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Does this apply to the City of London[0]? My understanding is that it has its own rules with regards to transparency for example. [1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London

[1] https://platform-production.s3.amazonaws.com/therules-134-Ci...

EDIT: Added a reference.

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The City isn't a seperate legal jurisdiction in this way. The Corporation of London has special rules regarding itself only, as a local authority.

The City, as a place, hosts companies who offer services that can move your funds to seperate jurisdictions, but these companies are subject, AFAIK, to all England&Wales law.

Lastly, the tax dodged in the City was often not going to the UK Exchequer anyway, usually it was diverted from the treasury of a developing country. We slap a fee on that work and call it an economy.

Not sure exactly what you're referring to. There are additional rules if you're listed on the London Stock Exchange (both legal as a PLC and contractual with the exchange itself, if I understand it correctly), but that's not the City per se?

AFAIK these are changes that apply to any company in the UK (whether or not theyre LSE-listed). This also wouldn't depend on whether they operate within the City of London.

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