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
 
9:00 AM
Chair’s opening remarks
 
9:05 AM
Keynote Address I: The Government’s vision for UK markets: delivering growth and competitiveness in financial services
 
9:25 AM
Keynote Address II: Regulating for growth: the FCA’s capital markets reform agenda
 
9:45 AM
Panel discussion: The future of UK public markets: how effective has PISCES and the Listing, Prospectus and Secondary Capital Raising reforms been?
 
10:25 AM
Panel discussion: Unlocking pension capital for UK growth: what would be the practical impact of committing more pension fund assets to UK investments?
 
11:05 AM
Networking and coffee break
 
11:30 AM
Panel discussion: How successful has the Retail Investment Campaign been to date? How can tax incentives and “targeted support” drive greater retail participation?
 
12:10 PM
Panel discussion: The continued growth of private markets and the relationship with public markets: why are private markets increasingly attractive to investors and how does this impact public markets?
 
12:50 PM
Presentation: The Dematerialisation Market Action Taskforce (DEMAT) report and reforms to the UK’s shareholding framework
 
1:15 PM
Networking and lunch break
 
2:15 PM
Panel discussion: What more needs to be done to make London the natural home for growth companies including tax treatment of entrepreneurs and voting control post listing?
 
2:55 PM
Keynote address III: Building a tokenised wholesale financial markets system to create a more competitive and efficient financial sector
 
3:15 PM
Fireside chat: The practicalities of using DLT to allow the tokenisation of assets in the financial markets
 
3:40 PM
Networking and afternoon tea
 
4:00 PM
Panel Session: Changing international perceptions of UK markets
 
4:40 PM
Fireside chat: What will shape the capital markets of tomorrow? AI, deregulation and geopolitics
 
5:00 PM
Chair’s closing remarks
 
5:10 PM
Conference close
 

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