1. Financial Service Cluster Toronto | New York|London|Zurich

2. What is a Cluster? A geographic grouping of companies working within the same industry that are interconnected markets they serve products they produce suppliers trade associations educational institutions. Main purpose of furthering innovation.

3. Keys to Success Strong Skill & Creative Base Network & Partnerships R&D Capabilities & Innovation

5. Center of Excellence

6. Accelerator

7. Convergence Center

8. Innovation CenterGTA’s Centre of Excellence in Financial Services Education

9. Toronto Financial Services The GTA is Canada’s business and financial capital. Generates 12% of the city’s total GDP Fastest expanding financial sectors in North America.

10. Toronto Financial Services Insurance Fund Providers Banks Key Players Stock Exchanges Securities Dealers

11. New York Financial Services Ranked #1 - New York is the financial capital of North America Home to Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange Employs over 500,000 people

12. London Financial Services Ranked #2 London is Europe’s financial capital Voted Europe’s most internationally accessible city Attracts a large number of foreign investors.

13. Zurich Financial Services Ranks Top 5 in the Worlds most competitive and attractive financial centers. Approximately 83,000 people are employed in the Financial Center 60% of the full-time financial employees work with banks, insurance companies and financial service specialists. 70% or 56,000 of those people work in the city of Zurich.

14. Toronto in the News Canadian FY2010 budgets plans to financially support GTA clusters. CIBC is the first Canadian bank to introduction the mobile banking applications for Smartphone's. Islamic finance course available at Toronto’s Centennial College.

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