FS Club
The FS Club is the number one global networking group for executives in business, technology, and finance. As a leading knowledge sharing community, the FS club hosts a series of webinars on these topics, as well as in-person mixers in the City of London. The FS Club’s 200 annual events provide engaging content from thought leaders on the most topical developments affecting technology and finance...
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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 …
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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 …
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Towards a Global Financial Hub: Busan International Finance…
Director Soongoo Ahn of Busan Finance Center (BFC), together with others from BFC, are visiting London in November and will hold a mixer event to build connections between Busan and London. We will hear from Dr Ahn about latest developments in Busan and some of the opportunities available for partnership …
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Christmas Themed Walk & Drinks
Our Guide, Sam Jacobs, has lived and worked in the City of London for many years in the City of London, and will share insider stories about living, working, and having fun in the City. There'll be plenty of opportunities to explore the food and drink available in the City …
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The London Tea Exchange & The Global Fair Pay Charter
Background: 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.Speaker:Sheikh Aliur Rahman OBE is the Chief …
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Fixing The Crises In Capitalism & Democracy
Background: Martin Wolf, the 2024 author of “The crisis in Democratic Capitalism” does not believe that the crises can be “fixed”. Instead, he sees the need for them to be managed to avoid autocracy, plutocracy, or climate catastrophe. Professor Colin Mayer believes otherwise. His 2024 book is about “Capitalism and …
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An Update On EU Financial Services Legislation & Associated…
Background: A regular speaker at the FS Club, EU Regulatory Expert David Doyle is back to give a new year update on the EU financial services regulatory agenda.He will be covering some of the most contentious and game-changing pieces of EU legislation in the financial services space, notably: Priorities of …
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The Psychology Of Worry: How To Stop Worrying & Love The Fu…
Background: More to follow.Speaker:Dr Raj Persaud is a Consultant Psychiatrist who has worked as a Consultant at the Bethlem Royal and Maudsley NHS Hospitals in London from 1994-2008, and as an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London. These are the premiere research and training institutions …
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A Tour Of The Historic Pubs Of The City Of London
Our Guide, Sam Jacobs, has lived and worked in the City of London for many years in the City of London, and will share insider stories about living, working, and having fun in the City. There'll be plenty of opportunities to explore the food and drink available in the City …
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Financial Centres Of The World 2025: Focus On Ho Chi Minh C…
Background: Z/Yen's "Focus On" series highlights key business and financial centres from around the world. Here, we look at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s most populous city and largest financial centre. This city is also known as the “Pearl of the Far East” with the charming heritage, dynamic, vibrant and …
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The Distributed Futures programme explores new technologies such as smart ledger (aka blockchain) technology, quantum computing, space, machine-learning (AI), materials science, fabrics, psychology...
Security Forward
Security Forward is a forum for Corporate Security Directors to meet and network with their peers, sharing intelligence and interactive presentations from Security experts. Membership is by invitation only...
Long Finance
Long Finance is a Z/Yen initiative designed to address the question “When would we know our financial system is working?” This question underlies Long Finance’s goal to improve society’s understanding...
Esop Centre
The Employee Share Ownership (Esop) Centre is a non-profit membership organisation promoting broad-based employee share ownership in the UK and abroad. Founded in 1987, the Esop Centre...
The Pamphleteers Blog
“The Pamphleteers” blog features considered thoughts – somewhere between a knee-jerk editorial and a full-blown piece of research. Write for today and not for tomorrow.
Professional Articles
For the full list of published work on the Z/Yen website, please check out our professional articles page.
Journal Papers
Many of our reports and thought leadership pieces are published by academi as well as online journals. You can find all of Z/Yen's contributions to contemporary debate and academic thought here.
Now & Z/Yen Blog
Catch up with current projects, new ventures, and see some very bad puns via Z/Yen's blog. Regularly updated, the Now & Z/Yen blog covers all our mixer events as well as what the people at Z/Yen have been up to.
Public Reports
The Global Green Finance Index 14 - Supplement "Catastrophe…
The fourteenth edition of the Global Green Finance Index (GGFI 14) was published on 24 October 2024. GGFI 14 evaluates green finance offerings from 97 major financial centres around the world. The GG…
Public Reports
An Enabling Regulatory Framework for Innovation: Web3 & Fin…
The Z/Yen Group has today published its report, “An Enabling Regulatory Framework for Innovation: Web3 & FinTech”, commissioned by the Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council. The report…
Public Reports
An Enabling Regulatory Framework for Innovation: Web3 & Fin…
Our Report, "An Enabling Regulatory Framework for Innovation: Web3 & FinTech" was commissioned by the Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council (FSDC). We are very grateful to th…
Public Reports
The Global Financial Centres Index 36
The thirty-sixth edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 36) was published on 24 September 2024. GFCI 36 provides evaluations of future competitiveness and rankings for 121 financial cent…
Public Reports
The Global Financial Centres Index 36 (Chinese Edition) 第 3…
The Global Financial Centres Index is produced in partnership with the China Development Institute. We are very grateful to our colleagues at the Institute for their support and their assistance in t…
Public Reports
Economic Crime - Identity, Fraud, Security A Summary Of The…
Palantir Technologies is proud to be part of the Cityforum 2024 Economic Crime Summit, highlighting the critical need to strengthen our financial systems against increasingly complex economic crimes.…
Public Reports
The Smart Centres Index 9
The ninth edition of the Smart Centres Index was published on 30 May 2024. SCI 9 rates the innovation and technology offerings of leading commercial centres, tracking their ability to create, develop…
Public Reports
The Global Green Finance Index 13 - Supplement "H2 Go - The…
The thirteenth edition of the Global Green Finance Index (GGFI 13) was published on 23 April 2024. GGFI 13 evaluates green finance offerings from 96 major financial centres around the world. The GGFI…