Global Financial Centres Index
Reputation and standards of regulation vary across the range of offshore centres. The 2010 Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) gathers data on all International Financial Centres and lists the following (all British sovereign territories), in order, as the world's five leading offshore finance centres:
- Jersey
- Guernsey
- Isle of Man
- Bermuda
- Cayman Islands
In December 2009 a group of professional services firms and businesses with offices in the GFCI's leading offshore financial centres, established the International Financial Centres Forum (IFC Forum). According to its website, the IFC Forum aims to provide authoritative and balanced information about the role of the small international financial centres in the global economy.
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