Cities are faced with the huge challenge of providing infrastructure that meets the needs of a rising urban population, with limited public resources. Decisions and investments in urban infrastructure must be urgently leveraged to achieve sustainable economic growth within the carrying capacity...

Green Infrastructure (GI) offers significant advantages to urban areas in terms of liveability, sustainability, reducing the impacts of climate change, and encouraging economic regeneration, however, local authorities often find it hard to source the investment necessary to invest in GI.This...

GFCI 9 covers 75 financial centres and uses 76 instrumental factors, of which 37 have been updated since GFCI 8. GFCI 9 reveals that confidence amongst financial services professionals has fallen since GFCI 8, as shown by lower overall ratings – 47 centres have lower ratings in GFCI 9 with...

GFCI 7 builds on the approach adopted in GFCI 6, with its increased emphasis on the inter-connectedness of centres, to allow a more in-depth examination of the underpinnings of competitiveness. Whilst the ratings element is retained, there is a new approach to profiling major centres in terms of...

GFCI 6 provides ratings and rankings for 75 financial centres, up from 62 in GFCI 5. Of the 75 centres rated, 59 centres have received higher scores and only three have decreased. GFCI 5 demonstrated a ‘flight to safety' with the top rated centres being less hard hit by the fall in ratings...

The rise and scams of cryptocurrencies have attracted much public, academic, and economic attention. While most cryptocurrencies have already failed, less attention has been given to the long-term regulation of those that might be successful, all of which purport to be 'eternal' stores of value...

The eighth edition of the Global Green Finance Index (GGFI 8) was published on 20 October 2021. GGFI 8 provides evaluations of the green finance offerings of 80 major financial centres around the world. The GGFI serves as a valuable reference into the development of green finance for policy and...

The thirtieth edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 30) was published on 24 September 2021. GFCI 30 provides evaluations of future competitiveness and rankings for 116 financial centres around the world. The GFCI serves as a valuable reference for policy and investment...