A Future of Finance webinar with trade finance bankers, corporates, technology vendors and fintechs. Thursday June 17 2021, 14.00 – 15.00 UK time Questions posed from the October 2020 discussion and will provide the framework for the June 2021 discussion: How can digital technology help trade finance restore lost capacity? What can regulators do toContinue reading “Greensill is gone but bad habits in trade finance have not (17th June 2021)”
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Custodians have the power to make security tokenisation happen (8th June 2021)
A Future of Finance webinar with custodians, blockchain technologists, settlement institutions, regulators and traders of digital assets Tuesday June 8 2021, 14.00 – 15.00 UK time Questions posed from the October 2020 discussion and will provide the framework for the next discussion in June 2021: Panellists: Stephen Richardson VP Head of Product Strategy and Business Solutions at Fireblocks https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen–richardson/Continue reading “Custodians have the power to make security tokenisation happen (8th June 2021)”
Why is Foreign Exchange so far behind in technology and data? (25th May 2021)
[MAY 2021] A FUTURE OF FINANCE WEBINAR WITH BANKS, ASSET MANAGERS, TECHNOLOGISTS, REGULATORS AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EXPERTS Tuesday May 25 2021, 14.00 – 15.00 UK time Despite their importance, size and liquidity the global FX markets have remained largely immune to the digital technology revolution. The reasons for this include their global scale, amorphous and fragmentedContinue reading “Why is Foreign Exchange so far behind in technology and data? (25th May 2021)”
WEALTH MANAGERS NEED TO DISRUPT THEMSELVES (20th May 2021)
WEALTH MANAGERS NEED TO DISRUPT THEMSELVES (20th May 2021) A FUTURE OF FINANCE WEBINAR WITH WEALTH MANAGERS, PRIVATE BANKS AND TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES Thursday May 20 2021, 14.00 – 15.00 UK time On the face of it, wealth managers ought to be full of confidence. An ageing population is about to bequeath its accumulated wealth to aContinue reading “WEALTH MANAGERS NEED TO DISRUPT THEMSELVES (20th May 2021)”
Without better data pension funds cannot possibly fulfil their ESG mandates (18th May 2021)
Pension fund trustees in the United Kingdom are now under a fiduciary obligation to manage environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks on behalf of the members of the fund. This is not an easy duty to fulfil.
A Future of Finance Case Study: How peer-to-peer lending platform StepLadder raised money, built its platform and went to market (6th May 2021)
StepLadder is a fintech start-up currently embarked on a crowd-funding campaign to fuel its growth as a peer-to-peer borrowing and lending platform for first-time buyers. The company is currently growing its membership by 13 per cent a month and already planning to extend its techniques and technology beyond the housing market. Join the founders atContinue reading “A Future of Finance Case Study: How peer-to-peer lending platform StepLadder raised money, built its platform and went to market (6th May 2021)”
WEALTH MANAGERS NEED TO TAKE A SIDE ON CRYPTO-CURRENCIES AND SECURITY TOKENS (27th April 2021)
WEALTH MANAGERS NEED TO TAKE A SIDE ON CRYPTO-CURRENCIES AND SECURITY TOKENS (27th April 2021) A FUTURE OF FINANCE WEBINAR WITH WEALTH MANAGERS, TECHNOLOGISTS AND INDEPENDENT EXPERTS. Tuesday April 27 2021, 14.00 – 15.00 UK time Crypto-currencies are already an established asset class in the wealth management industry. A number of adventurous wealth managers and privateContinue reading “WEALTH MANAGERS NEED TO TAKE A SIDE ON CRYPTO-CURRENCIES AND SECURITY TOKENS (27th April 2021)”
First steps on the long journey to programmable compliance (22nd April 2021)
A Future of Finance webinar with expert panellists in discussion with a live audience. Thursday April 22 2021, 14.00 – 15.00 UK time RegTech is one of the more predictable targets of the FinTechs. The sheer volume of additional regulation imposed on the financial services industry after the financial crisis of 2007-08 demanded automation. Not justContinue reading “First steps on the long journey to programmable compliance (22nd April 2021)”
The most innovative banks in the United Kingdom are not who you think they are (15th April 2021)
A Future of Finance webinar with SME banks, regulators, academics and challengers to the status quo. The banking industry in the United Kingdom is so consolidated that it is not surprising the Treasury and the Bank of England identified competition as the most urgent need in the wake of the great financial crisis of 2007-08.Continue reading “The most innovative banks in the United Kingdom are not who you think they are (15th April 2021)”
WE HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE OF SECURITIES AND IT IS TOKENISED (13th April 2021)
WE HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE OF SECURITIES AND IT IS TOKENISED (13th April 2021) A FUTURE OF FINANCE WEBINAR WITH ISSUERS AND TRADERS OF DIGITAL ASSETS, REGULATORS AND TECHNOLOGISTS Tuesday April 13 2021, 14.00 – 15.00 UK time Security tokens are coming. In fact, they are here already, and have been for a while. ThoughContinue reading “WE HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE OF SECURITIES AND IT IS TOKENISED (13th April 2021)”