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SUMMARY:Financial Cold War - A Book Talk
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: James Fok\, author of Financial Cold War: A View Of Sino-US Relations From The Financial Markets \nModerator: Shang-Jin Wei\, N. T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy and Professor of International and Public Affairs \nJames Fok will give a talk regarding the publication of his recent book\, Financial Cold War\, where he addresses internationalizing China’s capital markets: the geopolitical realities; China’s financial challenges: implications for the global financial sector; China-US geopolitical tensions: challenges for international financial institutions; and implications and opportunities for US-China relations. \nSpeaker Bio: \nJames Fok\, author of Financial Cold War: A View Of Sino-US Relations From The Financial Markets\, is a veteran financial and strategic advisor to corporations and governments. He served as a senior executive at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) from 2012 until 2021\, during a period of rapid internationalisation in China’s capital markets. While there\, he played a major role in a number of landmark financial markets initiatives\, including the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme (2014)\, Bond Connect (2017) and the Hong Kong market’s Listing Reforms (2018). Prior to HKEX\, Fok worked as an investment banker in both Europe and Asia\, specialising in the financial services sector. \nFok has written and spoken extensively about market structure issues and the intersection between geopolitics and international finance. He serves or has served on a number of financial industry bodies\, including Ireland for Finance’s Industry Advisory Committee (2021-)\, the Executive Board of the International Securities Services Association (2018-21)\, and the Financial Services Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council (2014-21). He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Hex Trust (2021-). \nFok holds a BA (Hons) from the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. He lives in Hong Kong with his wife and two sons. \nThis event is sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact Information\nJulie Kwan\njk4371@columbia.edu\n\n REGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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