After the Brexit vote, Royal London had a decision to make about its Irish business. The UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investments provider, which manages around £169 billion (€202 billion) worth of assets, had up until that point operated a branch structure within the country. Britain’s exit from the European Union meant it had to evaluate whether or not it was worthwhile setting up a standalone entity that would require the establishment of a new board of directors and full financial oversight from the Central Bank of Ireland. “The Brexit vote happened and we had to take a key…