The FS Club Podcast

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3HmvGJ8 It is no secret that implementing new technology, especially a transaction monitoring solution, in a large financial institution can be a lengthy and complicated endeavour. Is the perfect delivery possible? And how is it achieved? Featurespace, HSBC and NatWest discuss how to successfully deliver a transaction monitoring solution in a large fina...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3pEdZ1o Biodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history with one million animal and plant species at risk of extinction within decades. Grounded in ecology and the earth sciences, the Dasgupta Review – an independent review commissioned by HM Treasury published in February – interprets biodiversity loss as an asset management problem,...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3FI3W0W Over the past decade, Indonesia and Malaysia have developed into major tech hubs, attracting VC, PE and corporate capital globally. Indonesia ranks 7th in the world with 8 unicorns, the same number as Israel. Grab (Singapore) is close to completing a $40 billion US listing via a SPAC - all good news for 3 of Indonesia’s largest tech companies. W...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3mLPSMF In this Webinar, Robert Iliffe will discuss new findings about Newton’s three-decade career at the Mint that have emerged from the online edition of Newton’s financial and administrative papers. Robert places Newton’s time at the Mint in a number of different social and economic contexts (e.g. the ‘Glorious' and Financial revolutions) and looks...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3qzhXI6 Human intelligence has developed over thousands of years. Meanwhile, AI, including deep learning algorithms, is the result of just a few decades of work and development. There is no doubt that this snowball cannot be stopped. Artificial intelligence already has a huge impact on key areas of the economy. It also raises a number of critical legal...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3zeHyKb As the capital and largest city of Russia, Moscow, unsurprisingly, is the country’s chief commercial and financial centre. Most foreign investment in the Russian economy passes through Moscow’s financial institutions and as the hub of Russia’s transportation network, Moscow enjoys supremacy as the country’s centre for domestic and foreign commer...

In 2017, Andrew was honoured to contribute a guest chapter to Harriman House’s prestigious “New Book of Investing Rules” alongside investment greats such as John Bogle, Anthony Bolton and Gervais Williams. The title of the chapter was: “How to invest so that crashes don’t matter." Andrew believes that the unprecedented volatility in so many financial market so far in 2020 have served as a reminder...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3sKT9PW In this webinar, Andy will explain another concept which is arguably even less well known and even more important for your ability to build wealth over time: Something called "sequence risk". As you will hopefully gather from this presentation, this is one of the very most important ideas to understand if you want to succeed with investment. Ama...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3JtnsR3 As China actively pursues ecological and sustainable development, green finance serves a core function in the country’s financial ecosystem. In August 2016 the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and seven Chinese ministries issued a guidance on building a green financial system. China’s green finance landscape has grown rapidly since then. This year,...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/32G8tT3 We're on track towards a world where everything can be tokenized. Tokenization plays a critical part in enabling more equitable value creation for people, organisations and things. Providing the means to issue and store value, trace provenance, and most importantly achieve consensus to instantly trust. In order for this tokenized world to emerge...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3mLbMPX Join us for an interactive, virtual session on how leading with compassion & empathy impacts the algorithm for building successful teams and influencing change. Building successful teams and relationships starts with understanding where you are in any given moment as a leader, and the science behind compassion and empathy. Immerse in the way...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3EEb1hW Financial and corporate sentiment has tipped with growing regulatory, investor and wider pressures on climate and FOMA on future market developments, trends and opportunities. What is less well known is the role that policymakers and regulators see for the financial sector as stewards of the whole economy, net zero resilient transition. Updated...

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Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3sK9qEN Part of the Swiss UK Dialogue series with the Embassy of Switzerland in the UK Both Switzerland and the UK are leading green finance centres according to the Global Green Finance Index . The event aims at having a closer look at the key success factors and challenges of leading green finance centres. This topic is particularly relevant in view o...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/32G7S3Y Sustainability is one of the most overused terms, and yet, so very important. Drawing on a 30+ year career in this field Tim Mohin will explore the roots of the movement, why it is so ubiquitous today and share perspectives on where it is going. Once considered a niche field, in 2021 the world’s largest investors have become champions of sustain...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3sK9Nzb Nur-Sultan established its new financial centre, Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), in July 2018. Almost two years on, we spotlight latest developments and plans in Nur-Sultan and Kazakhstan. The webinar heard from Professor Dr Alexander Van de Putte, Chairman of Corporate Governance & Stewardship and Chief Strategy Officer, Astan...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/342TAe5 The global pandemic ushered in a revolution in the ways and places we work. For the first time in modern history, work and family life for many people are taking place primarily in the home. Yet despite the switch to remote working, and forecasts about the demise of the physical workplace, most companies are developing hybrid models of work: a b...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/32zj4iZ The seventh edition of the Global Green Finance Index provides the world’s most authoritative measure of the performance of financial centres in delivering green finance services. The GGFI 7 report launch took place on 29 April 2021 at 09:00 GMT, in partnership with We Are Guernsey. The report, assembled by combining the views of financial profe...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3sGjizv People need the ability to add value to society, the ability to take their ideas and sell them in a way that's borderless and global. True data ownership allows people to control where their data goes and who gets to see it. Ocean Protocol allows people to buy and share data securely while preserving privacy. Data is a new asset class, and Ocean...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/349xaYR At the core of the UN’s sustainable development agenda are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals which are an urgent call to action for all countries, whether developed or developing, in a truly global partnership. The 17 Goals recognise that to bring to an end deprivations in the world, whether poverty or otherwise, the approach must include str...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/32K5SHJ We have now passed the first anniversary of lock down, during which time working remotely has become the new norm and the daily routine. This has changed our perspective on how we can work together, the future of the working environment, the role of the office building and the role of real estate in this changing world. Recent surveys confirm th...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3qHLDmy The UK opened the North Sea to oil exploration in the 1960’s. Well, if “data is the new oil”, in this webinar Lord Holmes takes the concept of a digital services bill for the new economics seriously. A financial services bill contains provisions on regulated entities, regulated activities, passporting, competition, mutualisation, reporting, inve...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3qA7SdY Speakers: Paul Dondos works in Market Intelligence & Strategic Advisory for the EMEA region at Equiteq and, in the UK, is a primary point of contact for the client. Prior to joining Equiteq Paul worked in corporate development for a global engineering consultancy, where he helped evaluate and realize UK and international growth opportunities...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3eBmh3T Background: In this second newspad review webinar, YBS Share Plans’ Darren Smith and guest panellists: Jonathan Sturman, Governance Manager – Public Service Pensions & Share Schemes at Kier Group; Jennifer Rudman, Industry Director (Share Plans) at EQ; and Matt Hunter, Managing Associate at Tapestry Compliance, discuss in depth, their pick o...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3Jr2y57 Frankfurt has been a leading financial centre in Western Europe for many years and is home to both the Deutsche Bundesbank and the European Central Bank. In this webinar we will hear about the latest developments in Frankfurt, including the effect of Brexit on the city’s financial system. Speaker: During his 12-year tenure at Deutsche Bank, Hube...