A monograph is sanctified to one of issues of the day of modern international economic relations - to the international financial centers. On the example of the eldest, traditional center - London Сити - reasons of origin and development of centers, basic operations, competitive edges, that get the companies accommodated in an international financial center, are examined in detail. International financial center examined as a complex of associate and взаимообусловленных services - financial, and also the additional professional types of activity related to them. Large attention is spared to connections with a national economy, management features. The basic sectors of financial center are analysed in detail - exchange stock and banking system. The problems of creation of financial center are affected in Moscow. Monograph contains vast фактологический, statistical and historical material.