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"It
really isn't terribly complicated. If we are outside the EU and
we don't have what would be a stable and long term commitment to
access to the single market then a lot of the things we do today
in London, we'd have to do inside the EU 27," he told delegates
at a conference in London.
"In the days after we lose access, if that's what happens, the
jobs that go, may be somewhat significant or they may not... It
will be a much more expensive model over time...We would be
operating a much less efficient business model, we'd have to see
how that evolves."
Many investment banks use their London hubs to run their EU
operations, relying on the passporting system that allows them
to operate across the bloc while being regulated just in
Britain. The Brexit vote could threaten those arrangements if
banks no longer have access to the single market.
(Reporting By Anjuli Davies, editing by Andrew Macaskill)
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