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GFCI 40

GFCI 40 by Z/Yen Group: 116 financial centres ranked, led by New York. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.

See the original list at Z/Yen Group (Long Finance)

Publisher
Z/Yen Group (Long Finance)
Published
September 16, 2026
On this page
116 of 117 ranked
Method
Mixed
Reliability
Grade B

New York leads for the 17th consecutive edition (since GFCI 24), with London, Hong Kong and Singapore unchanged at #2 to #4; six Asia/Pacific centres are in the top 10 and Zurich replaces San Francisco there. Berlin falls four places to #45. 117 centres rated from 39,531 assessments by 6,147 respondents.

The full list

RankNameScoreSince GFCI 39
1New YorkGfci39 rank: 1 · Gfci39 rating: 767761No change
2LondonGfci39 rank: 2 · Gfci39 rating: 766757No change
3Hong KongGfci39 rank: 3 · Gfci39 rating: 765756No change
4SingaporeGfci39 rank: 4 · Gfci39 rating: 764755No change
5ShanghaiGfci39 rank: 6 · Gfci39 rating: 743754Up 1
6TokyoGfci39 rank: 10 · Gfci39 rating: 739753Up 4
7SeoulGfci39 rank: 8 · Gfci39 rating: 741752Up 1
8ShenzhenGfci39 rank: 9 · Gfci39 rating: 740751Up 1
9DubaiGfci39 rank: 7 · Gfci39 rating: 742750Down 2
10ZurichGfci39 rank: 11 · Gfci39 rating: 738749Up 1
11San FranciscoGfci39 rank: 5 · Gfci39 rating: 744748Down 6
12GenevaGfci39 rank: 18 · Gfci39 rating: 731747Up 6
13Abu DhabiGfci39 rank: 21 · Gfci39 rating: 728746Up 8
14Los AngelesGfci39 rank: 12 · Gfci39 rating: 737745Down 2
15ChicagoGfci39 rank: 14 · Gfci39 rating: 735744Down 1
16BeijingGfci39 rank: 22 · Gfci39 rating: 727743Up 6
17LuxembourgGfci39 rank: 16 · Gfci39 rating: 733742Down 1
18BostonGfci39 rank: 13 · Gfci39 rating: 736741Down 5
19Washington DCGfci39 rank: 17 · Gfci39 rating: 732740Down 2
20OsakaGfci39 rank: 26 · Gfci39 rating: 723739Up 6
21LuganoGfci39 rank: 25 · Gfci39 rating: 724738Up 4
22BusanGfci39 rank: 23 · Gfci39 rating: 726737Up 1
23ParisGfci39 rank: 19 · Gfci39 rating: 730736Down 4
24SydneyGfci39 rank: 24 · Gfci39 rating: 725735No change
25CopenhagenGfci39 rank: 44 · Gfci39 rating: 705734Up 19
26AmsterdamGfci39 rank: 20 · Gfci39 rating: 729733Down 6
27AtlantaGfci39 rank: 39 · Gfci39 rating: 710732Up 12
28GuangzhouGfci39 rank: 30 · Gfci39 rating: 719731Up 2
29FrankfurtGfci39 rank: 15 · Gfci39 rating: 734730Down 14
30DublinGfci39 rank: 27 · Gfci39 rating: 722729Down 3
31QingdaoGfci39 rank: 33 · Gfci39 rating: 716728Up 2
32MelbourneGfci39 rank: 31 · Gfci39 rating: 718727Down 1
33EdinburghGfci39 rank: 28 · Gfci39 rating: 721726Down 5
34ChengduGfci39 rank: 37 · Gfci39 rating: 712725Up 3
35StockholmGfci39 rank: 35 · Gfci39 rating: 714724No change
36MiamiGfci39 rank: 32 · Gfci39 rating: 717723Down 4
37GIFT City-GujaratGfci39 rank: 46 · Gfci39 rating: 703722Up 9
38CasablancaGfci39 rank: 49 · Gfci39 rating: 700721Up 11
39Kuala LumpurGfci39 rank: 42 · Gfci39 rating: 707720Up 3
40Minneapolis / St PaulGfci39 rank: 36 · Gfci39 rating: 713719Down 4
41TorontoGfci39 rank: 29 · Gfci39 rating: 720718Down 12
42TaipeiGfci39 rank: 51 · Gfci39 rating: 698717Up 9
43MadridGfci39 rank: 40 · Gfci39 rating: 709716Down 3
44Labuan (Malaysia)Gfci39 rank: 55 · Gfci39 rating: 694715Up 11
45BerlinGfci39 rank: 41 · Gfci39 rating: 708714Down 4
46RiyadhGfci39 rank: 61 · Gfci39 rating: 688713Up 15
47RomeGfci39 rank: 47 · Gfci39 rating: 702712No change
48OsloGfci39 rank: 64 · Gfci39 rating: 685711Up 16
49MumbaiGfci39 rank: 52 · Gfci39 rating: 697710Up 3
50MontrealGfci39 rank: 34 · Gfci39 rating: 715709Down 16
51JerseyGfci39 rank: 38 · Gfci39 rating: 711708Down 13
52DohaGfci39 rank: 48 · Gfci39 rating: 701707Down 4
53San DiegoGfci39 rank: 53 · Gfci39 rating: 696706No change
54GlasgowGfci39 rank: 43 · Gfci39 rating: 706705Down 11
55MauritiusGfci39 rank: 50 · Gfci39 rating: 699704Down 5
56New DelhiGfci39 rank: 54 · Gfci39 rating: 695703Down 2
57AstanaGfci39 rank: 65 · Gfci39 rating: 684702Up 8
58MunichGfci39 rank: 73 · Gfci39 rating: 676701Up 15
59Hangzhou700
60Kuwait City699
61Lisbon698
62Milan697
63Malta696
64Dalian695
65Bermuda694
66Wuhan693
67Ho Chi Minh City692
68Isle of Man691
69Guernsey690
70Monaco686
71Da Nang685
72Cyprus684
73Xi'an683
74Bahrain682
75Vancouver681
76Cayman Islands680
77Calgary679
78Warsaw678
79Tianjin677
80Kigali676
81Vienna674
82Brussels673
83Gibraltar672
84Hamburg668
85Helsinki665
86Nanjing664
87Tallinn663
88Bangkok659
89Istanbul658
90Mexico City657
91Liechtenstein654
92Almaty653
93Cape Town651
94Tel Aviv
95Johannesburg
96British Virgin Islands
97Jakarta
98Santiago
99Sao Paulo
100Moscow
101Manila
102Prague
103Baku
104St Petersburg
105Nairobi
106Rio de Janeiro
107Budapest
108Panama
109Bahamas
110Riga
111Barbados
112Tehran
113Lagos
114Athens
115Sofia
116Bogota

This list is reproduced as Z/Yen Group (Long Finance) published it. Names are shown as printed. The ranking belongs to its publisher.

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