5  All speeches are available online at www.bankofengland.co.uk/speeches  5  References Bank of England (2018), Financial Policy Committee statement from tis meeting, 12 March 2018, available at: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statement/fpc/2018/financial-policy-committee-statement-march-2018  Bank of England (2017a), Stress testing the UK banking system: 2017 results, 28 November 2017, available at: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/stress-testing/2017/stress-testing-the-uk-banking-system2017-results  Bank of England (2017b), A blueprint for a new RTGS service for the United Kingdom, 9 May 2017, available at: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/paper/2017/a-blueprint-for-a-new-rtgs-service-for-the-uk  Carney, M (2018), The Future of Money, 02 March 2018, available at: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2018/mark-carney-speech-to-the-inaugural-scottish-economicsconference  Central Banking (2018), Initiative of the Year, 23 Jan 2018, available at: https://www.centralbanking.com/awards/3333176/initiative-of-the-year-bank-of-englands-fintech-accelerator  Cunliffe, J (2018), Looking After our Money, 26 February 2018, available at https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/news/2018/february/looking-after-our-money-speech-byjon-cunliffe.pdf George, E (1996), Risk Reduction in Payment and Settlement Systems’ a Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin article, 9 December 1996, available at: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/quarterlybulletin/1996/risk-reduction-in-the-payment-and-settlement-systems.pdf Hauser, A (2017) The Bank of England’s FinTech Accelerator: what have we done and what have we learned?, 6 October 2017, available at https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2017/the-boes-fintechaccelerator-what-have-we-done-and-what-have-we-learned  HM Treasury (2018), Fintech Sector Strategy, 22 March 2018, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fintech-sector-strategy  HM Treasury (2017), Remit and recommendations for the Financial Policy Committee, 8 March 2017, available at: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/letter/2017/chancellor-letter-080317fpc.pdf?la=en&hash=7B99B9B412E160F79FB2411F26A10F282FDC7BB6  6  All speeches are available online at www.bankofengland.co.uk/speeches  6  Ramsden, D (2018), ‘The UK’s productivity growth challenge’, 23 February 2018, available at: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2018/dave-ramsden-panel-remarks-cbi-event  7  All speeches are available online at www.bankofengland.co.uk/speeches  7

This designation will be the Gold Standard in banking  2  BIS central bankers’ speeches  qualification and recognition. It will be jointly awarded with the Chartered Institute of Bankers. This award, I am confident, will be the catalyst that significantly elevates professionalism in the banking industry. I am most inspired by the theme of this year’s conference. It is pragmatic, realistic and aptly sums up the importance of talent management as we steer through the evolving financial landscape. Topics such as “Asia 2.0: Leading the Next Wave of Growth” and “Global Workforce Strategies CEOs Deploy to Achieve Leading Business Result” would be significant especially for HR practitioners managing multinational companies in Asia. Besides, topics such as “Are Our Graduates Employable?” will also be an interesting meeting point for HR practitioners and educators. I wish you an insightful and productive discussion. I trust that today’s conference is merely another step in the journey of intellectual quest that will continue long after this conference has ended. BIS central bankers’ speeches  3