London tops the world's financial centres

The 2012 Global Financial Centres Index by think-tank Z/Yen Group, launched on Monday in the FT, reasserts London's position at the top of the league table.

In rank order, the top 10 are London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Zurich, Chicago, Shanghai, Seoul and Toronto. Phew!

China International Advertising Festival

After 9 months of no contact from the China Advertising Association, an opportunistic meeting with the right person at our Going Global UK China conference jut over a week ago produced email follow-up in english within 12 hours. Looks like we could be heading for the China International Advertising Festival near Beijing in 2011 after all.

This is part of the IPA's China Global Outreach Programme. Thirty IPA members already have affiliate offices in China, either because they are part of an international network, or because they are headquartered in London but have chosen to make China a territory for global expansion.