with scrutinizing secondary legislation today....

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