Rathbones secures Irish licence as it eyes Europe expansion

UK · 2026-10-07

1. Step 1 · The triggerRathbones secures Irish MiFID licence, creating a regulated EU entity to replace lost Brexit passporting
2. Step 2 · Knock-onUK wealth-manager peers without Irish/EU licences face competitive displacement on cross-border HNW clients
3. Step 3 · Knock-ondemand surges for regulatory-licensing, legal-entity structuring, and compliance consultancy services
4. Step 4 · Knock-onprofessional-services SMEs with financial-services expertise see contract volume and day rates rise
5. Step 5 · Reaches youtalent competition intensifies for MiFID-specialist lawyers and compliance officers, lifting labour costs for UK professional-services SMEs

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