Lawyers, accountants, management consultants and other professional-services grunts are drawn to London partly for the same reasons financial-services firms cluster there the global ubiquity of English and a time zone midway between the rich old world and emerging Asia.
Cardiff council leader Rodney Berman said designating the city centre as a financial services enterprise zone would help it compete with English cities and regions.
The Swans, who targeted Championship consolidation at the start of the season, are two points and two places outside the play-off zone in their first season back in English football's second tier for 24 years.
Hodgson flamed out after less than two seasons at Blackburn and Inter Milan, while his tenure at Liverpool lasted just 191 days and ended with the storied English club perilously close to the Premier League relegation zone.