Not content with watching others build financial exchanges, a little advance teaser that, with a fair bit of help from Mike Smith, Z/Yen will be launching its own exchange game, ExtZy, in the New Year.

Yet Z/Yen’s work with real financial centres continues apace. Michael Mainelli was asked to co-chair the Exchange Invest Conference Monaco. It was a fantastic event says Michael where, naturally, he spoke about the Global Financial Centres Index. Ever the champagne republican, he goes on and on about meeting royalty and seems to have committed Z/Yen to co-sponsor Exchange Invest Conference Monaco 2008. So if you do anything with exchanges please do mark down Wednesday & Thursday, 15 & 16 October for a trip to the casino with Michael.

Mark Yeandle and Michael have also been appearing and/or travelling regularly, such as on Korean & Canadian television, at meetings with cities such as Stockholm & Dubai, in numerous publications and, occasionally, at the office. To help keep them on the road, Now & Z/Yen readers are asked to participate in GFCI 3 here.