全球金融中心指数36

September 2024 Financial Centre Futures In March 2007, Z/Yen and the City Of London released the first edition of the GFCI, which continues toprovide evaluations of competitiveness and rankings for the major financial centres around the world.We are pleased to present the thirty-sixth edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 36). In July 2016, Z/Yen and the China Development Institute (CDI) in Shenzhen established a strategicpartnership for research into financial centres. We continue our collaboration in producing the GFCI.The GFCI is updated every March and September and receives considerable attention from the globalfinancial community. The index serves as a valuable reference for policy and investment decisions. Z/Yen is the City of London's leading commercial think-tank, founded in 1994 to promote societaladvance through better finance and technology. Z/Yen has built its practice around a core of high-powered project managers, supported by experienced technical specialists so that clients get expertisethey need, rather than just resources available. The CDI is a leading national think-tank that develops solutions to public policy challenges throughbroad-scope and in-depth research to help advance China’s reform and opening-up to world markets.The CDI has been working on the promotion and development of China’s financial system since itsestablishment in 1989. Based on rigorous research and objective analysis, CDI is committed toproviding innovative and pragmatic reports for governments at different levels in China andcorporations at home and abroad. The authors of this report, Mike Wardle and ProfessorMichael Mainelli, would like to thank Bikash Kharel,Sasha Davis, Carol Feng, Peng Yu, and the rest of theGFCI team for their contributions with research,modelling, and ideas. © Z/Yen Group Limited 2024 Foreword I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the world’s leading commerical think-tank, Z/Yen, forpreparing the launch event for the Global Financial Centres Index 36 (GFCI) in collaboration with BusanMetropolitan City. This year marks the 15th anniversary of Busan’s designation by the Korean government as a financialhub in 2009. Since receiving its designation, Busan has consistently worked to enhance its reputation asa leading financial hub, with the city ranking 27th in the GFCI, following its steady rise starting in 2020. In the current global financial environment, digital finance, defined as the integration of finance andtechnology, is continuing to expand as is green finance, which stresses approaches to addressing theclimate crisis and achieving carbon neutrality. Furthermore, global financial centers are engaged in anintense competition to assume a leadership position. Busan is also busy laying the foundations for meaningful changes and innovation. To become a globalhub city, the city offers substantial incentives and regulatory exemption benefits, in addition to theGlobal Hub City Special Act for Busan which aims to attract businesses from within the financial andcutting-edge technology sectors. The designation of the Busan Munhyeon Finance Complex and NorthPort Redevelopment Phase 2 as special financial opportunity zones, offering tax benefits to companieswithin the zone, is expected to create synergistic effects alongside the Global Hub City Special Act. Furthermore, Busan is expected to continue to attract a number of innovative businesses as the citywas designated a regulation-free zone for blockchain technologies in 2019, while the Busan DigitalAsset Exchange is set to open at the end of this year. Moreover, the city has set its sights on becominga global leader in digital finance through the establishment of the Busan International Finance Center(BIFC) Phase 3 project that will serve as a‘digital valley’. In closing, I would like to request your unwavering attention and support for Busan on its journeytowards becoming a global city of finance. Thank you. Park Heong-joonMayor of Busan Metropolitan City GFCI 36 Summary & Headlines Overview We researched 133 financial centres for this edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 36).The number of centres in the main index remains at 121. There are 12 associate centres awaitingpotential inclusion in the main index. As in the last edition of the index, there is little change in the ranking of the leading centres, with onlyDublin improving more than four rank places-up 11. This continues to suggest no major changes inthe economic outlook across the leading economies in the world, with slow but continued growthand inflation falling. Overall, the average rating across all centres was down 0.42%, suggesting littlechange in confidence in the financial sector, with the average rating for centres in Latin America &The Caribbean up 0.65%-the only region in which ratings increased. Forty-six centres rose in the rankings, 17 maintained their position from GFCI 35, and 58 fell. Elevencentres fell 10 or more p