The UK | a top destination for financial and professional services investment

Research led by the City of London Corporation shows that London continues to hold the top spot in attracting foreign investment in financial and professional services, attracting £600m in 2021 across 114 projects – well clear of Dubai (104 projects), Singapore (103), New York (54) and Paris (51)

£1.1bn investment attracted
to UK FPS in 2021

Overall the UK attracted £1.1bn worth of investment in 2021, the largest number of financial and professional services (FPS), foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in Europe (186), and second in the world only to the US (234).  Fintech firms have become the largest source of financial service FDI projects in the UK, accounting for a third of all projects, demonstrating the UK’s appeal as a world leading financial service innovation hub.