Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed)

4:00 pm

Mr. Gerry Cross:

I might add more colour to that. As Mr. Sibley said, since the end of last year we have seen a significantly heightened level of engagement and interest from these firms. They are at the stage of exploring options, looking at Ireland, Germany and Paris. To answer the second part of Deputy Sherlock's question, that is across a very wide subset. In banks, it is the investment banking part which is being broken out somewhat and considered separately. We see it in the asset management sector, insurance, the payments institutions and e-money firms. Within the market sector we have seen a variety of different types, whether they be MiFID firms - firms licensed under market instruments regulation - or asset managers, and we have seen interest from different types of trading platforms, so it goes across the full gamut. It is important to say, as Mr. Sibley has described, that it is very much a process and a discussion, and firms are at many different stages in making their assessments and considerations. It is wide ranging, very active and, as Mr. Sibley said, one's conclusion is that there will be a meaningful increase in our applications.

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