By Will Lawton, global head of QUO
Institutional finance is steeped in tradition – particularly when it comes to image.
It is hard to think of a dress code that evokes a stronger stereotype than the Gordan Gekko red braces, pinstripe suit and shiny silver cufflinks. But change is afoot as a new wave of button-loosening fintech firms enter the market – and it is not just the dress code they are changing, but also the old ways of working.
Rapidly increasing levels of digitisation are spanning vast...