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Access the UK's financial and professional service sector's broad and deep expertise

The UK's offer

  • The heart of the world's financial markets and the world's largest cluster of financial and professional services
  • A global banking industry - 170 foreign banks with offices in London
  • The largest asset management centre in Europe with £10.9tn in assets under management
  • Europe’s PE and VC hub and its largest tech ecosystem
  • The world’s specialist insurance and reinsurance market, with £159bn of premiums written by the London market

The UK's entire financial services ecosystem at your disposal

The UK’s vibrant financial services market, deep capital markets, and leading expertise mean firms can transact a wider variety of lucrative financial activities here than anywhere else in the world.

The UK's financial and professional services sector has unparalleled range – from banking to insurance; asset management to foreign exchange; and legal services to fintech - London alone is home to nearly 80,000 diverse financial and professional services companies. This makes it the ideal location to source clients as well as tap into the financial and professional services expertise you need.

The UK is the world’s leading net exporter of financial services, generating an industry trade surplus of £76bn. The variety of the UK's specialist sectors means easy access to the product, service or knowledge that you need to help your business succeed. The sector’s depth and scale extend beyond each individual industry vertical to our diverse, world-class tech talent pool and the largest digital customer base in Europe.

The heart of the world's markets

London alone is home to the biggest and most diverse financial service cluster in the world, an ecosystem of almost 80,000 diverse financial and professional services companies. 

Financial and professional services expertise is spread across the UK - with the sector employing 2.4 million people nationwide.

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Both wide ranging and specialist expertise

The UK has leading expertise in specialist areas and spans broadly across every sector of financial and professional services, including: banking, capital markets, insurance, legal, wealth management, asset management, green finance, fintech, venture capital, infrastructure financing, accounting and management consultancy.

#1

global specialty insurance market

allows any activity in any location to be insured through London

c.170

foreign banks in London

serve firms and people from around the world

£10.9tn

assets under management in the UK

Only the US has more

200+

foreign law firms

are based in the UK

Sustainable finance

A well established leader in green services, and home to the Green Finance Institute

Sustainable finance

Fintech

Highest share of FinTech 100 in Europe, with 12 of the most promising fintech startups

Fintech

Scale, range and expertise

The UK's financial and professional services sector has unparalleled range: from banking to insurance; asset management to green finance; professional services to fintech. The knowledge, experience, performance and talent across each of the sector's verticals in the UK is world class, making the UK uniquely positioned to provide financial and professional services to the world.

Discover the UK's sectoral expertise

"A lot of things can be done from the UK into multiple other markets ... And the language barrier is zero."

Vinay Kalantri, Founder and Managing Director TMW Pay

"London combines the whole ecosystem of financial services across the investment lifecycle, from pre- to post-trading services, and that serves as a strong client base for us."

Ben Pott, Managing Director and EMEA Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs BNY Mellon

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