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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

'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.

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