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New York was the epicentre of this year's credit crisis, and that does not help its status as a financial centre.

And there has been a spectacular growth in legal services , which are vital in backing the work of a global financial centre.

Dealmaking in Dubai centres around The Gate, a cube-shaped structure at the heart of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).

Being close to an international financial centre and to a big port, Shenzhen had everything it takes to open up to the world.

even for turning Tokyo into a global financial centre, still the dream of a few visionary politicians.

As the economy slows and jobs are cut, psychiatric practices based in London's financial centre are reporting a rise in referrals.

Demand for such a system, and the strategic impetus that it would give to our development as a leading financial centre, is considerable.

But if Malaysia's status as an offshore financial centre and a tax haven grows, the country could face more pressure as well.

London played host to far more foreign banks than any other financial centre and had the biggest slice of the foreign-exchange market.

Since then it has transformed itself from a small fishing village into a major manufacturing and financial centre for China.

But a visit to any bar in a major financial centre would confirm that these barriers are largely down .

"Total office space in Shanghai is not large, " he says. "Shanghai has just started transforming into a global financial centre. "

Its recent decision to turn Shanghai into a financial centre by 2020 reflects China's anxiety over relying on the dollar system.

But some notions of a financial centre remain, even if technology means that such places no longer need to be focused around an exchange.

This included a commitment not to deviate too far from international banking norms, and to preserve the City's role as a financial centre.

Consider the first steps to turn Shanghai into a "global" financial centre.

Shanghai, though, is not the only city in China with aspirations to be the main financial centre.

Yet China's State Council recently endorsed a plan to turn Shanghai into a global financial centre by 2020.

Shanghai used to be a financial centre where different currencies were freely exchanged, and it should become so again.

But Mr Rogers says just as North Sea oil is running out, so London's standing as a major financial centre is set to suffer.

Two years ago, bankers and policymakers were arguing heatedly over whether New York or London was the world's premier financial centre.

The city risked losing its status as an international financial centre if it failed to change with the times.

They punctuate a remarkable turnround for a financial centre that once boasted of its "light touch" approach to regulation.

But such a rocket-like uplift in a main financial centre stretches credulity.

The helicopter buzzing back and forth across the skyline represents the financial centre's more yuan-denominated future.

Dubai's financial centre would do most service to the Middle East as a regional source of cheap capital and a spur to good governance.

For a financial centre, this amounts to as nice work as you can get in good times.

Job losses are expected in the City of London, Europe's premier financial centre and one of the UK's main drivers of growth.

For this reason, Cohan chose Shanghai, China's financial centre and its biggest city, for his first branch.

As part of the initiative, UK Trade & Investment, which lobbies overseas, will help to promote London as a financial centre.

But he argues that the cost of this insurance will make London less competitive as a global financial centre.

These lists rank a financial centre's willingness to share information about offshore bank accounts with tax authorities around the world.

In the longer term, China may indeed want to see Shanghai become a truly global financial centre.

The competitive edge of a financial centre depends largely on the availability of a large pool of highly professional market practitioners.

But as Mr Rezende sadly concluded: "Sao Paulo is the financial centre, and that's where the money is. "

In recent years it has expanded in the Gulf, acquiring an investment banking licence at the Dubai International Financial Centre.

Hosting the world's largest sporting event in a global financial centre has created a unique set of distribution challenges.

An international financial centre is where financial intermediation of an international dimension takes place.

But they are becoming an increasing force in London's financial centre.

But for all Dubai's woes, the Gulf still needs a financial centre, a port, and a secure place to live, Mr Cooper points out.

It is part of a drive by Mr Abe's government to raise Tokyo's competitiveness as a global financial centre.

Better asset allocation can happen only if Tokyo's competitiveness as a financial centre is boosted, attracting international talent.

Shanghai's rise, far from threatening its future as a financial centre, should help seal it.

We have the fundamentals, like New York and London, to create a global financial centre and a reasonably good living for 10m people here.

City leaders campaigning against the proposals warn that they could undermine London's attractions as a financial centre.

Sponsored by the Qatar Financial Centre Authority, it is a closely watched barometer within the financial services sector.

The dollar's global pre-eminence would be threatened, as would America's status as the world's financial centre.

From this primitive base, can Shanghai possibly transform itself into a global financial centre by 2020, as Beijing has decreed?

The financial centre of the country may have been closed but exports of cars and electronics were unaffected.

"It's not a great advertisement for London when we're purporting to be the financial centre of the world, " he added.

London cannot stake its survival as a financial centre on the continued willingness of UK taxpayers to bail out its banks.

A founder-member of the EU, Luxembourg is considered a well-managed, soundly regulated financial centre with real expertise.

The largest financial centre on the continent, Frankfurt is the seat ofthe European Central Bank and the German Federal Bank.

Nevertheless, regulations that burden foreign banks only go contrary to the idea of developing a truly world-class financial centre.

Today, Manhattan is an international financial centre, while Run remains a sleepy spice island.

Shanghai's long-term aim is to supplant its southern Chinese rival as the country's dominant financial centre.

Next door, the even taller Shanghai World Financial Centre will dwarf its neighbour in a couple of years.

Most of all, London benefits from incumbency and a long history as a financial centre.

At the same time, the establishment of a world-class financial centre also requires attracting top-notch talent.

Birmingham city council wants to build the new east international financial centre, with a London DuanChang strife.

Dubai International Financial Centre plans to launch derivatives products on some regional stocks in September.

IF YOU want to see what it takes to set up an entirely new financial centre (and what is best avoided), head for Dubai.

