In this IIL London Market webinar, Miles Celic provides an overview of the industry’s new international strategy – developed by TheCityUK in partnership with the City of London Corporation, industry Trade Associations and many of the UK’s leading businesses – which outlines the policy and regulatory approaches that the UK should adopt to become the world’s leading international financial centre within five years.

Description

This presentation of the industry international strategy opens with an analysis of the UK’s current position as an International Financial Centre and some of the key global trends facing UK-based financial and professional services businesses. It sets out different trajectories for the UK’s financial centre.

The webinar goes on to explain how the industry, government and regulators can work together to make the UK the world’s leading International Financial Centre within five years by focussing on promoting the international competitiveness of the UK and acting to secure the UK’s current financial centre, grow UK industry access to overseas markets and build new market capabilities in key areas of future demand, such as technology, sustainable finance, international investment and risk management.

Learning objectives

• Understand the macro-context within which UK financial and related professional services businesses are operating
• Understand the policy, regulatory and diplomatic steps that the UK should take to grow as an International Financial Centre
• Understand how the UK can capture a growing market share in key future growth markets such as technology, sustainable finance, international investment and risk management

Speaker

• Miles Celic, CEO, TheCityUK