Budapest jumps to 85th place on global financial centres index

Budapest has jumped to 85th place from 101th last year on the Global Financial Centers Index, which was published on Thursday for the 29th consecutive year by the Z/Yen Group.

The index ranks 114 cities on a 1,000 point score.

New York (764 points) replaced London (743) on the top of the list, which slipped to second place after years of leading the pack. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore held their positions at the top.

Two European cities, Frankfurt anf Zurich, also made the top ten, at places 9 and 10 respectively.

In the eastern Europe-central Asia region, Moscow, Vilnius, Bratislava, Budapest and St Petersburg have improved their ranking. The most prominent financial centre in the region is Moscow, at 57th place, followed by Warsaw (61), Vilnius (62), Bratislava (66), Istanbul (74), Prague (76), Nur-Sultan (78) and Budapest (85).

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