The FS Club Podcast

The FS Club Podcast

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The FS Club Podcast episodes

  • Community Chest: The City Of London - The World's Coffee House

    Professor Michael Mainelli returns to the FS Club webinar series after a year's sabbatical from Z/Yen to reflect on his personal experience of financial centres, particularly the City of London. As the creator of the Global Financial Centres, Smart Centres, and Global Green Finance indices, he knows what makes cities work.

    Michael has a unique viewpoint on the City of London, reinforced through the privilege of serving as:

    • Lord Mayor of London (2023-2024) - his theme was "Connect To Prosper", celebrating the many Knowledge Miles of our Square Mile, the world's coffee house, during which year City of London jobs grew from 615,000 to 678,000 (!), an increase of over 10% - end-of-term report;
    • Sheriff of London (2019-2021) - alongside Deputy Chris Hayward, where due to Covid they were the first two Sheriffs since 1228 AD to serve a second term with a core programme of strengthening & simplifying anti-money laundering - end-of-term report.

      • In this Community Chest, Michael hopes to provide answers to questions such as the future of financial centre concentrations, geopolitics, and regulation, as well as the underpinning technology and skills changes. His thinking has been heavily influenced from a year travelling well over 100 days to 25 countries and he looks forward to exchanging thoughts with fellow FS Club members.

      53 min
    • The London Tea Exchange & The Global Fair Pay Charter

      How SMEs Can Enact Global Change

      Tune in to listen to a discussion on how a small London based business, renowned globally amongst tea connoisseurs and collectors for its rare and premium teas, has managed to positively impact the pay of millions working in the industry around the world.

      46 min
    • Launch Of Smart Centres Index 10

      In this webinar, we launch the tenth edition of the Smart Centres Index (SCI 10). The SCI is designed to track the development of technology and financial centres across the world in their support for and readiness for new technology applications.

      Investors, entrepreneurs, scientists, media, academics, governments, and regulators can attune their cities to attract innovation and growth in Science, Technology, Energy Systems, Machine Learning, Distributed Ledgers, or Fintech. Tuning a city for innovation is complex. Z/Yen began studying successful and unsuccessful business innovation clustering some 15 years ago, and published in 2018 the Smart Jurisdictions Index. Building on the results of that research we have created a novel factor assessment index based on three dimensions - innovation support, creative intensity, and delivery capability.

      The SCI is designed to track the readiness of business centres across the world to support new technology businesses. The SCI uses assessments from private and public sector individuals, along with over 120 instrumental factors, to rate the centres. This important project that will grow substantially as more people pay attention to the ways centres can help globally innovative businesses thrive in rapidly changing times.

      48 min
    • Age Proof: The New Science Of Living A Longer, Healthier & Wealthier Life

      We all age, but some of us live longer than others and on average we are living twice as long as our ancestors did 200 years ago. So, the latest science with respect to ageing and science that I have been involved in for the last 40 years shows that 80% of our ageing biology is within our own control. Longer healthier lifespan is clearly aligned to socioeconomic status. We can not only live longer lives, but live also much happier healthier lives deep into our later years if we control modifiable factors. I will cover the most important areas that allow you to take control of your ageing process.

      49 min
    • The Employee Voice

      In this 45-minute webinar, employee share schemes expert David Craddock will consider the empowerment of the employee voice through employee participation. His talk will include a case history and the principles developed to promote the wider involvement in the company. David’s deliberations will also take into consideration employee representation, workers’ groups and voting rights of employee shareholders.

      There will be ample opportunity to put your questions and comments to David, which he will address during the final 20 minutes of the event.

      47 min
    • T+1 From Intent to Action

      Now that the T+1 Working Group has reported (see UK AST Technical Group Draft Report and Recommendations (kpmg.com), it is time to translate intent to have T+1 in the UK into actions to deliver it. T+1 Settlement for UK securities will go live in Q4 2027. It will be mandatory but that’s 3 years away. What do stakeholders need to do now to prepare?

      • What do the UK Regulators need you to do between now and Q4 2027
      • What will be happening at an industry level?
      • How should you prepare for this?
      • Europe

        • Participants will gain insights into immediate actions required in 2024 / 2025 to be ready for the next report in December which will include milestones to Q4 2027.  Now is the opportunity to get on the front foot.

        46 min
      • Digital Empires: The Global Battle To Regulate Technology

        The global battle among the three dominant digital powers, the United States, China, and the European Union, is intensifying. All three regimes are racing to regulate tech companies, with each advancing a competing vision for the digital economy while attempting to expand its sphere of influence in the digital world. In her talk on Digital Empires, her provocative follow-up to The Brussels Effect, Anu Bradford will discuss a rivalry that will shape the world in the decades to come.

        47 min
      • The Great Reversal: Britain, China And The 400-Year Contest For Power

        The relationship between Britain and China has shaped the modern world. Chinese art, philosophy and science have had a profound effect upon British culture, while the long history of British exploitation is still bitterly remembered in China today. But how has their interaction changed over time?
        From the early days of the East India Company through the violence of the Opium Wars to present-day disputes over Hong Kong, Kerry Brown charts this turbulent and intriguing relationship in full. Britain has always sought to dominate China economically and politically, while China’s ideas and exports—from tea and Chinoiserie to porcelain and silk—have continued to fascinate in the west. But by the later twentieth century, the balance of power began to shift in China’s favour, with global consequences. Brown shows how these interactions changed the world order—and argues that an understanding of Britain’s relationship with China is now more vital than ever.

        46 min
      • Commission Rates & Value For Money In Government Buying

        The NAO’s latest report Efficiency in government procurement of common goods and services (nao.org.uk), sheds much needed transparency on the relationship between commissions, fees and value for money in public procurement. The public sector spent £393 billion, or 14.8% of GDP on goods and services in 2022-23, of which around £125 billion is for common goods and services which are items that may also routinely bought by businesses. The government procured 72% of its large contracts through frameworks in 2021-22 compared to 43% in 2018-19. Some framework operators charge commissions as high as 5-6% are levied, far greater than the average rate of 0.7% levied by the government’s largest purchasing authority Crown Commercial Service (CCS). The NAO’s report identifies six ways the government could tackle some of these issues and save taxpayers money, including: enhancing competition within frameworks; establishing an accreditation regime for framework providers, with few frameworks overall; reducing levies charged on purchases; greater rivalry between framework providers; better data and greater transparency to improve decisions; and system leadership by the CCS for the procurement of common goods and services

        40 min

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