The Future of Capital Markets | Ep 1 | Matthew Blake: The Democratization of Retail Investing

Banking and Capital Markets

2023 has been a year of inflections in the financial world. All three of the broader trends that have provided a backdrop to this industry in recent years - a technology revolution, the sustainability agenda, and geopolitical tension - have intensified in ways that require renewed commitments, smarter strategy, and greater agility. The risk landscape now has added dimensions, widening the range of plausible scenarios (good and bad) and necessitating investments in resilience at the expense of efficiency. New threats to financial stability have also prompted regulatory authorities to re-evaluate their existing policies. This briefing is based on the views of a wide range of exper...