US investment banks still bet on London a year before Brexit
Top 5 US banks have more than 1,500 job postings in Britain; in Dublin, Frankfurt and Paris, it is less than 200
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A YEAR before Britain is due to leave the European Union, top US investment banks plan to hire far more people in London than anywhere else in Europe, indicating they expect the City will remain their main regional hub, at least in the short term.
When Britain voted to quit the EU in the summer of 2016, analysts predicted a mass exodus of investment banking jobs from London - historically Europe's premier financial hub - to rival centres in continental Europe.
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