Agenda
Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in BST.
8:25 AM | Registration, networking and coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8:55 AM | Welcome and Introduction Maurice Button, CEO, City & Financial Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9:00 AM | Chair’s opening remarks Will Pearce, Partner, Davis Polk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9:10 AM | Keynote Address I: How will the Edinburgh reforms help promote the UK’s position as a global financial services centre? Richard Knox, Director, Financial Services (International), HM Treasury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9:30 AM | Keynote Address II: The role of regulation in encouraging investment in the City Sarah Pritchard, Executive Director, Markets and Executive Director, International, Financial Conduct Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9:50 AM | Keynote Address III: How can the London Stock Exchange make itself more attractive as a listing venue? Julia Hoggett, Chief Executive, London Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10:10 AM | Industry Panel: What needs to be done to encourage more investment in UK equities by pension funds and other investors? Moderator: James Palmer, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills Panellists: Joe Dabrowski, Deputy Director Policy, PLSA Caroline Escott, Senior Investment Manager, Active Ownership, Railpen Tim Fassam, Director of Public Affairs, Phoenix Group Peter Harrison, Group Chief Executive, Schroders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:00 AM | Networking break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:20 AM | Fireside chat: Reforming investment research post MiFID to improve the quality and accessibility of research Mark Chalmers, Counsel, Davis Polk In conversation with… Rachel Kent, Partner, Hogan Lovells and Chair, Investment Research Review | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11:40 AM | Fireside chat: The work of the Accelerated Settlement Taskforce in seeking to expedite the settlement process to T+1 James Inness, Partner, Latham & Watkins In conversation with Charlie Geffen, Senior Advisor, Flint Global and Chair, Accelerated Settlement Taskforce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:00 PM | Keynote Address IV: The Digitisation Taskforce’s proposals to reduce reliance on physical paperwork Sir Douglas Flint CBE, Chair, abrdn and Chair, Digitisation Task Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12:20 PM | Panel: How much difference will the proposed changes to the listing regime make in practice and what other obstacles need to be overcome Moderator Tom Thorne, Corporate and ECM Partner, Linklaters Panellists Rupert Walford, Managing Director, European Equity Capital Markets, RBC Capital Markets Charlie Lytle, Head of Corporate Broking and Equity Capital Markets UK, Goldman Sachs Clare Cole, Director of Market Oversight, Financial Conduct Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1:00 PM | Networking and lunch break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2:05 PM | Panel: Vision for Economic Growth – a roadmap to prosperity Moderator: Michael Jacobs, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills Panellists: Damian Nussbaum, Executive Director of Innovation and Growth, City of London Corporation Kate Dawson, Deputy Head, EMA FS Regulatory Insights Centre, KPMG Lisa Quest, Head of UK and Ireland, Oliver Wyman James Roe, Partner, Allen & Overy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2:50 PM | Fireside chat: Reforming regulation of short selling: potential benefits for Mark Chalmers, Counsel, Davis Polk In conversation with… Adam Jacobs-Dean, Managing Director, Global Head of Markets, Governance and Innovation, AIMA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3:10 PM | Networking and afternoon tea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3:30 PM | Panel: How to improve retail participation in equity investments Moderator: Chris Horton, Partner, Latham & Watkins Panellists: James Deal, Co Founder and Head of UK, PrimaryBid Emma Wall, Head of Investment Analysis and Research, Hargreaves Lansdown Giulia Pecce, Head of MiFID Policy, AFME Nick King, Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Studies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4:15 PM | Panel: To what extent will the proposed reforms achieve the desired objective of restoring London’s position as a leading financial centre? Moderator: Tom Godwin, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Panellists: Conor Lawlor, Managing Director, Capital Markets and Wholesale, UK Finance Claire Suddens-Spiers, Head of Equity Advisory London, Rothschild & Co, Chair, The CityUK’s Capital Markets Group David Petrie, Head of Corporate Finance, ICAEW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5:00 PM | Chair’s closing remarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5:10 PM | Conference close |