Conduits of Capital

Securitisation
TheCityUK
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R 2 = 0.208 Country Based Public Sector Influence = Medium Private Sector Influence = Medium
Securitisation offers a way for an organisation to convert a future stable cash flow into a lump sum cash advance. This is achieved by converting the
future cash flows into tradable securities which are sold as a means of raising capital. This factor ranks countries according to their annual value of
securitization issuance in billions of dollars; the data is taken from the annual securitization survey compiled by IFSL Research.
Volume of Share Trading
World Federation of Stock Exchanges
http://www.world-exchanges.org/statistics/
monthly-reports
R 2 = 0.156 City Based Public Sector Influence = Low Private Sector Influence = Low
The World Federation of Exchanges provides a monthly newsletter called FOCUS, which contains monthly statistics tables. For all of the indicators used,
we took the year-to-date figures for May (measured in thousands).
Net External Positions of Banks Bank for International Settlements http://www.bis.org/statistics/bankstats.htm
R2 = 0.100 Country Based Public Sector Influence = Medium Private Sector Influence = Low
The Bank of International Settlements collects quarterly statistics from 42 countries’ central banks that were first introduced in 1964 in order to monitor
the development of Eurocurrency markets. This instrumental factor measures the external positions of these 42 banks (assets net of liabilities) with a
given country. This indicates the relative importance of the country on the international finance scene.
Infrastructure
Instrumental Factor Source Website
Connectivity
EIU
http://pages.eiu.com/rs/eiu2/images/
EIU_BestCities.pdf
R 2 = 0.240 City Based Public Sector Influence = Medium Private Sector Influence = Low
Connectivity is a measure of how easy it is to connect between cities. The two measures of connectivity used are: the average number of daily flights
leaving from the city and how many other cities can be flown to from there. These two scores were averaged to obtain the final connectivity score.
Digital Economy Ranking
EIU
R2 = 0.074 Country Based Public Sector Influence = Medium Private Sector Influence = Low
This ranks countries according to the conditions of their information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and the capability to
its businesses, governments and consumers to utilise it. The index evaluates the way a country influences its information and communications
infrastructure through political, economic, technological and social means. It is comprised of nearly 100 criteria with different weightings that are
grouped in six main categories—connectivity, business environment, social and cultural environment, legal environment, consumer and business
adoption or the scale on which businesses and consumers use ICT, as well as government and policy vision or how committed the country’s
government is.
Global Information Technology
World Economic Forum
http://www-935.ibm.com/services/
us/gbs/bus/pdf/eiu_digital-economyrankings-2010_final_web.pdf
http://www.weforum.org/issues/globalinformation-technology/index.html
R 2 = 0.138 Country Based Public Sector Influence = Medium Private Sector Influence = Low
This data originates from a component of WEF’s Global Competitiveness Report and explores the impact of information and
communication technologies (ICT) on productivity and development. The report ranks 142 countries according to how well they leverage
ICT to boost their economic competitiveness and improve their social environment. To derive the IT Competitiveness score this study
uses ten composite measures comprising a range of quantitative and qualitative data, and grouped into four sub-indices: Environment;
Readiness; Usage and Impact.
City Infrastructure
EIU
http://pages.eiu.com/rs/eiu2/images/
EIU_BestCities.pdf
R2 = 0.134 City Based Public Sector Influence = High Private Sector Influence = Medium
This measure is an EIU rating developed for its Liveability index. It is a combination of qualitative measures relating to road network,
public transport, international links, quality housing, energy and water provision, and telecommunications.
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