Quantum computing and the future of investment management

Tuesday 14 April 2026 | 17:50 - 20:30 | Evening Event

Quantum computing is moving from theoretical promise to targeted experimentation within financial markets. Asset managers, banks, and investors are beginning to test where quantum may deliver meaningful advantages: from portfolio optimisation and risk modelling to scenario analysis and market structure insights.

CFA UK Technology & Innovation Community is teaming up with State Street to bring this event that cuts through the noise to explore what is real today, what remains experimental, and what the next 5–10 years could realistically look like for investment professionals.

The session brings together senior practitioners and technology experts from leading financial institutions and quantum ecosystem partners to share practical experience, early lessons, and forward-looking perspectives. The focus is on learning together openly and honestly at the start of a rapidly evolving journey.

What you’ll learn: 

  • Current usage vs. R&D: Where financial firms are getting read to using quantum today 
  • Meaning of “quantum trading”: What it really involves, who’s piloting it, and how it differs from classical and AI-based methods
  • High potential use cases: Which investment and risk applications (e.g., optimisation, scenarios, stress tests) are closest to real impact
  • ROI and timelines: How firms evaluate value, budgets, and roadmaps for quantum compared with AI and cloud investments
  • Organisational implications: Talent, partnerships, governance structures, and how teams adapt as quantum capabilities grow
  • Risks and regulation: Model risk, transparency, cybersecurity, and broader systemic effects
  • Future outlook: How quantum could reshape markets over the next decade and influence active management

Timings 

Registration: 17:50 -18:20

Event: 18:20 - 19:30

Networking: 19:30 - 20:30 

Speakers

Stephen Yeats, Senior Managing Director, Global head of Systematic Fixed Income, UK CEO, State Street

Stephen is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Systematic Fixed Income. He is also UK CEO. In his fixed income role, Stephen is responsible for over $700bn of fixed income assets, and a team of more than 40 investment professionals, working in seven locations globally. As UK CEO, Stephen is responsible for the strategic direction and leadership of State Street Investment Management’s UK entity.

Stephen is a member of State Street Investment Management’s Executive Management Group as well as the EMEA ExCo.

He graduated with a master's degree in chemical engineering from Nottingham University and has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He is a member of the UK Society of Investment Professionals and the CFA Institute.

Dr. Del Rajan, Vice President, Quantum Technologies, HSBC
Del holds a PhD in quantum computing and is known for designing the world’s first quantum blockchain. At HSBC, he leads major quantum initiatives across the bank, including the first real financial trading application of quantum computing with IBM, as well as completed projects in post-quantum cryptography and quantum-secure communications.

Del specialises in helping industry leaders understand what quantum computing actually is, how it differs from and how it complements AI, and why the rapid rise of quantum poses a major cryptographic and operational challenge for the financial sector.

Manuel Proissl, IBM Quantum Industry Applications Lead, Executive Advisor, Distinguished Physicist

Dr. Manuel Proissl serves as Global IBM Quantum Industry Applications Lead for Financial Services and Senior Technical Advisor for executive bodies, research teams and government agencies to drive adoption of quantum technology and to accelerate & empower innovation in business and science. He focuses on connecting advances in machine learning/AI and quantum technology & algorithmic research with industry R&D and novel solutions to complex analytical problems.
His research interests range from quantitative finance, complexity economics to particle physics and quantum information science, and the intersection of probabilistic learning with different high-performance computing paradigms, particularly for decision science under uncertainty with partial information, modelling and forecasting of complex systems, learning real-world joint probability distributions and their governing dynamics, algorithmic fairness, adversarial robustness, auditability, and model governance.

His work was published in prestigious journals, such as Nature, Physical Review, and Springer, and was featured in media venues such as Bloomberg, Financial Times, and Fortune. He is a member of the IEEE Computer Society, American Physical Society, and European AI Alliance. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics.

Host: Gunjan Chauhan, Global head of ETF Capital Markets & Markets Intelligence, State Street Global Adivsors

Gunjan is a Senior Managing Director at State Street Global Advisors and Global Head of ETF Capital Markets and Markets Intelligence, overseeing $1.4 trillion in ETFs and driving data-led improvements in ETF trading and market structure. She has over 20 years of experience in financial services, having previously led SSGA’s Cash business across EMEA and APAC and held senior roles at RBS. She is also an advocate for diversity and inclusion in financial services and holds degrees from UCL and Bayes Business School.

Click here to view our event terms and conditions.

 

Sold Out

Event Ended

Tuesday 14 April
17:50 - 20:30
State Street
20 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HJ
Member rate | £0.00
Non-Member Rate | £20.00
-
events@cfauk.org