Latin American and Caribbean IFCs have attracted just a handful of projects in the past year, with Brazil leading the way.

London again leads The Banker's annual ranking of international finance centres, though New York has its eye on the top spot.

Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico – the countries belonging to trading bloc the Pacific Alliance – have turned their fortunes around regarding financial services investment. Silvia Pavoni reports.

London dominates financial services FDI in western Europe but outward investment in the region overall grew less strongly than inward. Silvia Pavoni reports.

Keen to hold the geopolitical balance of power in Latin America, the US is beating China in financial services FDI into the region – but not by much, as Silvia Pavoni reports.

Czech Republic capital Prague was the leading central and eastern European IFC in 2017, followed by Warsaw in Poland. Overall, however, the region saw a drop in inward foreign direct investment, despite its general economic health. Silvia Pavoni reports.

Leading cities attracted less than half the financial services investment of last year’s top 10, but São Paulo continues to thrive. Silvia Pavoni reports.

Silicon Valley is the global leader in fintech, but is far behind Shanghai in technology adoption. Silvia Pavoni reports.

Singapore drew the lion’s share of Asean financial services investment in 2016-17, with inflows up at $1.1bn. It also led the outward rankings but value was down on the previous year, in line with the rest of the region. Silvia Pavoni reports.