Amid economic shifts, increased Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption and a global race for top talent, the financial services industry is on the cusp of significant transformation. JLL’s (NYSE: JLL) latest report, the Financial Services Portfolio of Tomorrow, outlines how corporate real estate functions are increasingly vital to financial institutions as they reconsider not only how but where they work to support workforce agility, organizational productivity and long-term resilience.
New York remains the top global financial center, followed by London, according to the Global Financial Centers Index. Looking at employment trends, JLL research finds New York leading with 627,500 financial services jobs (up 5.2 percent since 2022), while cities such as Vancouver, British Columbia (up 22.1 percent), and Warsaw (up 19.8 percent) are emerging as important markets for financi