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London closes in on NY as world's top financial centre
Daily Express
|March 21, 2025
LONDON has edged closer to becoming the world’s top financial centre — but concerns have been raised over its future competitiveness.
The 37th edition of the Z/Yen Group’s Global Financial Centres Index showed the capital maintained its second-place ranking among the world’s top financial centres — and climbed 12 points from the last rating in September.
New York topped the table again but its lead over London has narrowed. Our capital dominates European rankings, with a 19-point lead over Frankfurt, which came in at 11.
Our city was in the top three for all eight major industries and scored first for banking.
This story is from the March 21, 2025 edition of Daily Express.
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