IA Talks Innovation

In this episode of IA Talks Innovation, John Powlton, M&G Investments, and Gavin Kan, KPMG, explore how tax shapes innovation across the investment landscape. From tax neutrality and investment structures to legacy systems and automation, they discuss where innovation is gaining ground, where barriers remain, and how technology could make tax more embedded, seamless and future-ready.

In this episode of IA talks Innovation , we’re joined by the FCA’s Emerging Tech team, Fern Watson and Charlie Markham. We explore why the FCA is engaging with quantum now, where the most credible near and medium term use cases may emerge for asset managers, and what it will take to translate theoretical promise into commercial advantage. (We promise, we discuss in words and in mathematical equati...

In this episode of IA Talks Innovation, James King and Shruti Deb are joined by Ann Prendergast, Chair of the Investment Association , for a candid conversation on how senior leaders are thinking about innovation today. The discussion explores how firms are moving from experimentation to industrial‑scale adoption, the evolving role of regulation in shaping innovation, and what this all means for t...

Colin Payne, Head of Innovation at the FCA reflects on the Singapore FinTech Festival during which the FCA and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced an AI Partnership between the two regulators, and a report was published on ways to bridge the digital assets “adoption gap”. The publication is a product of joint work between the regulators (FCA and the MAS), and the buy-side trade associa...

Join the IA Talks Innovation podcast as Miranda, Director of Market Insight and Fund Sectors at the IA, unpacks the latest Investment Management Survey, revealing how the UK industry is strutting its stuff with record-breaking growth, a surge in overseas and retail clients, and bold new looks in tech like AI, tokenization, and active ETFs. Tune in for headline stats, predictions for 2025. Miranda...

In the second part of our interview with Nike Trost, Interim Director Buy-Side at FCA, we discuss the chapter of CP25/28 that covers direct dealing, also known as Direct2Fund. We also hear from Michael McNeil and Jane Thornton, the industry leaders who helped to shape the IA's proposals for this new optional alternative operating model to help give the UK funds industry a new way of innovatin...

IA Talks Innovation heads to Stratford to interview Nike Trost, Interim Director Buy-Side at FCA about their new paper on fund operational efficiency, covering fund tokenisation and Direct2Fund. In a two part discussion, this first episode covers the evolution of the regulatory environment for UK funds utilising distributed ledger technology, how firms can use public permissioned chains and stable...

The IA marks IOSCO's World Investor Week (WIW) with a discussion with retail markets specialist Reuben Overmark on the basics of investing, how to protect against scams and how tech, crypto and AI are shaping the modern investing experience. WIW is a global campaign promoted by the body for global regulators, IOSCO, to raise awareness about the importance of investor education and protection,...

In this episode, we sit down with Simon Swords , the founder of Fundipedia , to explore his journey from building software in a garden shed to scaling a global FinTech company. Simon shares candid insights into the challenges and breakthroughs of entrepreneurship, why data management is reshaping financial services, and what the future of FinTech looks like. Whether you’re a founder, investor, or...

Patrick Thomson , CEO of JP Morgan Asset Management and former IA Chair, joins us to explore how innovation is reshaping risk, regulation, and client experience.   Patrick’s deep industry and leadership experience makes him the ideal guest to launch the new series. This episode is jam-packed with insights for anyone navigating the fast-evolving world of investment management.