Paris, Frankfurt Already Jockeying for City’s Brexit Spoils
- Hollande says EU financial market hubs should ‘get ready’
- Merkel ally says Frankfurt better destination for clearing
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The British seat at the European Union summit had been empty for less than 24 hours before leaders from France and Germany were haggling over one of the U.K. economy’s crown jewels: the business that facilitates trading in euro-denominated derivatives.
French President Francois Hollande said Wednesday that clearing operations belong in a country in the euro zone -- like his. “I hope Europe’s financial market will get ready for the operations that will no longer be possible in the U.K.,” he said in Brussels. German officials countered that Paris is dreaming if it thinks it can beat out Frankfurt, the home of the European Central Bank and Deutsche Boerse AG’s Eurex operations.