The Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation is a forum for debate and research about the future of the international finance services sector.
Reports
‘The Dependency Trap - are we fit enough to face the future?’
A CSFI report with support from Schroders and Cass Business School
Raising the UK state pension age is not enough to address the challenges caused by an ageing population. The UK Government should instead support an ‘active ageing’ environment, which would improve health and economic activity among those aged over 50, according to our latest report - by Professor Les Mayhew of Cass Business School.
Media Coverage: Sunday Times, Daily Express, FT Adviser, Professional Pensions, Actuarial Post.
Events
Italy, the euro, and Europe
Tuesday, July 10
Speakers
Paola Subacchi (Chatham House)
Michele Napolitano (Fitch)
Hetal Mehta (LGIM)
Tony Barber (FT)
Alessandro Merli (John Hopkins University)
Publications
Raising the UK state pension age is not enough to address the challenges caused by an ageing population. The UK Government should instead support an ‘active ageing’ environment, which would improve health and economic activity among those aged over 50, according to our latest report - by Professor Les Mayhew of Cass Business School.
Although MiFID II is designed to combat the distribution of free or cheap research to asset managers as an inducement to trade, its initial impact has heightened nervousness about predatory pricing and unfair competition.
The explosive growth of new sources of finance for small businesses over the past five years represents a revolution in choice for borrowers and in investment opportunities for individual savers. But the challengers remain just that compared with the dominant market share of the big banks, and mass-market investment in these alternative assets
is in its infancy,
Podcasts
Andrew Hilton (CSFI), Pete Hahn (London Institute of Banking & Finance) and Anthony Belchambers (Financial Services Negotiation Forum) try to digest the week's news and what it all means for UK Financial Services.
Note: this recording was made on the Monday after the June 2017 General Election.
Jane Fuller, CSFI co-director, sat down with Francesco Guerrera (Politico) and Sam Tymms (Promontory) to discuss whether there is a regulatory pendulum in banking - and in whose favour it is swinging.
Jane Fuller, CSFI co-director, discusses the Office of Tax Simplification's agenda for 2016 and beyond.
Christine Allison, CSFI Financial Inclusion Fellow, talks to Malcolm Brown, director of the Church's Mission & Public Affairs Department, about the role of the Church of England in providing socially responsible financial services.
Jane Fuller, co-director of the CSFI, talks to Brian Bartaby (CEO of Proplend) following the Centre's April 26 round-table on innovations in property finance.
Jane Fuller, co-director of the CSFI, talks to Tim Jones (former CEO of NEST) following the Centre's March 7 round-table on the Chancellor's priorities for pensions reform.
Tweets
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RT @iain_w_anderson: A decade of ‘digital’ change - amazing numbers from @Ofcom @BBCNews https://t.co/85aysVVwaS
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Interesting factoid buried in the Lloyds half-year results: 76% of UK consumers would trust their main bank more th… https://t.co/dckcjHKWTc
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Extraordinary stuff from @jemimajoanna https://t.co/e85gn4aN6a
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RT @Frances_Coppola: The Greatest Depression. From the #IMF 's Article IV review of #Greece just released. https://t.co/AbAGCJzJ8k
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RT @ONS: UK households' outgoings have surpassed their income for the first time since 1988, with the average household expe… https://t.co/HHe89AFj3H
FinTech
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Financial World
Financial World is the journal of The London Institute of Banking & Finance. Published six times per year in association with the CSFI, Financial World aims to bring together thought-provoking research and commentary on the health of the domestic and international financial services sector. The journal reaches around 20,000 financial services professionals, including all corporate and individual supporters of the CSFI.
Academic Expert Directory
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