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The only way they're staying as they are in the UK would be through financial deregulation, and we've all seen how well that works out.
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Take investment management firms as an example. Most of them have set up umbrella companies in Dublin and/or Luxembourg to service European clients whom for whatever reason cannot legally contract with a non-EU entity. Aside from that it's pretty much BAU. Look maybe I'm blinkered and totally wrong, but I just cannot see the demise of London as one of the top two global financial centres because of Brexit.
ElGonzo
This won't happen to a great extent. London has been a global financial centre for eons and that will continue to be the case post-Brexit. Some revenue will leave but the vast majority of the financial services sector and it's ancillary structures (accounting, law, consulting, etc) will continue to be, for better or worse, a large part of the UK economy. You're just not going to see investment banks, hedge funds, investment management firms, etc. up sticks and move their entire operation to mainland Europe en-masse. Some smaller firms will do so but they will be the exception rather than the norm.