JPM is looking at office space in Ireland
If banks are going to go anywhere, my money is on Ireland. they’ll have the better tax rates than Paris or Frankfurt and there won’t need to be as much upheaval for staff. There’s probably more than a few old traders who would be happy to not travel so far for a night out in Dublin. There were plenty on the LIFFE floor who used to hop on a plane there after work on a Friday just for a drink up.