Reputation: Reputation as a factor for success depends on the attractiveness of the financial centre as a brand, how its creative potential and cultural diversity are perceived, and what it has to offer in this regard compared to other financial centres. Simply listing all these ingredients would not be doing justice to the GFCI.
The index is not simply a set of static building blocks. It is, in fact, a complex and dynamic system. The importance of a particular success factor can vary depending on the level of development of a financial centre.