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Key facts about the UK as an international financial centre 2022

The UK is one of the world’s leading international financial and related professional services hubs, with London central to this position. Our ‘Key facts about the UK as an international financial centre 2022’ uses the latest available annual data to highlight a number of measures and markets that demonstrate the UK’s role as an international financial centre.

Key facts about the UK as an international financial centre

Key facts about the UK as an international financial centre 2022

18 January 2023

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The UK's trade surplus in financial and related professional services is
£81bn

The UK has
38%
of the global total of
foreign-exchange turnover

Over 342 active sustainable bonds were listed on the LSE from over 100 issuers in 2021, which have raised around
£104bn

The LSE had a 3% share of the global equity market capitalisation as of Oct 2022

Around twice as many US Dollars are traded in the UK as in the US

UK-based Islamic Banks' assets represent 85% of total European Islamic Banking assets
(excluding Turkey); around
£5.5bn in 2021

333
foreign companies were listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as of September 2022

The UK's equity market capitalisation was
108.6%
of its GDP at the end of 2021

The UK private equity market is the most developed in the World outside the US. Private equity funds invested
£29.5bn
the largest amount in Europe, in 2021

There were 1,600 FinTech companies in the UK and the UK FinTech sector registered record investment of
£27.6bn as of 2021

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