The State of AI in Financial Services
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Join Mike Srdanovic, Chief AI Architect at Northern Trust, and Charles Morris, Chief Data Scientist for Financial Services at Microsoft as they explore the rapid advancements in AI technology and its impact on the financial services industry. Mike and Charles share a comprehensive overview of AI co-pilots and agents, regulatory challenges, and the evolving landscape of AI models, highlighting both current applications and future potential.
Key Highlights:
- The ongoing adoption of AI in financial services and how it compares to other industries
- The role of co-pilot and agents and how they are enhancing productivity and revolutionizing workflows in the financial services arena
- The model ecosystem and the open source versus proprietary debate
- The challenges of regulation and safety
- The future of AI capabilities
- And much more!
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Exploring the Evolution of Gold and its Digital Future with David Tait
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Join Gary Paulin, Head of Enterprise Client Solutions at Northern Trust, in conversation with David Tait, CEO of the World Gold Council. They discuss David’s vision for gold’s digital future, his work to develop a database of responsibly-sourced gold and ambition to create positive impact across the ecosystem, including a digital token, backed by gold.
Key highlights include David’s views on:
- Digital Gold and his ambitions for the digitalisation and tokenisation of gold
- Gold Prices and what’s driving the recent surge in demand for gold
- Gold’s evolution as an asset class including his perspective on its role in portfolios
- Providing provenance to buyers and improving gold governance
- Providing legitimacy to artisanal producers and removing bad actors from the ecosystem
- His Personal Journey: Hear about David Tait’s inspirational journey, his 5 Everest climbs, charity work for the NSPCC, the challenge he was set by the Queen and the story behind the film “Sulphur and White”
- And much more!
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Sulphur and White
- Sulphur and White | Official Movie Website | Watch Now
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About David SJ Tait:
David Tait was appointed CEO of the World Gold Council in November 2018.
During his 35 years in the financial services industry, David has worked for a variety of highly regarded firms, most recently as Global Head of Fixed Income Macro Products at Credit Suisse. Prior to that he held senior trading roles at both Credit Suisse and UBS Investment Bank.
David began his career trading at Goldman Sachs, and then moved to Credit Suisse before building considerable asset management experience as a Partner at Bluecrest Capital.
He is a member of the Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) Advisory Council and chairs FMSB’s Precious Metals Working Group.
David is also a major supporter of the NSPCC and has raised over £1.5 million by summiting Mount Everest on five occasions. He was the first person to traverse Everest from the North to South in 2007. He is an ex-trustee, Chair of the Rebuilding Childhoods Board and was awarded an MBE by the Queen for his services to the charity.
His life story has been made into the Julian Jarrold directed motion picture “Sulphur and White” starring Anna Friel, Dougray Scott, Mark Stanley and Emily Beecham. The Royal Premier was February 2020 and the proceeds will benefit the NSPCC.
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