As part of the Ethics of Disruption programme in partnership with Stifel, Matthew Gwyther reflects and reports on a roundtable discussion, hosted in early September, which explored how policymakers should best respond to rapid changes in the technology landscape, especially surrounding FinTech, AI and Robotics. How can we help build a regulatory system that properly reflects a healthy tech-led future – and protects the citizen and democracy at the heart of it all?

The latest Jericho roundtable discussion on behalf of Federated Hermes looks at reforms that might be necessary to our financial - and specifically investment - sector to serve the common good.

As part of the Ethics of Disruption programme in partnership with Stifel, Matthew Gwyther reflects and reports on the roundtable discussion, hosted in early September, which looked into Robotics as a key driver in technology to reignite growth and increase skills and productivity. The sector has proved important during COVID helping keep us safe. But do more Robots mean fewer jobs? What role for Regulation? And do we have ethical frameworks sufficient to deal with future robotic disruption?

This event was a discussion with asset managers and investment funds on what tax barriers exist to cross-border investment in renewables and decarbonization technology and what solutions could be envisaged.The full report from the roundtable is available here.

Seventeen stakeholders from a wide spectrum of backgrounds attended the virtual event, which focused on what potential measures governments might take in order to increase tax revenues – in particular through taxing wealth, gifts or inheritances.

Looking to the future, the 50-year long WildEast project aims to make East Anglia one of “the world’s great nature reserves” and Britains first regional nature recovery project.

This article by Patrick Barkham discusses the captivating experience of canoeing along the clear waters of the Waveney.

The Investing in Society programme, curated by Jericho on behalf of Federated Hermes, resumes in September. Find out more about the role asset management industry can play in capitalism’s re-set and how you might like to get involved.