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Sunak is due to address parliament at 1615 GMT about how Britain
will support its 200 billion-pound ($263.04 billion)financial
services industry.
Pro-Brexit lawmakers say leaving the EU gives Britain a chance
to scale back on the bloc's rules and boost the competitiveness
of London, the world's biggest financial centre after New York,
as Asian centres like Shanghai gather momentum.
"Proposals to bolster the UK's position as a world-leading green
finance hub... are also expected along with plans to ensure the
UK can seize the opportunities presented by new financial
technologies, whilst protecting consumers and financial
stability," the finance ministry said.
The EU is Britain's biggest financial services customer and full
access to the single market ends on Dec. 31.
Brussels has yet to say how much access the City of London will
have from January under its "equivalence" system, beyond
temporary permission for UK derivative clearing houses.
The EU grants access for foreign financial firms if it deems
their home rules to be equivalent or as robust as those in the
bloc, a system Britain will also use for granting access to its
financial markets from January.
Sunak will set out the government's own approach to equivalence
as Britain "builds a global role outside the EU", the ministry
said.
Sky News reported at the weekend that Sunak will also launch a
review of UK listing rules.
The Daily Mail newspaper said Britain planned to start selling
"green bonds" which raise funds earmarked exclusively for
spending on projects that protect the environment.
(Reporting by Huw Jones; Editing by William Schomberg and Chizu
Nomiyama)
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