This book provides unique insights into the politics of finance and the socio-political relations which drive financial policymaking in Hong kong, Singapore, and Shanghai. While the existing literature in the field focuses mainly on economic explanations for financial centre development, this book fills a gap by focusing on the socio-political relations which underpin the financial policy-making process. Drawing on extensive interviews with senior policy-makers and financial sector professionals, the book describes how state-industry relations drive financial policy-making in three major...

This book providesan analysis of Singapore's development and success as an internationalfinancial centre (IFC). The book describes the historical, spatial, politicaland policy factors that contributed to Singapore's development as a leadingAsian financial centre and global city, and will be of interest to both policyscholars and practitioners.