Amsterdam ousts London as Europe's top share hub, taking trading back to where it all began
- Written by Edward Thomas Jones, Lecturer in Economics, Bangor University
Courtyard of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, circa 1670,
(Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde).Wikimedia
Amsterdam has usurped London to become Europe’s biggest hub for trading shares. It is quite a shift for a city that was fifth behind Paris, Frankfurt and Milan only two months ago, while for the UK this is one of numerous recent developments that...