Bloomberg: Dutch expect 30 big financial firms to seek license on Brexit

12 April 2018

Brexit will lead as many as 30 “significant” financial firms to seek a license to operate in the Netherlands, according to the country’s top regulator.

“We see that the Netherlands is an attractive option for financial companies in innovative spheres like fintech and exchange platforms,” Gerben Everts, a board member of the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets, told reporters in Amsterdam on Thursday. “Proprietary traders are also looking at our country because well known names such as Optiver and IMC are already based here.”

While asset managers are also expressing interest, big investment banks seem less keen for a variety of reasons, Everts said. AFM held talks last year with nearly 100 firms about obtaining a Dutch license, he said. [...]

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