Summary

City Week is back for its 15th annual edition! Held in-person over three days in London from 30 June to 2 July, as well as being live-streamed around the world, this year’s edition is taking place at a time of significant geopolitical developments that are set to have a profound effect on trade and investment flows, as well as the financial markets  that support them.

Organised in partnership with the UK Government, the City of London Corporation, TheCityUK, UK Finance and leading City institutions, this year’s edition will analyse all the current change drivers in international finance and their implications for financial institutions. At the heart of CW2025 are three separate summits on Net Zero Finance, Artificial Intelligence in Finance and Digital Assets/Tokenisation. All three programmes take innovation as their central theme and reflect the boardroom agenda of leading financial institutions.

Renowned for its content-rich agenda, exceptional speakers and unrivalled networking opportunities, City Week has become a must-attend event for senior decision-makers from not only the UK but also from all the other major financial centres.  More than 1,000 delegates attend this comprehensive week of cutting-edge presentations, panel discussions, social events and networking. Like previous editions, this year’s forum will feature many well-known names from the global financial services industry, the world of politics and the international regulatory community.

Highlights from City Week 2024

Qatar Financial Centre

Laying The Groundwork for Qatar’s Digital Assets Sector

In this article, Yousuf Mohamed Al-Jaida, Chief Executive Officer, QFC, highlights Qatar’s strategic focus on digital innovation, particularly in the realm of financial services, and elaborates upon QFC’s pioneering ‘Digital Assets Lab’ initiative that paves the way for the development of a digital assets sector in Qatar, accelerating the nation’s transformation into a centre of excellence for financial services and innovation.

Copper

T+1: Settlement failures and cascading risks

Settlement failures are already in the trillions of dollars annually at T+2. And the US is poised to move to T+1 in a week increasing the chances of cascading risk.

Ready for T+1?

Part one of our in-depth report series, delves into the post-trade financial cycle, highlighting the potential risks associated with the US market transitioning to shorter settlement cycles.

Schroders / Slaughter and May / The Alan Turing Institute

Following the Rules

Today’s episode is a little different to normal. It is a recording of a recent panel discussion from City Week’s AI in Financial Services Leaders Summit which took place in London last week.

I was invited to moderate a panel on the transformative potential of generative AI and we discussed interesting use cases for genAI in the financial services space, how boards and senior managers can best manage the risks relating to the new technology, how regulators could help market participants embrace the opportunities presented by GenAI responsibly and plenty more in between.

I hope you enjoy it.

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