UK’s bonus cap challenge binned

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UK’s bonus cap challenge binned

The UK’s challenge to European Union’s bonus cap for bank employees has been ditched, after the advocate general for the highest court in the EU said the law was valid. UK authorities had fought against the limits, with the Bank of England arguing that it made banks weaker by raising fixed costs.

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