華爾街銀行擬將歐洲業務遷出倫敦
Wall Street banks are drawing up preliminary plans to move some London-based activities to Ireland to address concerns that the UK is drifting apart from the EU.
華爾街各銀行正在擬定將部分倫敦業務遷往愛爾蘭的初步計劃，以化解英國偏離歐盟(EU)越來越遠引起的擔憂。People familiar with Bank of America, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley told the Financial Times that they considered Ireland a favourable location for some of their European business if they needed to move them out of the UK. One said he was already planning to move some activities to Ireland.
熟悉美國銀行(BofA)、花旗集團(Citigroup)和摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)的人士告訴英國《金融時報》，他們如果需要把部分歐洲業務遷出英國的話，他們認爲愛爾蘭是個合適的業務遷入國。其中有相關人士表示，他已計劃把部分業務遷到愛爾蘭。
Most US and Asian banks have chosen to base their main European operations in the UK, giving them an automatic passport to carry out their services across all 28 countries in the EU.
大多數美國和亞洲的銀行歷來都把主要歐洲業務放在英國，這讓它們獲得了自動通行權——可以到歐盟全部28個成員國開展業務。
But senior US banking executives said the UK was unlikely to be granted the same “passporting” rights if it left the EU.
美國銀行業高管表示，英國如果脫離歐盟，將不大可能被授予同樣的“通行”權利。Most observers assume that if the UK did leave the EU then Frankfurt or Paris would be the most likely alternative for US banks looking to shift parts of their European activities out of the UK.
大多數觀察人士認爲，如果英國確實脫離歐盟，那麼法蘭克福或巴黎將是可能性最大的候選地，以承接美國的銀行從英國遷出的部分歐洲業務。But Ireland’s attractions for US banks include its low corporate tax rate, English speaking population, English-style legal system and eurozone membership. “Dublin is selling itself very hard at the moment,” said one banker.
但愛爾蘭對美國的銀行具有吸引力，包括公司稅率低、居民講英語、英式法律系統和歐元區成員國身份。一位銀行家說：“都柏林方面此刻正在極力推銷自己。”
