Future Finance

Legal Geographies of Financial Centres and the Asset Economy
A systematic rethinking of financialization, which explores how financial capitalism especially the asset management industry is organised, how the locus of power has shifted from public to private authority, and how its consequences have defined finances societal purpose.
Finance is no longer just about markets it shapes societies, politics and the planets future. At its centre now stands the asset management industry, where power has shifted from public institutions to private authority. This shift has redefined the purpose of finance and exposed deep tensions: principles of justice and sustainability stand in stark contrast to the logic of todays financial order. Driving this system are international financial centres such as London, New York, Dubai and Dublin. Frequently invoked yet poorly understood, their inner workings remain opaque. In Future Finance, Sabine Drry unc