Summary
The 14th annual edition of City Week will be held in-person in Central London, and also streamed live on our media channels, over two days between 20-21 May 2024. As in previous years, CW2024 is being organised in partnership with the UK Government, the City of London Corporation, TheCityUK, UK Finance and leading City institutions.
City Week brings together more than 1,000 top-level senior decision-makers from UK and overseas financial institutions for a comprehensive programme 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.
At the core of City Week are four separate summits (see below), which reflect the boardroom agenda of leading financial institutions from across the world.
Highlights from day 1
Highlights from day 2
The International Capital Markets Leaders Summit
As the City of London develops its strategy as an independent, global financial centre, this summit explores how the UK government, policy makers, regulators and financial services leaders are working together to seize the opportunity presented by its independence to strengthen its position in the international capital markets.
The Climate Change and Natural Capital Leaders Summit
With the effects of climate change increasingly visible and the dramatic impact of biodiversity loss better understood, we have convened government ministers, regulators and leaders of financial institutions from across the world to discuss the crucial role and responsibilities of the financial community in tackling these twin challenges.
The Tokenisation and Digital Assets Leaders Summit
The tokenisation of financial assets through distributed ledgers and blockchain has the potential to shift the way that assets are managed and leveraged, while digital assets will transform the way that capital and financial markets work. This international summit brings together innovators and traditional financial firms to map out the future of financial markets and the challenges ahead.
The AI in Financial Services Leaders Summit
Generative AI has already led to many use cases in financial services. However, the real potential may lie in next generation AI. At this summit, top AI experts will share their insights on this, global regulators will discuss emerging AI regulation and financial services leaders will discuss current and future AI applications, model risk management, and governance and ethical issues.
Recordings now available
Featuring insights from leading experts across various fields, our recordings provide valuable knowledge and convenient access to a wide range of topics.
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- 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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