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作者

Sarah Hall

来源

URBAN GEOGRAPHY,Vol.40,Issue5,P.699-718

语言

英文

关键字

Mobility,expatriation,Chinese banking and finance,RMB internationalisation,City of London,elites

作者单位

School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

摘要

In this paper, I use the case of elite Chinese financial mobility to London’s financial district to argue that comparatively neglected forms of elite financial migration from beyond the Global North provide important insights into the changing geographical form, and labour market practices within, leading international financial centres. Empirically, the paper identifies a distinctive geographical footprint of Chinese financial mobility to London in terms of both financial services activity and residential choices. Theoretically, I argue that explaining this geography requires work on highly skilled migration that typically privileges the economic motivations underpinning mobility to engage more fully with wider debates in economic geography that examine the inter-dependencies and inter-relationships between states and markets. These findings raise important questions surrounding the durability of Chinese finance in London, its relationship to global finance in London more generally, and wider understandings of elite financial labour markets.KEYWORDS: Mobility, expatriation, Chinese banking and finance, RMB internationalisation, City of London, elitesAdditional informationFundingThis work was supported by the British Academy [MD130065].AcknowledgmentsAn earlier version of this paper was presented at the Networks in Finance Workshop at Manchester Business School in December 2016. I would like to thank the audience at that event and Adam Leaver and Daniel Tischer for their invitation and engagement with my work. I would also like to thank Elaine Watts who prepared the maps, the individuals who gave up their time to be interviewed as part of the wider research project and the comments from four anonymous reviewers, David Bassens and Bas van Heur that have improved this version of the paper. Any remaining errors remain mine.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.