NEW: Draft #EU plan to maintain access to #UK clearing houses after #Brexit. @EU_Commission decision will safeguard #EU banks' access to LCH etc for 18 months to June 30, 2022: ft.com/content/2de23b…. A short thread: 1/ 
The plans reflect LCH's dominance in clearing euro-denominated derivatives, and stave off financial stability risks at the end of the #Brexit transition period. Both #ECB and #BOE have warned of this: 2/
But the @commission is also clear that it sees the 18-months as a breathing space to deal with that problem by building up the #EU's own clearing capacity and reducing reliance on London: 3/
The #EU's already adopted legislation to drive this process: the amazingly clunkily titled EMIR2.2 law. Adopted last year, EMIR2.2 seeks to boost #EU oversight of non-EU clearinghouses, and hands regulators powers to pressure them to move activities into the EU 4/
But all that is for the future, and for now the #EU is massively reliant on #London. Hence the need for the 18-month window: 5/
National governments are reviewing the @EU_Commission proposal, which is set to be adopted before the end of the month. ENDS
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
