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Europe gets creative to win London-based banks after Brexit

Regulators offer a range of short-term workarounds to help them relocate

Published Thu, Feb 2, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Frankfurt

REGULATORS in European countries competing for post-Brexit banking business are offering London-based banks a range of short-term workarounds to help them relocate, bankers, regulators and lawyers say.

Global banks have warned they might have to move their European bases from Britain if its departure from the European Union means they lose "passporting" rights to operate across the bloc under the supervision of just one member state's regulator.

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