Leading financial companies have expressed that they had full confidence in Istanbul as an upcoming major financial center Representatives of the world\'s leading financial companies have expressed that they had full confidence in Istanbul as an upcoming major financial center. Speaking at a meeting on Istanbul and turning this Turkish city into an important financial center, the Director General of J.P. Morgan, Michael Marrese, said that London and New York were the world\'s most important financial centers. ?stanbul has a good chance of becoming a global financial center Meanwhile, also speaking at the meeting, the Middle East Manager of Mckinsey & Company, Hans Martin Stockmeier, said that he lived in Istanbul and Dubai for eight years. Dubai became a financial center by taking advantage of the war atmosphere in Lebanon. I believe that Istanbul has a good chance of becoming a global financial center soon, Stockmeier stressed.