| 8:30 AM | Registration, networking and morning coffee |
| 8:50 AM | Conference introduction Maurice Button, Chief Executive, City Week |
| 8:55 AM | Chair’s opening remarks William Wright, Founder and Managing Director, New Financial |
| 9:00 AM | Keynote address - Realising the benefits of economic sovereignty to reinforce the UK’s capital markets Bim Afolami MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister, UK Government |
| 9:15 AM | Keynote address - The work of the Capital Markets Industry Taskforce Julia Hoggett, CEO, London Stock Exchange plc |
| 9:25 AM | Keynote address - The role of regulation in creating efficient capital markets Sarah Pritchard, Executive Director, Markets, and Executive Director, International, Financial Conduct Authority |
| 9:35 AM | Investopia Global Talks - Unlocking Potential: Enhancing Dual Listing Opportunities between the UAE and UK |
| 10:00 AM | What are the most important regulatory issues for issuers and investors? Impact of the FCA’s reform of the listing rules, including the prospectus regime. Reform of MiFID and MiFIR. Shortening the settlement cycle. Market integrity and greenwashing risks in sustainable finance. Green bonds – where next?
Claire Suddens-Spiers, Co-Head of Equity Markets Solutions, Rothschild & Co
Mark Austin CBE, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
Sandy Boss, Senior Managing Director and Chair, BlackRock
Clare Cole, Director of Market Oversight, Financial Conduct Authority
Tom Ahern, Global Head of Client Coverage, Corporate Trust, BNY Mellon |
| 10:40 AM | Networking and morning coffee |
| 11:00 AM | Latest developments in the international capital markets Prospects for new issuance in global markets. Impact of fintech innovations on ECM and DCM. Shortening of the settlement cycle. Sustainable finance. Green and sustainability-linked bonds. Digitalisation of the markets. Tokenisation and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). Current Legal and regulatory issues.
Emmanuel Givanakis, Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)
Henrik Johnsson, Co-Head of Investment Bank EMEA & Co-Head of Global Capital Markets, Deutsche Bank
Charlie Lytle, Chairman of Corporate Broking, Goldman Sachs |
| 11:40 AM | Unlocking pension fund and insurance company investment into the UK capital markets How to reverse the decline of investment into UK equities. Legal, tax and accounting incentives and disincentives. Risk culture and skills, particularly among pension fund trustees. Consolidation of pension funds. Solvency 2. Retail investment.
Moderator:
Caroline Kurup, Partner, CMS UK
Panel:
Doug Brown, CEO, Insurance, Wealth & Retirement, Aviva’s UK Life
John Chilman, Chief Executive, Railpen
Gavin Lewis, Managing Director, BlackRock
Mike Eakins, Chief Investment Officer, Phoenix Group |
| 12:20 PM | Public versus private markets: bridging the gap Is there an intermediate gap between venture capital and an IPO for fast-growing companies? Would the UK proposals for an ‘Intermittent Trading Venue’ provide the necessary bridge and prevent companies being sold too early? Liquidity and trading advantages. Corporate governance and legal issues.
Greg Smith, CEO, IP Group
Charlie Walker, Deputy CEO, London Stock Exchange plc
Alex Barr, Partner and Head of Sarasin Bread Street
Nick Kirrage, Co-Head, Schroder Value Team |
| 1:00 PM | Networking and lunch |
| 1:55 PM | Keynote address – Effective corporate governance and shareholder engagement Sir Jonathan Symonds CBE, Chair, GSK plc |
| 2:10 PM | Keynote address – A Sovereign Wealth Fund perspective on global asset allocation |
| 2:25 PM | Fireside chat - Qatar ‘s Emerging Capital Market & Digital Asset Journey In conversation with:
Yousuf Mohamed Al-Jaida, Board Member and Chief Executive Officer, Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) |
| 2:45 PM | Corporate governance, stewardship and proxies How has the relationship between the boards of listed companies and their shareholders changed? The impact of increased use of third-party proxy voting agencies. What has been the impact of ESG ratings and the proliferation of regulation? Is there too much box-ticking? How to get back on track.
Richard Moriarty, CEO, The Financial Reporting Council
Jenn-Hui Tan, Chief Sustainability Officer, Fidelity International
Michael Marks, Head of Investment Stewardship and Responsible Investment Integration, Legal & General Investment Management |
| 3:20 PM | Creating a positive ecosystem for scaling companies The role of government policy – levelling up, industrial strategy and ‘buy UK’. Proportionate regulation and tax incentives. ‘Smarter’ UK domestic capital – need to foster companies not just invest. Improving investor risk appetite. Founder remuneration and control issues.
Charlotte Crosswell OBE, Chair, The Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology
Janine Hirt, CEO, Innovate Finance
Poppy Gustafsson, CEO, Darktrace
Nigel Toon, CEO, Graphcore.ai |
| 3:55 PM | Chair’s closing remarks William Wright, Founder and Managing Director, New Financial |
| 4:00 PM | Networking drinks reception and close of proceedings |
