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The Importance of Financial Education and its Impacts on Society

Over the last decade, financial education has risen on the agenda of policy-makers and is today more important than ever as the world faces mounting geopolitical risks, inequalities, and the threat of climate change. The financial sector has also been transformed during this time, with innovations, new players and new technologies bringing opportunities but also increasing risks for consumers, especially those with limited experience.

AI-driven business model disruption across sectors: What’s next?

SummitsBy EFG Gamma Foundation 4 April 2023

Technology is reshaping financial and non-financial companies from the points of view of both markets and corporates. Companies across industries are accelerating innovation and investment in AI and machine learning.

Resilience in Uncertain Times: Do Leadership & Governance Matter?

SummitsBy EFG Gamma Foundation 24 November 2022

The last two years’ events, from pandemic to war in Ukraine, brought to life high levels of uncertainty as well as unprecedented social, economic and political challenges. Due to this, policymakers, entrepreneurs, managers and executives had to strive to adapt and recover from complex shocks often trying to build resilience.

EU Social Taxonomy: Looking to an equal and inclusive future from different perspectives

SummitsBy EFG Gamma Foundation 16 June 2022

The EU’s Social Taxonomy aims to provide a common code for investors, businesses and regulators to determine whether an economic activity is sustainable from a social perspective. The publication of the final report by the European Commission Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance marked a change of course for sustainable finance by creating a clear system of classification for activities that encourage compliance with the social objectives of the European Union and can contribute to the development of a green and more inclusive society.

Managing Geopolitical Risk: From International Relations to Asset Management

SummitsBy EFG Gamma Foundation 18 March 2022

In this virtual event we discussed Geopolitical risks that have an increasingly crucial role in managing business and assets, and threaten coexistence between people. We invited Paolo Magri, Executive Vice President of the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) and Professor of International Relations at Bocconi University, to give an overview of the current situation across the world and Moz Afzal, Global CIO at EFG, to discuss how companies and asset managers can manage geopolitical risks, and their impacts on markets.