He then moved to York University in Toronto two years later so he could work in a leading financial centre.

Dubai's hopes of becoming a world financial centre are proving to be nothing more than an Ozymandian dream.

The city's status as a financial centre is not a God-given right.

The company is located in China's financial centre, the Jiangnan region's largest production base for light industry - Shanghai.

The widespread use of English around the world gives London an edge over Frankfurt, Paris or Milan as Europe's main financial centre.

London has grown as a financial centre even though few City businesses remain in British hands.

Britain's highish ratio reflects the City's longstanding role as an international financial centre.

Qatar is building up its financial centre in fierce competition with the established international hub of Dubai.

Complicating things still further, Britain hosts a global financial centre, which pays lots of taxes and provides jobs.

"We want to support sustainable businesses connected to Dubai as a trading, logistical and financial centre, " Mr Chu said.

Business life was disrupted in the US financial centre, with the release of company results and economic data delayed.

Singapore has established a thriving financial centre of international repute .

Diversity must also be part of the picture, as a financial centre is a genuine microcosm.

The capital itself is also set to join the race to be Asia's most influential financial centre.

Shanghai would surpass London and New York as a global financial centre.

Rents in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a glitzy zone for offshore banks, were slashed in December.

Beijing last month said it would support Shanghai's long-held ambition of becoming a global financial centre, setting a goal of 2020.

No one should doubt that Britain is determined to remain a global financial centre serving Europe and the world.

They also threaten the very notion of a financial centre.

To strengthen our role as an international financial centre, we will also continue to develop the debt market.

They survived the collapse of empire by turning London into the world's leading international financial centre.

The growth in investment will further enhance our role as a financial centre.

Pensions and banking reform and measures to make Mumbai a global financial centre are still in the in-basket.

Before the credit crunch, talk that London would replace New York as the world's financial centre was commonplace.

Our financial services sector is the best in the world - London, a pre-eminent financial centre.

Much of the buying may well reflect other countries, such as China, using London as the financial centre for such purchases.

The country benefits, as well as suffers, from hosting a financial centre.

But can the City maintain its role as a global financial centre?

The $33-billion line will open in 2012, reducing the travel time between the capital and the financial centre in half, to just five hours.

There is a danger that new regulation could accelerate this shift in the financial centre of gravity towards fast-developing markets.

Each country has plans to build the pre-eminent regional financial centre to rival London and New York.

The City of London has for the most part thrived as Europe's most open financial centre.

The World Financial Centre in Shanghai and Dubai's Burj Khalifa show building tall and straight has become a rare event.

Some officials in Shanghai are intent on restoring the city's pre-1949 position as Asia's premier financial centre.

We will not only consolidate our status as an international financial centre, but also strive to be a major financial centre of China.

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The two cities have vied with each other to claim the crown as China's international financial centre.

Zurich is Switzerland's largest city and the country's banking and financial centre.

Most Chinese artists live in Beijing, whereas most collectors come from Shanghai, the historic financial centre.

China's state council has set Shanghai the goal of being an international financial centre by 2020.

Fourth, Venice was both a trading and financial centre.

Morgan Stanley bought a 10% stake of Shanghai World Financial Centre.

Other regional competitors, such as Singapore, are also vying for the title of being Asia's premier financial centre.

This is the argument of central bankers whose function is reduced to financial centre lobbyists.

The retail space in Kingkey Financial Centre in Caiwuwei, Luohu District, will be launched for pre-lease shortly.

Look at London, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore, he said. Perhaps you needed English common law to be a world financial centre.

Investment banking in Hong Kong is now as complex as any other global financial centre.

Hong Kong issues a currency of its own pegged to the dollar, as it seeks to solidify its position as a regional financial centre.

I do not believe any cities, even Shanghai, can be compared with Hong Kong as a regional financial centre in the foreseeable future.

From a small fish village in the British colonial period, Hong Kong has emerged to an international financial centre.

Hong Kong is an international financial centre and also a platform for the Mainland with the rest of the world.

So there you are - coins of a design hardly befitting the status of Hong Kong as an international financial centre .

Not so long ago, pessimists were counting Hong Kong's last days as a financial centre.

Such incidents shake investors confidence in the market, adversely affecting the status of Hong Kong as an international financial centre.

Promoting Hong Kong overseas is essential to further strengthen our position as an international financial centre.

We will strive to affirm Hong Kong's position as an international financial centre and a cosmopolitan city.

This augurs well for Hong Kong, in particular for our further development as an international financial centre.

As a leading international financial centre, Hong Kong actively supports the above initiatives.

The position of Hong Kong, a world-class financial centre with a century-old stock market, is assured.

Meanwhile, the casualty is Hong Kong's reputation as a serious international financial centre.

Hong Kong is the most important financial centre of China. It is bound to be hit by the financial tsunami.

As an international financial centre, Hong Kong has very heavy financial traffic.

Having a safe and efficient financial infrastructure is vital to an international financial centre like Hong Kong.

Operating in an international financial centre like Hong Kong, I am sure banks would like to seek overseas business opportunities.

While Shanghai is becoming an increasingly important financial centre, Mr Cheng doubts it will supersede Hong Kong.

Some see the changes as key to maintaining Hong Kong's position as an international financial centre.

HKMEx believes that Hong Kong, as an international financial centre on the mainland's doorstep, has a better chance of success.

This is crucial to maintaining the status of Hong Kong as an international financial centre.

This is a move from west to east and it's centred in Hong Kong, which is the gateway to China and the dominant financial centre in Asia.

Nicknamed the "Hong Kong of northern China" , Dalian is an important trading and financial centre.

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