Regulation

Brexit threat emerges for Senior Managers Regime

Regulators may not be able to enforce the rules if banks move senior managers out of the UK

Tuesday 7 March 2017 at 11:20

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UK regulators could struggle to hold senior managers to account if banks relocate staff once the country exits the European Union, advisers believe.

A senior compliance officer for a European bank told FN it wasn’t clear how regulators would be able to enforce the rules if banks moved a number of senior managers outside of the UK post-Brexit.