![]() ![]() Thanks to our friends over at Covered Dish for the tip. ![]() What about our oft-touted 'regional rival' Charlotte? It ranks a paltry "Gamma +." So suck on that, Queen City. Atlanta's classification? 'Alpha-' which denotes, " very important world cities that link major economic regions and states into the world economy." We keep respectable company there among Miami, Zurich, Barcelona and Bangkok, among others. ![]() At the top of the global city food chain at 'Alpha++' level are New York and London, followed by 'Alpha+' cities like Hong Kong, Paris, Tokyo and Chicago. Each year, GaWC publishes their " World According to GaWC," a ranking system for world cities based on their connectivity and place among a global system (basically ignoring nation state boundaries). Let's take a look at the top 10 cities by Global Cities Index in 2021.The Globalization and World Cities Network (or GaWC) is the self-proclaimed "leading academic thinktank on cities in globalization." Spend some time on their website and you'll find a collection of research and participating researchers that would seem to back this up and then some. The ranking of Hangzhou, Chengdu, Suzhou, Xi'an, Changsha and Jinan also went up compared to last year.Īccording to Kearney, the Global Cities Index measures how globally engaged cities are across five dimensions: business activity, human capital, information exchange, cultural experience, and political engagement. The past few years have been difficult for many industries, and wealth management is no exception. Southern cities Guangzhou and Shenzhen ranked 61 and 72, rising two and three spots, respectively. By Peter Czerepak, Dean Frankle, Lukas Haider, Mayank Jha, Michael Kahlich, Daniel Kessler, Bingbing Liu, Omar Rahman, Akin Soysal, Felix Werner, and Ivana Zupa. The city's ranking has increased 10 spots in the past five years. Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai rounded out the top 10 of the Global Cities Index, according to a report by Kearney, the US-based management consulting firm.Ĭomprised of the Global Cities Index and the Global Cities Outlook, the report released Monday offered a comprehensive analysis of 156 cities' current positions and future prospects.Īmong the 31 Chinese cities included this year, Beijing ranked sixth, and Shanghai rose two places to break into the top 10 for the first time, due to its robust business activities amid the post-pandemic era. ![]()
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