The UK is one of the world’s leading international financial and related professional services hubs, with London central to this position. Our ‘Key facts about the UK as an international financial centre 2022’ uses the latest available annual data to highlight a number of measures and markets that demonstrate the UK’s role as an international financial centre.
In my last blog post, I examined trends over time in the financial services trade surpluses of the UK and the US. I noted that these two countries are not only the world’s largest net exporters of financial services by a wide margin, but also each other’s largest financial services trade partner.