The growing buzz surrounding fintech has given rise to a number of initiatives to promote local cities as the place to be for start-ups and investors – from Sydney to Toronto the race is on to attract the best and brightest in the field. But as fintech start-ups look at where they should target for global expansion and investors scope the world for companies with big potential, it might be worth looking at how much money is set to flow into financial markets technology in each region. Data compiled by Daniel Mayo, a director of data tools and insights at IT research company Ovum, shows that financial markets technology spending is set to grow around 34% globally, from $79.7 billion in 2014 to $106.5 billion in 2019.

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