Jupiter's Slendebroek: We are preparing for a hard Brexit

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Jupiter CEO Maarten Slendebroek has said the firm is preparing for a hard Brexit amid continued uncertainty around the outcome of the negotiations between UK and EU officials.

Part of this preparation will involve switching the firm's Sicav range from a UK to a European holding company ahead of the March 2019 deadline.  The firm has already made a lot of investment into its European operations, having opened offices in Milan and Madrid last year.  Slendebroek (pictured) said: "We are preparing for a hard Brexit, but we are lucky to already have unit trusts and Sicavs. We have been expanding in continental Europe anyway, and it is not like we would not have done this without Brexit. "I see this as part of the job we do. Yes it is complex, but we try to ma...