Countless options are on offer to cater for the widest range of tastes with respect to the magic triangle of return, risk and liquidity. It is not for nothing that London tops the widely recognised Global Financial Centres Index1, closely followed by New York.
Continental European financial centres trail behind in these rankings, with Frankfurt in 11th place, Luxembourg in 14th, Paris in 26th, Dublin in 30th and Amsterdam in 33rd. London’s significance is also corroborated by hard structural data on individual financial market segments.