The European Central Bank says some lenders still haven’t done enough to beef up their European Union operations before the Brexit transition phase expires at the end of the year.
Some banks need to make more progress in moving staff and assets to
their EU units, an ECB spokeswoman said in a statement. Together with
national regulators, ECB staff “have engaged with these banks to make
sure there is a shared understanding of the path toward the target
operating model,” she said.
The Financial Times reported the statement earlier.
Global
banks that have used London as an EU hub for decades are spending
millions of euros to build out units in cities including Frankfurt,
Dublin and Paris to retain clients in the bloc after the U.K. voted to
leave. While the ECB has acknowledged uncertainty over how the divorce
will play out, the watchdog wants the new operations set up quickly and
to be robust enough to withstand turmoil.
That
means it’s not just about assets and employees. The units also need to
try to be “structurally profitable” as well as “operationally
self-standing” in key areas, and not overly reliant on their parent
companies when
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