That would increase the capacity for stabilisation in the face of turmoil and would, at the same time, weaken the link between sovereign and banking risk. Regulatory challenges in the new technology environment Following these thoughts on the recent development of and future prospects for Banking Union, and its consequences for the financial system and financial stability, I shall devote the last part of my address to highlighting a number of regulatory challenges emerging in the financial sector’s new technology environment, in which new players, technologies and services have appeared. The digital transformation process is characterised by its high technology component, with applications that are accessible to society at large, and by the speed at which innovations are introduced. In this setting, it is no surprise that banking intermediation, which largely depends on exploiting information asymmetries, has viewed this revolution with a mixture of concern and interest. Concern because of the difficulties involved in adapting to the new environment and competing with the new market players (especially bigtech, which I mentioned earlier). Interest, because of the possibilities it offers to achieve synergies, improve the range of services on offer and secure efficiency gains in numerous internal processes. First, digital transformation offers significant potential advantages to companies, be it thanks to efficiency gains, progress in financial inclusion levels or the possibility for different intermediaries to better meet each customer’s needs. 6/9  However, as in any other transformation process, there are also new and important challenges to be addressed.
Remarks on the launch of the Recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures Mark Carney Chair of the Financial Stability Board Governor of the Bank of England  Delivered at the Tate Modern 14 December 2016  1  All speeches are available online at www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Pages/speeches/default.aspx  Welcome  It is my great pleasure to have been invited, in my capacity as Chair of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), to help launch the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures consultative report. 1  In late 2015, at the request of the G20 , the FSB established this private-sector, industry-led Task Force, under the leadership of Michael Bloomberg. Its mandate was to develop recommendations for voluntary, consistent, comparable, clear and reliable disclosures around climate-related financial risks for companies. The purpose was to provide the information that investors, lenders, insurers and other stakeholders need to manage these risks, and seize the associated opportunities. As those of you who’ve had an opportunity to read their report will have seen, the Task Force has achieved a great deal during the year. So on behalf of shareholders, creditors and citizens, I thank all of the Task Force members for their tremendous efforts, and your companies for making you available for this important work. If you want a job done well, give it to busy people. Public authorities – like the G20 and the FSB – could identify the problem, but we needed the private-sector to provide the solution. This is a solution for the market, by the market.