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By Jeff Simmons, Chief Risk Officer, MUFG Securities (Europe) N.V.
How has COVID-19 further impacted profitability in an already heavily regulated environment?
That is a good question, but it depends really on how you view COVID-19 as a barrier to business. Regulated environments tends to be disruptive to business as a result of increased costs, be they upfront in implementation or continuing through costs of complying. COVID-19 didn’t do that, sure there were some bumps in the road at the beginning and a lot of volatility, but these are “normal” for financial markets. Our profitability from a financial perspective was not impacted much at all to be honest, it is the human cost that has come under the most pressure
