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Singapore places fourth in world financial centres ranking
The Straits Times
|September 26, 2024
Singapore placed fourth in a ranking system that evaluates the competitiveness of financial centres around the world, trouncing other cities including San Francisco, Shanghai and Geneva.
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New York and London took the top two spots in the latest Global Financial Centres Index released on Sept 23. Hong Kong ranked third, reclaiming the position of Asia's top financial centre from Singapore, which had held the spot for the last four editions of the index.
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