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International Finance in the UK

When
February 16, 2022
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (GMT)
Location
Online

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Synopsis

As the UK forges ahead settling into its post-Brexit future, we take the pulse on how the UK stacks up in the International Finance sector.

Join us for a fireside discussion with Scott Levy and Kevin Haines of Bedford Row Capital, hosted by YPFP London, covering:

The position of the UK in contemporary debt and equity capital markets
The state of financial innovation in the UK
The role sustainability plays in the future of finance and capital raising

Our Speakers

Dr Scott Levy is co-Founder and CEO of Bedford Row Capital (BRC), Scott founded the firm in early 2016 bringing together a management team with decades of experience across both structured finance and technology that has since executed more than 100 public transactions across virtually all asset classes and sectors as diverse as trade finance, central bank liquidity, sukuk, liquidity management, high yield project finance and green bonds. Scott has more than 25 years of global experience in financial services. In addition to BRC Scott serves on the Investment Committee for Wolfson College at Cambridge University and is a visiting lecturer at the Estonian Business School.

Professor Kevin Haines is Bedford Row Capital's head of social policy and focuses on leading the firm’s ESG offering, developing due diligence processes to identify ESG-compliant firms looking to issue debt securities and communicating the firm's approach on ESG to investors. He previously lead a distinguished academic career as a criminologist for over 30 years and most recently led the criminology department at the University of Trinidad and Tobago as a criminologist and before that the University of Swansea. In addition he has also been involved in high profile projects including with the UK’s former Department for International Development, in reforming the children’s criminal justice system in Romania.

Bedford Row Capital is a non-bank debt capital markets specialist which has established a number of market firsts in a drive to disrupt and democratise capital markets. The firm specialises in debt issuance across a wide spectrum of asset-backed high yield, green bonds and sukuk. BRC is a multi-award winning business with a presence in London, Tallinn, Zurich, Dubai and Singapore. BRC is at the forefront of innovation in Islamic capital markets and is proud to be a member of IIFM and promoting the democratisation of sukuk issuance globally.