London attracts global finance under Brexit cloud - report

Britain's financial sector brushed off Brexit uncertainty in 2017 to attract more inward investment than eight rival centres vying for its business, the City of London Corporation said on Wednesday.The body that governs the capital's historic "Square Mile" financial district said in a report that London secured 55 inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in financial services last year, compared with 26 each for Dublin and Paris, 24 in Frankfurt, and 20 in New York.Top investors came fro