The worldwide computer games market, worth around £969m in sales in the UK alone, is highly competitive and dangerously risky. Companies that get it right scoop the pot but just a few wrong moves spells disaster. “Close but no cigar” is not an option – games typically take two years and...

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...

Financial services have become a major component of western society. Today, the key questions for financial services professionals, as well as their customers, are whether this level of activity constitutes a bubble or whether it is sustainable. What will the industry look like in 10, 20 or 40...

"The Great Game: Clustering in Wholesale Financial Services" offers a unique perspective into the development, growth and sustainability of global financial centres in the post-crisis world. It explains why London and New York became so dominant, why they have been able to maintain their...

This report examines the challenges of uncertainty in the context of the current financial & economic outlook and evaluates how asset management, like all segments of the financial services industry, can embrace a new sense of morality to re-engender consumer and investor trust and confidence....

Commissioned by Busan Metropolitan City, this special report provides an overview of the maritime sector including major ports and related maritime financial centres. Global trade growth drives global shipping growth. It is quite clear that Asia, and in particular China, now leads in terms of...

Commissioned by the Toronto Financial Services Alliance (TFSA), this report provides a high level comparison of the regulatory environment that impacts the financial services industry in some of the main jurisdictions based on relevant instrumental factors, responses to an online questionnaire...

We are pleased to present a short update on the progress being made in the Busan International Finance Center (BIFC). BIFC is a member of Z/Yen's Vantage Financial Centres programme. The aim of this update is to provide readers with news about the exciting progress being made by the city of...