At its meeting ending on 29 April 2026, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by a majority of 8–1 to maintain Bank Rate at 3.75%. One member voted to increase Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points, to 4%.
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Read more →Under plans in a consultation published today, funded reinsurance – which involves UK life insurers paying a large up-front premium to a reinsurer in return for future payments – would be treated more like other investm…
Read more →The Bank of England Levy (the Levy) is a means of funding the costs of the Bank’s policy functions in pursuit of its Financial Stability and Monetary Policy objectives.
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Read more →On 20 March 2026, The Bank of England hosted an event to gather evidence from a range of stakeholders on the Financial Policy Committee’s (FPC’s) assessment of the appropriate level and structure of bank capital require…
Read more →The Chair welcomed the Group and those present as part of the observers’ programme.
Read more →Time: 11am to 1.30pm | Location: Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AH and MS teams
Read more →Time: 10am to 11.30am | Location: Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AH and MS teams
Read more →Co-chair Sarah Breeden opened the session by welcoming attendees to the AI Consortium’s (AIC) third quarterly meeting held virtually. Sarah welcomed new Co-chair David Geale, the FCA’s Executive Director for Payments an…
Read more →Chairs James Kaye (FXJSC Operations Sub-Committee) and Sharon Blackman (FXJSC Legal Sub-Committee) opened the meeting and welcomed online and in person attendees.
Read more →Andrea Rosen (Chair, Bank of England) welcomed David Adams (Morgan Stanley) and Oliver Brennan (BNP Paribas) as guest presenters.
Read more →The Bank of England has today published new and updated guidance on how the Bank might implement the UK’s resolution regime in the event of a bank failure.
Read more →The Chair opened the meeting by welcoming Members and noting that this was the first meeting since the Innovation in Money and Payments Conference, at which many AAG members had participated. The Chair was very pleased …
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Read more →The International Organization of Securities Commissions articulated considerations for worldwide regulators evaluating cryptoasset trading platforms within their regulatory perimeter. However, IOSCO noted this assessme…
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