On 25 March 2020, the CUHK Fintech Webinar gathered over 100 participants to explore the digital evolution of private markets and their importance for innovation-driven growth economies.
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Introduction
Date : 25 March 2020 (Wed)
Topic : The Digital Evolution of Private Markets and Their Importance for Innovation-Driven Growth Economies
Private market used to be very much reserved for wealthy individuals or venture capitalists. With the advancement in financial technology, more investors can now gain access to this market. How does the technological disruption bring forth changes to the entire habitat and open opportunities for new strategies such as impact investing? How does the market benefit from these changes?
BIOGRAPHY
With his first company started as a student, Florian has seen failure and success as a founder indifferent sectors. In his corporate career at Credit Suisse and the Boston Consulting Group, he discovered the beauty of capital markets and their inner workings. Today, he operates at the intersection of these two worlds and aims to bring change to a traditional industry using applied new technologies. His curiosity centres around the fundamental drivers of change in a complex world and how to predict outcomes by applying political-economic theory.
Florian sits on the FinTech Advisory Board of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and is a founding member of the Hong Kong FinTech Association where he chairs the AI Committee. He is an accredited lector at the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute and speaks regularly on topics that are re-shaping financial services. Florian holds a PhD in Political Sciences, University of Vienna.
FINTECH SERIES
Date | Details |
Feb 20, 2019
(Wednesday) |
Topic: Transforming the Way in Managing Operational Risks in a Global Financial Organization Speaker: Mr Raymond Cheng, Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific, HSBC |
March 20, 2019 (Wednesday) | Topic: Fintech: Something New Under the Sun? Speaker: Mr. Nelson Chow, Chief Fintech Officer, Hong Kong Monetary Authority |
April 17, 2019 (Wednesday) |
Topic: Inhouse Fintech Incubator – StartupXchange
Speaker: Mr. Matthew Ng, Senior Vice President, DBS HK & Mainland China |
May 27, 2019 (Monday) |
Topic: Digital Disruption in Financial Services
Speaker: Mr. Peter Clark, Regional Chief Information Officer, Standard Chartered Bank |
Sep 12, 2019 (Thursday) |
Topic: Incumbent Banks vs Virtual Banks
Speaker: Mr Raymond Cheng, Group GM & Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific, HSBC |
Sep 19, 2019 (Thursday) |
Topic: InsurTech
Speaker: Mr. Erwin Chak, Senior Manager Policy & Development, Insurance Authority |
Oct 24, 2019 (Thursday) | Topic: FinTech Engagement from Strategy and Corporate Development Perspectives Speaker: Mr. Gilbert Lee, Head of Strategy & Planning & Chief of Staff, Hang Seng Bank |
Jan 14, 2020 (Tuesday) | Topic: Virtual Banking – a FinTech’s Perspective Speaker: Mr. Ken Lo, Founding member of ZhongAn Virtual Finance Ltd. |
Mar 25, 2020 (Wednesday) | Topic: The Digital Evolution Of Private Markets And Their Importance For Innovation-Driven Growth Economies Speaker: Dr. Florian M. Spiegl, Co-Founder & COO, FinFabrik |
May 6, 2020 (Wednesday) | Topic: Cyber Identity and Digital Assets in a Roller Coaster Market
Speaker: Ms. Frankie TAM, International Technology Lawyer |