Asset Management

BNY Mellon’s Hanneke Smits: ‘It’s much harder to attract global talent to the UK’

Smits warns London risks losing its 'diversity of skills, backgrounds and knowledge'

Hanneke Smits claims Brexit has made it more challenging to entice internationally-based professionals to London
Hanneke Smits claims Brexit has made it more challenging to entice internationally-based professionals to London

The boss of BNY Mellon Investment Management has warned that the City is at risk of losing its edge as a financial services hub, claiming Brexit has made it more challenging to entice internationally-based professionals to London.

“It’s become much harder to attract global talent to the UK and, as a result, there is a risk that we lose the diversity of skills, backgrounds and knowledge that enhances the financial ecosystem,” Hanneke Smits told Financial News.

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