10-14-2016, 11:59 AM
'US banks plan ahead for UK exit from EU'
'Wall Street banks are drawing up preliminary plans to move some London-based
activities to Ireland to address concerns that the UK is drifting apart from the EU.
People familiar with Bank of America, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley told the Financial
Times that they considered Ireland a favorable location for some of their European
business if they needed to move them out of the UK.
One said he was already planning to move some activities to Ireland.
The people said their plans were in most cases still at very early stages.
But they said the US banks had started preparing for the euro zone's impending
banking union that threatens to isolate Britain and, ultimately, for a possible UK
exit from the EU...'
SOURCE:
'Wall Street banks are drawing up preliminary plans to move some London-based
activities to Ireland to address concerns that the UK is drifting apart from the EU.
People familiar with Bank of America, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley told the Financial
Times that they considered Ireland a favorable location for some of their European
business if they needed to move them out of the UK.
One said he was already planning to move some activities to Ireland.
The people said their plans were in most cases still at very early stages.
But they said the US banks had started preparing for the euro zone's impending
banking union that threatens to isolate Britain and, ultimately, for a possible UK
exit from the EU...'
SOURCE:
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