The FS Club Podcast

John Kay, one of Britain’s leading economists, and an adviser to major institutions and governments, and Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England for 10 years, through the height of the last financial crisis, have published a fascinating new book on “Radical uncertainty: decision-making beyond numbers.” The Financial Times called the book “eloquent, highbrow, entertaining and enlightening.” Jo...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3pGcWOC The rapid pace of digital transformation is catalysing the increased need for cyber risk protection. However, insuring cyber exposure is challenging due to the risk of accumulation (both in terms of the intended targets as well as collateral damage) and terminological ambiguity surrounding cyber policy wording, especially in the context of war a...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3Jxa7Yi The Economist magazine has referred to Australia as the “Wonder Downunder”, clocking up the longest consecutive period of economic growth in the western world’s history. The record ended a year ago with the onset of COVID. But Australia (so far anyway) has managed to minimize COVID deaths. How can Australia’s handling of the COVID crisis provide...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3sKJTLS An emerging topic within the A.I domain is the subject of Enterprise Knowledge Graphs. The use of Semantic graphs is a long-standing theme within computational systems, stretching back to the 1960’s. However, the construction of semantic or knowledge graphs was a manual and time-consuming process. Two converging technological developments have t...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3HDYmgX As technology accelerates forward, lawyers and professionals must become familiar with DLT, smart legal contracts, and cryptoassets – conceptually and functionally. In this webinar, Anne Rose outlined Tech London Advocates Blockchain Legal and Regulatory Group's next steps following the publication of the " TLA Blockchain Legal & Regulatory...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3qydxB7 In this webinar, Ned contends that Gold is the true risk-free instrument of the system (rather than US Treasuries) and as such is the correct measuring tool for real rather than nominal performance. Most investors think of Gold ‘going up’ in Sterling, Dollars or Euros but is Gold actually the constant, just measuring your true loss of purchasing...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3qyc65H Lord Deben has spent a lifetime as a conscientious environmentalist, and a stalwart conservative. Lord Deben chairs the Climate Change Committee, the independent, statutory body established under the Climate Change Act 2008. The Committee advises the UK and devolved governments on emissions targets and reports to Parliament on progress made in r...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3JvJ7rM At Beacon we are exploring the commercial and technical viability of combining three innovative technologies - Artificial Intelligence, Digital Journey Mapping and Smart Ledgers - to create a Digital Humanity Determination Platform. The objective is to bring about a step-change in significantly reducing online fraud from non-human actors by veri...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/32ugdIh Technology and policy changes are driving peak demand for fossil fuels and massive growth of renewables. There is an enormous fossil fuel system at risk from the peak and fortunes to be made in building out the new renewable system. Many investors remain in denial, clinging to old beliefs and defunct models. This creates excellent investment opp...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/32wgOJs Markets were primarily designed to help buyers and sellers discover prices and volumes of traded items. But, market deregulation, technological innovation and ideological changes, have led to an epic financialisation of stock and commodity trading. These developments have led to frequent booms and busts both at the local level and sometimes glob...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3sPhVhV As professions go, it’s probably one of the most high octane. Trying to keep track of financial criminals, their next moves and how you can protect customers and your financial institution means for many, it’s not a 9-5 job. So, what are the issues keeping financial crime professionals awake at night? And what needs to be done? This webinar high...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3FKA44i The traditional approach to risk management of using probabilities and discounting to assess frequency and impact works well with repeatable risks, such as mortality, theft, and weather events, but it becomes more problematic with long term systemic risks such as climate change and biodiversity. In this webinar, I’ll discuss the challenges of de...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/32MuM9E Join us in conversation with author Harold James, to discuss his key takeaways and learnings from his new book Making a Modern Central Bank . Making a Modern Central Bank examines a revolution in monetary and economic policy. This authoritative guide explores how the Bank of England shifted its traditional mechanisms to accommodate a newly inter...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3sHjVIX The Global Financial Centres Index has been tracking the development of the world’s financial centres since 2007 and is the authoritative guide to financial centre success. The 29th edition of the index, produced in partnership with the China Development Institute in Shenzhen, was launched on 17 March 2021 through a webinar organised between Lon...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3sLjSMu Launched in 2014 Allia’s RCB Bonds provide charitable organisations with a simple and affordable way to raise medium or long-term fixed-rate debt whilst offering a transparent and liquid market for investors seeking investments that deliver attractive yields alongside tangible social impact. Admission to trading on London Stock Exchange’s Order...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3Hk85IY We need to work out how sustainable products and services can cost less than unsustainable products and services and make it happen. Delivering sustainable products and services is difficult enough in the developed world, try emerging economies compounded with current value chain and supply chain challenges. Worldwide African shea butter derived...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3FAGcMh Why is happiness so elusive that there has to be so much advice, so many books, so many seminars on... how to be happy? Dr Raj Persaud a top Harley St Psychiatrist and Psychologist draws on the latest neuroscience research and also the ancient wisdom of Aristotle and Socrates to explain the true very simple secret behind happiness and how to att...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3JpV5U9 In the latest international wealth management centre report of Deloitte’s, Switzerland remains by Assets under Management (AUM) the largest centre worldwide, closely followed by the UK. Considering performance, Switzerland is leading before Singapore, Luxembourg and the UK, and whilst comparing competitiveness, Switzerland is again leading, clos...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3sKA3JW The 3 lines of Defence model is no more – abandoned by the IIA in July 2020. Is there a credible alternative? Chris Burt , co-founder of the Risk Coalition, will discuss why a risk model designed to prevent recurrence of the failures in risk management, which took place prior to the GFC of 2007-8, has been in need of a major overhaul for many ye...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3zf589F Longlisted for The Financial Times and McKinsey business book of the year award, Money for Nothing dives into the most famous financial scandal in the history of modern capitalism, the South Sea Bubble. The South Sea Company had been formed to trade with Spanish America. But it had almost no ships and did precious little trade. Instead it got in...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3mJroTY " Turtles all the way down " is an expression of the problem of infinite regress . The saying alludes to the mythological idea of a World Turtle that supports the flat earth on its back. It suggests that this turtle rests on the back of an even larger turtle, which itself is part of a column of increasingly large world turtles that continues ind...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3EzRizO Nick will provide an overview of how the space and satellite industry touches all of our lives on a daily basis, the services we experience that are provided by satellites, the wider space and satellite community, and funding sources and issues facing new space projects large and small. Du Chongzhuang, from Xi’an Yangliang National Aviation High...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3qz88K8 The future of digital finance in Europe runs through public policy. While there is much excitement about technological advances and the promise they might offer, the primary driver of the future shape of digital finance and whether it will deliver meaningful social benefit or merely reproduce, in digital form, the strengths and weaknesses of the...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3HmpNLP As well as small and exciting, the world is a big and dangerous place. Businesses round the world have been encouraged for the past few decades to pay more and more attention to risk and governance issues. Volatility and surprises persist (we didn’t even mention covid-19) while smooth waters ever recede. Survivability doesn’t seem to improve. Ye...

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3qxSSgM The Luxembourg financial centre offers a diverse range of financial services connecting investors and markets around the world. The financial centre’s unique cross-border expertise attracts financial service providers from around the globe, while Luxembourg’s capital markets infrastructure makes it the ideal place for companies of all sizes to f...