Our work

Projects & Working Groups

Projects are at the heart of WAIFC: each one is led and sponsored by one or more member financial centers, and the Alliance measures its value by what these projects achieve.

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Finalizing Since Nov 2025

Impact of Financial Centers

A common framework for understanding how financial centers create value, measuring their contribution and guiding action.

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Running Since Apr 2024

Regulatory Genome Project

Research initiative led by the University of Cambridge to support the adoption of an information structure standardising how financial regulatory information is classified globally.

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Running Since Apr 2023

Women in Finance

Building a more diverse and gender-equitable finance industry with the Women in Finance initiative.

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Sustainability Reporting

FMF has asked ISSB to draft a chapter for the EMEA region. WAIFC members from EMEA are invited to provide their input and work with ISSB on this chapter.

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Completed Jul 2025 to Apr 2026

AI in Finance

How AI can help financial service providers in dealing with a never-ending avalanche of regulatory and reporting requirements

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Completed Completed in Feb 2025

Talent

How international financial centers attract, develop and retain talent: a report led by Luxembourg for Finance with World Alliance members.

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Completed Completed in May 2024

Art and Financial Centers

Creating partnerships between financial institutions and art organizations to provide funding and support for emerging artists.

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Completed Completed in May 2024

Green Transformation of Supply Chains

Achieving net zero through the end to end supply chains

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Completed Completed in Dec 2022

Inclusive Finance

Analyzing the availability and equality of opportunities to access financial services for people and businesses

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Completed May 2020 to Nov 2022

SME Financing

Analyzing best practices in SME Financing among our members

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Completed Oct 2021 to Jun 2022

Future of Financial Centers

In 2030, financial centers will be green, smart, innovative, customer-centric, and inclusive.

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Completed Apr 2020 to Aug 2021

Economic Recovery from the Pandemic

Promoting international cooperation and sustainable investments during this global health crisis

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Completed Completed in Dec 2020

FinTech Initiative

Exchanging best practice in developing successful FinTech ecosystems

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Completed May 2020 to Dec 2020

Sustainable Finance

Developing practical and impactful recommendations on the role that financial centers can play to support the sustainability agenda

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Completed Completed in Apr 2020

Role of financial centers in financing the economy

Analyzing the role of financial centers for sustainable economic growth

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Completed

Financial Center Database

Enabling the WAIFC and its members to follow the developments in the financial industry

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