U.K. financial services regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said that it is trying to mitigate as many “cliff-edge risks” as it can as the United Kingdom and European Union stumble on toward a “no deal,” hard Brexit scenario. It admits, however, that “there are some areas that can only be solved by action from the EU.”

Neil Hodge is a freelance business journalist and photographer based in Nottingham, United Kingdom. He writes on insurance and risk management, corporate governance, internal audit, compliance, and legal...