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Accelerating the delivery of clean electricity: Five focus areas to deliver on the UK's Clean Energy Mission for 2030

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UK capital markets: the growth engine

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Unleashing innovation in the NHS: barriers and opportunities for the adoption and uptake of Healthcare technologies

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Staying ahead: the case for a European Action Plan for Rare Diseases

Reading between the lines of the EU's payments reform package

On June 28th, the European Commission published its long-awaited proposals on reforming the EU’s payments and open finance rules while also setting out further details on plans for a single...

De-risking: is the EU moving towards the US on Chinese tech?

This week on the podcast, Conan D'Arcy is joined by Analyst Natasha Dixon to unpack the European Economic Security Strategy, which is designed to sharpen the EU's approach on tech...

What the EU's new Due Diligence legislation means for investors and corporates

The European Union's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence legislation promises far-reaching implications for European and foreign companies operating within the EU. It also represents a sizeable step towards making supply chains...

What to know about the European Union's ambitious AI Act

This week, Conan D'Arcy is joined by Ilana Kunkel to discuss the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act, a wide-ranging attempt to regulate the tech sector. They break down the EU's...

Michael Wooldridge, leading authority on generative AI, makes the case for both AI optimism and LLM regulation

This week on the podcast, Conan D'Arcy is joined by Michael Wooldridge, a professor of computer science at the University of Oxford and a widely-regarded expert in the field of...

Unpacking the fourth EU-US TTC Summit: China policy, AI governance, 6G and more

This week on Top in Tech, Conan D'Arcy is joined by Ugonma Nwankwo to discuss the fourth meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council. If you or your business...

Global Month Ahead: Elections in Spain, Shangri-La Dialogue, Summit on a New Global Financing Pact

Welcome back to the Global Month Ahead, your briefing on the events that will define the month to come, hosted by Associate Director Isabelle Trick. This month: Director Ana Martínez...

Inside the global push to regulate cryptocurrencies

This week on the podcast, Conan D'Arcy is joined by Associate Director David Song to unpack the latest developments in the global push to regulate digital currencies. They compare proposals...

What does OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Senate hearing mean for ChatGPT regulation?

This week on the podcast, Conan D'Arcy is joined by Associate Sonia Vasconcellos to review Sam Altman's recent testimony before the US Senate and what it means for the regulation...

The Domino Effect: The global implications of changes to Section 230

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is the key building block to internet governance and has shaped the growth of e-commerce, social media, search, and the other key services...

The architect of the Online Safety Bill on UK tech regulation and generative AI

This week, Conan D'Arcy is joined by Lorna Woods, a Professor of Internet Law at the University of Essex whose work is widely regarded as lying the groundwork for the...

The CMA: friend or foe for the UK gaming sector?

The future of Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition has seen changing fortunes from week to week, with the unexpected move of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in blocking the...

Declining private investment casts shadow over China’s economic outlook

A GC team has just returned from Hong Kong, where we held discussions with a series of private domestic and foreign investors about the outlook for China. Many pointed out...

Reflections from this year's Milken Institute's Global Conference held in Los Angeles, April 30 to May 3

The Milken Conference is an annual gathering of more than 3,500 financiers, corporate executives, policymakers, journalists, entertainment figures and others from around the world, held last week in Los Angeles...

How the EU's controversial plans for patents divide the tech industry

This week on Top in Tech, Senior Associate Jack Keevill joins Conan D'Arcy to unpack a new European Union push to overhaul technology patents. Will the reforms contribute to building...

New in nuclear – financing the transition in Central and Eastern Europe

While Germany is proceeding with its final phase-out of nuclear power, in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), interest in building new nuclear plants continues to grow. Particularly in Poland, which...

US regional banking crisis and the need for deposit insurance

Financial markets and the banking system breathed a sigh of relief on May 1st following news that First Republic, the troubled San Francisco-based lender that had hovered on the edge...

Global Month Ahead: Turkish elections, G7 summit, and a grain deal in Ukraine

This month, Isabelle Trick is joined by Ed King to preview the upcoming G7 summit, Thomas Gratowski looks towards pivotal elections in Turkey, and Alexander Smotrov explains tensions over grain...