全球金融中心指数33

March 2023 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-third edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 33). 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 Professor Michael Mainelli, would like to thank BikashKharel, Carol Feng, Peng Yu, and the rest of the GFCI team for their contributions with research,modelling, and ideas. © Z/Yen Group Limited 2023 [With thanks to OpenAI’s DALL-E for collaboration on the cover image .] Foreword Congratulations on the release of the 33rd edition of the Global Financial Centre Index! This year marksthe sixteenth anniversary of the index, and the FSC Mauritius is proud to contribute to its release,together with the Z/Yen Group. The Index remains a quintessential benchmark followed by and issuedfor investors and financial decision makers, and continues to provide evaluations of competitivenessand rankings for the major financial centres around the world. We note that in GFCI 33, New York is holding onto the top position in the index and has been in firstplace since the GFCI 24 (September 2018). London, Singapore, and Hong Kong remain in second, third,and fourth position, with San Francisco close behind. While there is considerable variation acrosscentres, the index suggests that confidence in financial centres and the world economy remains high,with a recognition that inflation levels are falling and economic growth generally secure, even with theinstability caused by the continuing war in Ukraine. As Mauritius celebrates the 30 years of the Mauritius International Financial Centre, the FSC Mauritiushas evolved into a mature, forward looking regulatory and supervisory authority, which regulates,monitors, and supervises the conduct of business activities in the non-bank financial services sector,namely the funds industry, the insurance & pension, capital market, fintech sectors and globalbusiness. Mauritius continues to exert further efforts to maximize its potential to become a financialcenter of substance. To this effect, in addition to its exiting suite of products, with the coming intooperation of the Virtual Assets Initial Token Offering Services Act in 2022, Mauritius is positioning itselfto become a jurisdiction of choice for investors to conduct business in virtual assets. Mauritius remains committed to meeting international norms and standards. With the re-ratingupgrade of the FATF Recommendation 15, the compliance of Mauritius with the FATFRecommendations enhances the status of the jurisdiction as a transparent jurisdiction in the globalfinancial services sector and reinforce its position as a prominent investment destination. The FSC willcontinue to protect the integrity of the virtual assets eco-system with a view to uphold the reputationof Mauritius as a robust and credible jurisdiction. Mr. Dhanesswurnath ThakoorChief Executive, FSC Mauritius GFCI 33 Summary & Headlines Overview We researched 130 financial centres for this edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 33).The number of centres in the main index has increased to 120, with the inclusion of Minneapolis/StPaul. There are 10 associate centres awaiting potential inclusion in the main index. The average rating of centres in the index was close to the average in GFCI 32, just 0.06% lower.However, within this average, 31 out of the top 40 centres in the index fell in the ratings, while half ofthe centres in the bottom half of the index improved their rating. While there is considerablevariation across centres, this outcome suggests