Talk:Financial centre/Archive 1

Archive 1

Seoul?

Wheres seoul korea? Is Seoul Korea not the base city for some of the biggest conglomerates in the world, including the Samsung Group, Hyundai, and LG? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thegoldbar (talk • contribs) 04:44, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Charlotte

I added Charlotte, NC in for the fact that the city is the headquarters for Bank of America and Wachovia, not to mention other regional banks and numerous fortune 500 companies. Last I check it was 2nd largest financial center in the U.S. after New York City.---outintheRED (not signed in) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.119.226.143 (talk) 08:06, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Washington, DC

Who added Washington, DC? Washington is certainly NOT a global financial center! It is a political center! What an egregious error the last user made! Mathpianist93 (talk) 03:54, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Arbitrary

Lists of Places are mostly arbitrary. Where's Milano, Bruxelles and Amsterdam? All worthy of mention as European financial hubs. What about cities outside Europe? Certainly, you cannot ignore the influence of New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong and many, many others! Let's not make this a who's who listing war and eliminate that aspect all together. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.6.233.239 (talk) 18:35, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Absolutely right. This article seems a little biased to me, on top of the fact that it is completely linkless and of no real interest when you just have to go to Global city to get a much more complete though (certainly) also biased listing of financial centres plus all other domains. Also why only European centres? If you only want to talk about them, rename the article to European Finacial Centres. It's only fair. ~Europe isn't the centre of the world! Daniel Montin 12:11, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

The topic is GLOBAL -- not European or regional -- financial centers. I have changed the opening paragraph where the Global Financial Centres Index is described as the most famous, to reflect (I think more accurately) that it is simply new. If anyone feels strongly and wants to revert, here is what I replaced:

"One of the most commonly accepted standards to determine how a city is ranked as a financial centre is the Global Financial Centres Index by City of London Corporation, which is updated annually."

DOR (HK) (talk) 06:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)DOR (HK) Jan 24, 2008

It is probably also worth pointing out that 65% of all respondents to the GFCI were based in London . . . DOR (HK) (talk) 07:00, 24 January 2008 (UTC)DOR (HK) Jan 24, 2008

Sorry guys : if you want to know the real ratings look at the global news ( eg cnn and cnbc ) networks and their business coverage : New York, London, Frankfurt/Far East in that order. This is "Anglo" biased since they broadcast in English but must reflect their customers and their perceptions. 86.33.15.91 (talk) 18:13, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

I agree with the previous comments. To make the list less Eurocentric, take out a few European cities (e.g. Lisbon, Warsaw, Madrid, Budapest). Add African cities like Nairobi and Cairo. Sfdenizen (talk) 22:15, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Global Financial Centres Index

Since this is published by the City of London Coorporation, the fact that London comes out on top doesn't seem that surprising. Is this really a neutral source? 84.92.117.93 (talk) 01:24, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

GFC 7

Can someone please update this list as it is now very outdated, the new list is:

1. 1 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
2. =1 United States New York City, United States
3. 3 Hong Kong Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
4. 4 Singapore Singapore
5. 5 Japan Tokyo, Japan
6. 6 United States Chicago, United States
7. 7 Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland
8. 8 Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland
9. =9 People's Republic of China Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
10. =9 Australia Sydney, Australia
11. 11 People's Republic of China Shanghai, People's Republic of China

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.51.12.40 (talk) 03:41, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

 Done –CapitalLetterBeginning (talk) 10:12, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Someones tampered with the list its Zurich at number 7, not toronto (12), c'mon guys dont be silly —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.218.39.180 (talk) 13:05, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Dubai never mentioned

Interesting enough is that Dubai and its financial center is never mentioned anywhere in the article!! Isn't this wrong?? --Wisamzaqoot (talk) 18:25, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Scotland/UK

Why is Edinburgh shown as in Scotland but London is shown as in the UK? Surely they should both be shown as in the UK or London should be shown as in England. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DC94 (talk • contribs) 00:24, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

I agree - as at present Scotland is not an independent state it should be, rightly, considered part of the United Kingdom as is London. Unless of course the constitutional arrangement of Scotland within the United Kingdom changes, this is technically wrong. Wikipedia should represent facts as they stand and not people's hopes and dreams — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.247.10.168 (talk) 06:35, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Wall Street sign post image

I moved the newly inserted image of a Wall Street sign post from the top of the article to the Comparisions section as I believe the lead image should be that of a financial centre and not a sign post. I was surprised the edit was reverted by Castncoot with a summary of Take your POV to Talk, and stop edit warring before you may be blocked. Such a statement is completely unacceptable. Please read Wikipedia:Civility. Quite vivid blur (talk) 23:18, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Financial centre

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• From London: "World's Most Economically Powerful Cities". Forbes. New York. 15 July 2008. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• From Economy of the United Kingdom: Zumbrun, Joshua (15 July 2008). ""World's Most Economically Powerful Cities"". Forbes.com. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
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History § Early modern centres

@Zingvin: Thank you for your improvements to the article. The History § Early modern centres section is overly detailed on Amsterdam and the Dutch Republic, the detail can be covered on linked articles. A more concise and impartial summary would be more appropriate in this article, and it would be beneficial to include discussion of other financial centres in other countries during this period as well. Whizz40 (talk) 22:02, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Re-wrote the description and lede

This article seemed to ignore the FSF-IMF definitions of a financial centre (and the various sub-categories), which reduces its encyclopedic value. Have re-written "Descriptions" as a "Definitions" section but quoting the FSF-IMF approach and definitions. Also noted on the main tables, which of the centres are OFCs. Britishfinance (talk) 16:16, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Consistent false information

This article - written by Britishfinance - contains consistently false, exaggerated, and distorted information that is used in a political manner to attack Ireland and its corporate tax policy. Whether Ireland's corporate tax regime is right or wrong is certainly up for debate; however, it is vitally important to keep to the facts, and that is something that this article fails to do. It must also be noted that Britishfinance has made numerous personal attacks against IDA Ireland CEO Mark Shanahan.

I recommend at the very least reading this article with severe reservations. This is an article which simply does not meet Wikipedia's standards of objectivity, accuracy and integrity. Duke Of Dirty Dancing (talk) 20:53, 13 August 2021 (UTC)