Financial Services Disruptors Forum

The Digital Leadership Forum in partnership with Apex Group aims to explore the key new trends that are disrupting financial services. Our aim is to help financial services leaders navigate a world of accelerating change. Do you want to be disrupted or be a disruptor?

About the Academy

The financial services landscape is becoming more challenging as digital technology significantly lowers barriers to entry. With fintechs, for example, attracting millions of new customers, incumbents face a need for bold action that is becoming more urgent by the day.

In the face of mounting disruption, Digital Leadership Forum is partnering with Apex Group  to deliver a dedicated programme of live webinars, workshops and discussion groups with subject matter experts and leading academics to explore how best the financial services industry can transform itself to stay ahead of the curve.

Scope and sessions

Formed and continually developed through feedback from our advisory steering group of industry experts, the Financial Services Disruptors Forum will equip you with valuable insights about the key disruptive forces that are disrupting financial services and how you can respond to them.

You will gain valuable insights into key themes such as how banks can be reimagined, how you can align portfolios with climate goals and engage effectively with digital customers in an impactful way.

Each session will provide key insights through a mixture of moderated presentations from leading industry experts, panel talks, live polls and discussion groups. This is an opportunity to not only gain essential knowledge that will give your organisation a competitive edge, but also a chance to form valuable connections with peers that will continue to enable you to future proof yourself and your teams.

Upcoming Sessions

Aligning portfolios with climate goals


29th November 2022

Discover what the bigger purpose-driven elements of businesses are in relation to climate change and how your organisation should acknowledge them

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Scaling a Disruptive Business

13th December 2022

Hear how successful business builders develop strategies tailored to their strengths

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About Apex Group

Apex Group Ltd. is a global financial services provider, committed to being at the forefront of innovation and evolution in all areas of financial services. From delivering service in a way that no one else can, to inspiring developments in EED&I, digital innovation and ESG, Apex pushes the boundaries for their clients and industry. Founded on the simple belief that we can always ‘do it better’, Apex have always strived for firsts.

The Group has continually improved and evolved its capabilities to offer a single-source solution through establishing the broadest range of services in the industry for asset managers, capital markets, private clients and family offices. In the last five years, Apex has made over 27 acquisitions, growing from a mid-tier fund administrator to a global financial services provider employing over 9,000 people and servicing $2.5trn of assets.

Apex has launched the FS Disruptor Forum in association with DLF as a medium to empower and inspire financial services leaders, enabling decision-makers to share their challenges and solutions, and foster an environment of collaboration for a more sustainable and agile future for the sector.

www.apexgroup.com

If you would like to be part of the Financial Services Disruptors Forum then please register your interest here:

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