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 Ashar Qureshi, Partner, Fried Frank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:05 AM | Keynote Address I: The Government’s vision for UK markets: how can the financial markets drive economic growth and competitiveness? The Rt Hon Lucy Rigby KC MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:25 AM | Keynote Address II: Regulating for growth: the FCA’s capital markets reform agenda Jon Relleen, Director, Infrastructure and Exchanges, Financial Conduct Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:45 AM | Panel: The future of UK public markets: how effective has PISCES and the Listing, Prospectus and Secondary Capital Raising reforms been? Moderator James Wootton, Partner, Linklaters Panellists Charlie Walker, Deputy CEO, London Stock Exchange plc John Wilkinson, Managing Director, Co-Head EMEA ECM Origination, Goldman Sachs Charles Hall, Head of Research, Peel Hunt Julian Morse, CEO, Cavendish plc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:25 AM | Panel: Unlocking pension capital for UK growth: what would be the practical impact of committing more pension fund assets to UK investments? Moderator Michael Aherne, Partner, HSF Kramer Panellists Tim Fassam, Director of Public Affairs, Standard Life Tiffany Tsang, Head of DB, LGPS and Investment, Pensions UK Charlie Geffen, Pro Chancellor and Chair of Council, University of Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:05 AM | Networking and coffee break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:30 AM | Panel: Driving greater retail investment in the UK: what needs to be done to change the culture and mindset Moderator James Deal, Co-Chief Executive Officer, RetailBook Panellists Richard Flint, Deputy Chair, Hargreaves Lansdown Sasha Wiggins, CEO, Private Bank and Wealth Management, Barclays and Chair, Retail Investment Campaign Miranda Seath, Director, Market Insight and Funds Sectors, The Investment Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:10 PM | Panel: 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? Moderator Tom Godwin, Partner, Freshfields Panellists Patrick Thomson, CEO, EMEA, J.P. Morgan Asset Management Claire Suddens-Spiers, Co-Head of Equity Markets Solutions, Rothschild & Co, Chair, TheCityUK’s Capital Markets Group Sarah Adams, Director of Policy, UK Private Capital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:50 PM | Presentation: The Dematerialisation Market Action Taskforce (DEMAT) report and reforms to the UK’s shareholding framework Mark Austin, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:15 PM | Networking and lunch break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:15 PM | Panel: What more needs to be done to make the UK the natural home for growth companies? Moderator Aseet Dalvi, Partner, Fried Frank Panellists Irene Graham OBE, CEO, The ScaleUp Institute Janine Hirt, CEO, Innovate Finance Richard Davies, CEO, Allica Bank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:55 PM | Panel discussion: How the UK capital markets are moving to a fully tokenised future based on DLT Moderator Adriana Ennab, Executive Director, Head of Global Policy and Regulation, Global Digital Finance Panellists Nikolai Dienerowitz, Partner, Oliver Wyman Anthony Hall, Managing Director, Corporate Services, Equiniti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:40 PM | Networking and afternoon tea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:00 PM | Panel discussion: Changing international perceptions of UK markets Moderator Vanessa Blackmore, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell Panellists Julie Shacklady, Director, Primary Markets and Corporate Finance, UK Finance Laura Dawson, Associate Director, Capital Markets, The CityUK Nick Fowler, Co-Head of European Equity Advisory, Lazard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:40 PM | Fireside chat: What will shape the capital markets of tomorrow? AI, deregulation and geopolitics Host Michael Jacobs, Partner, HSF Kramer In conversation with Sir Simon Fraser, Chairman, Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:00 PM | Chair’s closing remarks Ashar Qureshi, Partner, Fried Frank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:10 PM | Conference close | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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