julian jessop. >>> find out how banks are bracing themselves for the aftermath of brexit. that's on our website right now. all week, we are taking a close look at political and business developments and exploring how they will be affecting your portfolio. in this week's trader poll, we want to know which european development will move markets the most brexit, german elections, italian political instability or french labor reform debate head to cnbc.com to cast your vote >>> staying in the uk, growth in british house prices slowed to a three-month low in the month of august according to a survey, house prices grew by 2.1% this month, down from 2.9% in july and below analyst forecasts for a 2.5% rise the uk government is set to order all listed companies to publish and justify the pay ratio between executives and workers. it is a part of the new set of corporate governance reforms they are aimed at transparency they are answering questions at their press conference happening in berlin as we speak. we will have plenty more after the short break. just stick around. >>> welcome