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Artificial Intelligence – Where Are We Now?
Forum Summary Dec 2023 The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has been a journey of transformative technological advancements. Once it was...
Converging Paths: The Synchronicity of Product Visionaries
In the realm of innovation, where revolutions unfold, it is crucial to comprehend the profound significance of design.Design is not about mere...
Management challenges within hybrid working
Hybrid working has become the pyramidal battleground between the authority of the company to define its working patterns and the right of the...
3 of 24 things on the Control Officer’s mind
1. What’s in a name? 2. Can you measure culture? 3. Emerging technologies 1. What’s in a name? Within the continued evolution of controls and 1st...
Workforce Management: Caught in the hybrid cul-de-sac
The honeymoon period for hybrid working is over, the hopes of a new epoch in working practices has hairline cracks, and companies that embraced this...
Mental Health Forum Summary – UK Mental Health Week 2023
The use of data to manage stress and mental health in the workplace is crucial for maximising productivity. In 2022, Armstrong Wolfe launched an ESG...
The role of the COO in developing and implementing ESG strategies
Armstrong Wolfe are looking to establish the current roles and responsibilities of the COO where they relate to managing and interacting with their...
Debate: Embedding the regulatory principles of Operational Resilience
Operational Resilience: Challenges and Trends across APAC Detailed Agenda What have the other region’s regulators put in place to date? How have...
24 Things on the CCO’s Mind
Q1 Chief Control Officer Survey: What are the 3 top things you wish to debate with your peers in Q2 2023? In March 2023 iCOOC members participated...
Creating High Performance Teams by Enabling Effective Followership
Q1 iCOOC Forum Summary - Creating High Performance Teams by Enabling Effective Followership Character has, throughout history, been one of the most...
Algo Trading Forum – Mifid 2 RTS 6 Annual Self-Assessment
Armstrong Wolfe Markets iCOOC Forum: Algorithmic Trading The management of risks surrounding the use of Algo Trading by banking corporations is a...
Find your brand. Build your confidence
Cressida Hamilton Executive Coach, Armstrong Wolfe Having a clear personal brand and being able to confidently communicate that brand to others is a...
Michael Paleos Chief of Staff, Investment Bank at Deutsche Bank
Interview by Peter Zorn, Industry Advisor, Armstrong Wolfe & Director, Business Transformation, Mercer. Striving for authentic leadership I...
Moving out of the Shadows – Citizen Development helps Banks and Asset Managers Keep Pace with the Demand for Digital Transformation
iCOOC Forum Q1: Thursday, 26th January 2023 Objective - To discuss the current feeling in the industry about the place and role of Shadow IT in...
Why 2023 is the Perfect Storm against Women in Finance
The unprecedented blend of macroeconomic and geopolitical factors surrounding the global pandemic has resulted in the rolling back of much of the...
Armstrong Wolfe WCOOC Identifying Innocent Ignorance
The key to minimising bias and barriers Norma GillespieChief Executive Officer at Resource Solutions Equity, diversity and inclusion has been high...
Spot the Difference: Putin 2022 versus Big Brother 1984
A fine line between fiction and reality George Orwell’s 1984 is one of the most famous examples of a totalitarian government in science fiction. In...
Algo Trading Controls and Governance Working Group Minutes 28th November 2022
Objective To discuss aspects of the two previous sessions that were not fully covered and to look forward into 2023 and beyond. Topics included:...
NYC Investment Banking Sector Return to Office Policies
Data from 2022 Surveys The office entry policy towards fully vaccinated staff is consistent, with open access to all. Limited testing is required in...
Global Asset Management Community Return to Office Policies
Data from 2022 Surveys Foreword: 2022 - Covid19, the pandemic and RTO “normality and a return to office is far from guaranteed for many” On 22nd...
Striving for Authentic Leadership
Interview by Gwen Wilcox, COO, Armstrong Wolfe Striving for authentic leadership Peter Zorn Talent & Transformation, IBM “The outcome of this...
OLI – The AI Powered Operational Loss Intelligence Solution
Interview by Gwen Wilcox, COO, Armstrong Wolfe OLI - The AI Powered Operational Loss Intelligence Solution Shelly Liposky Managing Director &...
An investigation into technological market competition
“Competition is the most promising means to achieve and secure prosperity. It alone enables people in their role of consumer to gain from economic...
Asset Management COO Community – Perspectives on geopolitical risk assessment
In March 2022 the Asset Management iCOOC membership undertook a post event review of the considerations and lessons learnt from February’s invasion...
In the Spotlight: Andres Oranges – COO Finance, Societe Generale, Americas
Interview by Maurice Evlyn-Bufton, CEO, Armstrong Wolfe The emerging significance of the Finance COO I was introduced to Andres in 2016 by a mutual...
Algo Trading Controls and Governance – Working Group Q3 22.9.2022 Minutes
Objective: The Algorithmic Trading Controls Working Group is holding three sessions to discuss various aspects of algorithmic trading. The outcome...
Meeting the leadership challenge presented by a dislocated workforce
Surviving. Thriving. Resetting Meeting the leadership challenge presented by a dislocated workforce In its simplest form leadership is a practical...
Empower Your Hybrid Workforce
Automatically measure and predict behaviour and embed personalised actions into workflows to improve behaviour Since March 2020 Armstrong Wolfe has...
WCOOC China – A Personal Journey
Threat, Risk and Wealth Management Forum Today’s agenda What? China has more than one dimension When? A look at China’s “recent” past, present and...
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