U.K. Presses Ahead With No-Deal Brexit Plans for European Financial Firms

Pedestrians cross a footbridge towards the Canary Wharf business, financial district in London, U.K.

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The U.K. published fresh plans to keep European financial firms operating in the U.K. in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The government released a draft proposal on Tuesday that would give firms from the European Economic Area -- the EU plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway -- as well as non-U.K. central counterparties the temporary recognition they’d require to continue operations.