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UBS chief executive plays down 1,000 Brexit moves

Profits at UBS's investment bank soared in the third quarter, with its advisory and capital markets teams on song

UBS chief executive plays down 1,000 Brexit moves
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The chief executive of UBS has cooled estimates made by the bank's chairman Axel Weber in January that it could shift 1,000 jobs out of London after Brexit.

On a third-quarter earnings call with reporters, Sergio Ermotti said that as the bank received more clarity from policymakers and regulators around the UK's exit deal with the European Union, its worst-case Brexit scenario could soften.

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