Hammond opposes easing rules to boost finance after Brexit
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will remain a pre-eminent global financial centre after Brexit with an agile, but not lax, system of financial regulation, Chancellor Philip Hammond said on Tuesday."I reject the idea that laxer regulation makes a jurisdiction more attractive," Hammond told a conference in London.Some lawmakers have called for regulators to make it a formal objective to keep London competitive as a global financial centre after Britain leaves the European Union next March.Britain's..