The world has a handful of great commercial hubs. Silicon Valley dominates technology. The home of luxury is Paris and the…

The world has a handful of great commercial hubs. Silicon Valley dominates technology. The home of luxury is Paris and the capital of outsourcing is Bangalore, in India. One of the mightiest clusters of all is London, which hosts the globe’s largest international financial center. Within a square mile on the Thames, a multinational firm can sell $5bn of shares in 20 minutes, or a European startup can raise seed finance from Asian pensioners. You can insure container ships or a pop star’s vocal cords. Companies can hedge the risk that a factory anywhere on the planet will face a volatile currency or hurricanes and a rising sea level a decade from now.

Adapted from: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/06/27/can-thecity-survive-brexit?cid1

According to the text, what are examples of important global deals that may be closed in London?