Banks Eyeing Dublin After Brexit Face Trader Shortage

  • Recruiting a trader locally can sometimes take up to a year
  • Banks eyeing Dublin to rely on relocating Irish staff in U.K.

Making the Case for Dublin Relocation

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When Rob Boardman is scouring Dublin to hire for his firm’s electronic broking and dark-pool business, it can take up to a year to find the right candidate.

“It’s a question of quantity of talent, not quality," said Boardman, Investment Technology Group Inc.’s European chief executive officer, who has been recruiting in the city since 2010. "It can be hard to hire in financial services for front-office traders."