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Bankers fear losing business amid EU clearing mandate: ‘We will be constrained’

Europe's efforts to win clearing business could backfire, officials at banks in the bloc warn

Wednesday 8 November 2023 at 06:42

'The last thing you want to do is to force EU market participants to have a worse service'
'The last thing you want to do is to force EU market participants to have a worse service' Photo: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg

Senior staff at European banks are pushing back against the European Union’s attempt to win back clearing from London.

The EU’s push could leave the bloc’s banks at a disadvantage to their international peers, potentially cutting market share and risking their hold on the euro swap market, those close to the plans say.