Glasgow Financial Centre Enters European Top Ten

Glasgow Financial Centre Enters European Top Ten

Glasgow has achieved an outstanding performance in the latest global ranking of major financial centres.

The city leapt thirteen places up the latest Global Financial Centres Index which measures 75 financial centres across the world.

Glasgow rocketed upwards from its previous ranking of 46th to 33rd in the global ranking. In Europe, the city entered the top ten for the first time, ahead of cities such as Amsterdam, Oslo, Vienna, Brussels, Madrid and Milan.

Despite the current economic climate, Glasgow's International Financial Services District has maintained momentum over the past 12 months with a series of new job announcements from companies such as Barclays, Santander, esure, Morgan Stanley, NFU Mutual, Tesco Bank, HSBC and Scottish Friendly.

The Index confirmed the dominant position of London, New York and Hong Kong as the world's top financial centres.
Published by the Z/Yen Group twice per year, GFCI 10 uses 28,604 financial centre assessments completed by 1,887 financial services professionals. Since 2007, well over 100,000 assessments from over 6,000 respondents have built the index.