Rankings

Prior to the 1960s, there is little data available to rank financial centres.:1 In recent years many rankings have been developed and published. Two of the most relevant are the Global Financial Centres Index and the Xinhua–Dow Jones International Financial Centres Development Index.

Global Financial Centres Index (2007–ongoing)edit

The Global Financial Centres Index ("GFCI") is compiled semi-annually by the London-based think tank Z/Yen in conjunction with the Shenzhen-based think tank China Development Institute. As of 25 September 2020, the top ten global financial centres per the GFCI article containing a ranked list of 111 financial centres were:

Rank	Centre	Rating
1	New York City	770
2	London	766
3	Shanghai	748
4	Tokyo	747
5	Hong Kong	743
6	Singapore	742
7	Beijing	741
8	San Francisco	738
9	Shenzhen	732
10	Zurich	724

Xinhua–Dow Jones Index (2010–2014)edit

The Xinhua–Dow Jones International Financial Centers Development Index was compiled annually by the Xinhua News Agency of China with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Dow Jones & Company of the United States from 2010 to 2014. During that time New York was the top-ranked centre.

According to the 2014 Xinhua–Dow Jones International Financial Centres Development Index (IFCD), the top ten financial centres in the world were:

Rank	Change	Centre	Rating
1		New York City	87.72
2		LondonĆ	86.64
3	1	Tokyo	84.57
4	1	SingaporeĆ	77.23
5	2	Hong Kongć	77.10
5		Shanghai	77.10
7		Paris	64.83
8		Frankfurt	60.27
9	2	Beijing	59.98
10	1	Chicago	58.22

(Δ) Appears on the FSF–IMF Offshore Financial Centre (OFC) Lists.
(†) Also appears as one of the top 5 Conduit OFC, in CORPNET's 2017 research; or
(‡) Also appears as one of the top 5 Sink OFC, in CORPNET's 2017 research.