2. What is your assessment of the impact of Brexit on trade and investment within the financial sectors in the UK

1.     What are the key trends in trade of goods and services between Commonwealth countries?

2.     What is your assessment of the impact of Brexit on trade and investment within the financial sectors in the UK

This answer must have 900 words

a)      Google search section underlined – suggest reviewing 10 pages of search results (NB especially 2017 sources eg. ACCA Brexit-impact-financial-services) and the Future of the City of London

b)      key segments within the financial services sector:- retail banking; corporate banking; investment banking; asset management; and FinTech

c)       BBC: Brexit? Here are six things to watch (especially see sections on Robots and the labour market): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41915195

3.     Critically evaluate the possible challenges and opportunities of a multinational enterprise (MNE) in the financial sector on post Brexit within the context of a changing global trade landscape

This answer must have 900 words

3. International Business (IB)

W2 - Globalisation Drivers especially financial globalisation

1. Commonwealth Secretariat (2015) Commonwealth in the Unfolding Global Trade Landscape – see Parts 1-3 (pgs. 19-25)
2. Brexit and the City: a 10-point reality check (02/17)
3. Brexit and the City LSE lecture

World Bank Global Financial Development Report 2017/2018 (11/17) and Islamic Finance

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World Bank Global Financial Development Report 2017/2018 (11/17) - main messages and blog

a)      Key opportunities/developments shaping international banking

                              (i)            rise of South-South (eg. Asia-Africa, Asia-Latin America) banking      (pgs. 14-16)

• Box 2.1 How Do Banks Expand Abroad? Branches or Subsidiaries? (pg. 45)
• Box 2.3 Foreign Banks in Africa: The Case of Ecobank (pg. 48)
• Box 2.10 The Global Expansion of Chinese Banks (pg. 65)
• Box 2.13 Intermediate Cooperation Approaches: The ASEAN and Australia–New Zealand Cases (pg. 75)
• Box 2.14 Intermediate Cooperation Approaches: The WAEMU Case (pg. 76)

                            (ii)            rise of fintech (pgs. 17-19), www.mckinsey.com/industries/financial-services/our-insights/remaking-the-bank-for-an-ecosystem-world?cid=eml-app) and World Bank Global Financial Development Report

• Box 3.6 Fintech in China: An Overview (pg. 109)