Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI)

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Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI)

The City of London Corporation has launched an independent Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), and has commissioned Z/Yen to develop and manage the Index.  The GFCI is an ‘index of indices’, based on a number of existing rankings, in combination with a regular survey of senior industry figures.  The Index will be a dynamic product, which will track changing perceptions of cities as financial centres on an ongoing basis.

We would be grateful for your opinions on any financial centres with which you are familiar.  Please be assured that answers will be kept confidential, and used only to compile the GFCI.  The survey should take less than five minutes to complete.  We will send you a copy of our report.

View GFCI 3 - March 2008 Report
View GFCI 2 - September 2007 Report
View GFCI 1 - March 2007 Report

The GFCI builds upon previous independent research commissioned by the City of London Corporation to evaluate London’s relative competitiveness as a financial centre:

• Z/Yen, “The Competitive Position of London as a Global Financial Centre” , City of London Corporation (November 2005).
• Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation, “Sizing up the City – London’s Ranking as a Financial Centre”, City of London Corporation (June 2003).

More information :

• GFCI Methodology

• Mark Yeandle, Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris, The Global Financial Centres Index - 3 , 80 pages, City of London Corporation (March 2008).

• Mark Yeandle, Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris, The Global Financial Centres Index - 2 , 78 pages, City of London Corporation (September 2007).

• Michael Mainelli, “Market of Markets: The Global Financial Centres Index”, Journal of Risk Finance, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 8, Number 3, pages 313-319, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (June 2007).

• Michael Mainelli and Mark Yeandle, The Global Financial Centres Index - 1 , 64 pages, City of London Corporation (March 2007).

• Michael Mainelli, "Global Financial Centers: One, Two, Three ... Infinity?", Journal of Risk Finance, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 7, Number 2, pages 219-227, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (March 2006).

GFCI in the News :

• "British Virgin Islands Woos Qatari Investors", Gulf-Times.com (4 April 2008).

• "GDN marks 30 years...", Gulf-Daily-News.com, (21 March 2008).

• "Bahrain Is The Worlds Fastest Growing Financial Centre", BahrainNewsAgency (18 March 2008).

• "Bahrain Is Fastest Growing Financial Centre", IslamOnline.com (18 March 2008).

• "Bahrain Named Fastest Growing Financial Centre", HedgeFundsReview.com (18 March 2008).

• "Bahrain Now World's Fastest Growing Finance Centre", ArabianBusiness.com (17 March 2008).

• "Guernsey "Firing On All Cylinders"", GAAPweb.com (17 March 2008).

• "Yahoo!'s Move To Geneva Raises Fears About Britain's Tax Policy", Independant.co.uk (15 March 2008).

• "In The World’s Top 20", ThisIsGuernsey.com (14 March 2008).

• "City of London Releases 2008 Global Financial Centres Index", World-Check.com (13 March 2008).

• "BVI Enters List Of Global Financial Centres; Stability Noted", BVInews.com (7 March 2008).

• "Malta Needs A Sound Economic Plan - PM", TimesOfMalta.com (6 March 2008).

• "The World's Top Financial Centers", Businessweek.com (5 March 2008).

• "BSX Is Happy To Be Ranked So High", Royalgazette.com (5 March 2008).

• "Guernsey: Guernsey Moves Into Top 20 Of Global Financial Centres", Mondaq.com (5 March 2008).

• "Global Capital, Please Come To Vienna", GlobalEconomist.org (3 March 2008).

• "GFCI 2008: London leads New York; Dublin's International Financial Services Centre Moves Up To 13th Ranking", Finfacts.com (3 March 2008).

• "Dream Of Financial Hub", TheKoreonTimes.co.kr (2 March 2008).

• "London, New York Stay Top Financial Centres", TradeArabia.com (2 March 2008).

• "Malta Top Financial Centre - Report", TimesOfMalta.com (2 March 2008).

• "Dubai Among World's Top Financial Centres", ArabianBusiness.com (1 March 2008).

• "Dubai Is Leading Financial Centre Official", Homesgofast.com (March 2008).

• "New Non-Doms Tax ‘Threatens To Topple The City'", ThisIsLondon.co.uk (29 February 2008).

• "Is London Set To Lose Its Number One Spot?", Defaqtoblog.com (29 February 2008).

• "N.Rock, Tax Plan Hit London's Edge Over NY: Report", Reuters.com (29 February 2008).

• "Dubai Top Financial Hub In Gulf Says Report", Business24-7.ae (29 February 2008).

• "London's Lead As Financial Center Narrows, City Says (Update2)", Bloomberg.com (29 February 2008).

• "Rock And Tax Wobble City’s Financial Crown", FT.com (29 February 2008).

• "Seoul Ranked Outside Top 50 Financial Hubs", TheKoreonTimes.co.kr (29 February 2008).

• "London’s Edge Over New York Eroded",  FT.com (28 February 2008).

• "City’s Ranking Threatened By Rock Crisis And Taxation Of Nondoms", Execdigital.co.uk (20 Febraury 2008).

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