The Financial Cold War and its Impact on Financial Markets with James Fok

Jan 19, 2022

Ask episode

Chapters

Transcript

Episode notes

On todays podcast we are happy to be hosting James A Fok, author of the book " Financial Cold War: A View of Sino-US Relations from the Financial Markets".

On the podcast we talk about the book, what is the Financial Cold War, why the conflict is different to the Cold War between the US and USSR and what solutions could resolve the tensions between the two countries.

You can buy the book here -

Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Financial-Cold-War-Sino-US-Relations-ebook/dp/B09NTB7P3Z/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1WZ88SHXSZ2EY&keywords=The+Financial+Cold+War&qid=

James Fok 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.

Fok 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-).

Fok 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.

James Fok:
Website - https://jamesafok.com/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-fok-24082237/

WTFinance:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfn
TikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/
iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas