Will the UK meet the Brexit transition period deadline?

With less than six months remaining before the end of the transition period, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) urges the EU and UK to make progress on the negotiations and put in place equivalence decisions and  the necessary arrangements to ensure a stable long-term relationship for financial services and minimise potential disruption. 

In a paper published today setting out priorities for the future EU-UK relationship, AFME highlights that continuing uncertainty on Brexit, combined with the adverse macroeconomic situation arising from COVID-19, has the potential to aggravate existing risks at the end of the transition period and significantly increase disruption to clients and markets.

AFME is calling on the EU and UK to: 

• ensure that equivalence determinations are in place well in advance of the end of the transition period;
• establish arrangements for close supervisory cooperation to ensure effective and efficient oversight of firms and cross-border activities; and
• establish a formalised framework for regulatory cooperation to build trust and ensure as much transparency and certainty as possible over the processes for the assessment and withdrawal of equivalence.