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Bank of England executive directors to appear at virtual investments event

Executive Directors at the Bank of England, Gina Miller and Richard Curtis, will take part in an upcoming virtual investments event that will take place on Thursday, October 1.

The event will include talks from up to 40 financial services leaders, asset fund owners and professionals from Tier 1 institutions around the world.

The event, dubbed the Responsible Asset Owners Global virtual Symposium (RAO Global), is sponsored by the World Gold Council and Aviva and will be hosted by former BBC, Sky and CNN newsreader Adrienne Lawler, who is the founder of RAO Global.

The Bank of England’s Executive Director for UK deposit takers supervision, Sarah Breeden, campaigner and Investment Manager Gina Miller, Film Director and co-founder of Comic Relief and Make My Money Matter Richard Curtis, CBE are among those speaking.

The line-up also includes World Gold Council CFO Terry Haymann, CIO for Zurich Investments David Thompson, Aviva Investors’ Chief Responsible Investment Officer Steve Waygood, NEST’s Diandra Soobiah and President of Moody’s Rating Agency Martina MacPherson, to name a few.

Founder and host Adrienne Lawler sayid: “This event presents a rare opportunity to interact directly with fund owners and pivotal leaders, who are at the centre of creating policy around what will be the emerging trends of the near future; rather than just waiting to read about these trends after they’ve been embraced by competitors and colleagues.

“We will also be providing investors with rare intelligence on the future of the asset market as well as a preview of the future for ESG.

“We are looking forward to welcoming our international delegates from the comfort of their homes or offices, during this ‘new normal’. We are proud to say that by taking the event online this year, we will be having a positive effect on the environment rather than just bringing people together to speak about it. This format will probably become the norm for future expos!”

The Bank of England have openly discussed the potential of a launching a digital currency earlier this year following developments from APAC nations China and Japan.

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Oliver Knight

Londoner ‘Ollie’ graduated from Birmingham City University with a journalism degree in 2016. He combines his writing with his love of crypto and blockchain here at Coin Rivet, saying “It disrupts well-established institutions (banks) while giving an avenue to the less fortunate to achieve financial freedom.” Like all true Londoners, his pet hate is… “People standing on the left-hand side of the escalators on the Tube!”.