Summary
The financial world is in a state of flux. How can financial institutions navigate the shifting sands of geopolitical developments and trade flows? What are the strategies that UK and other international financial centres are adopting to promote economic growth? What is the outlook for the global economy and how will it impact your company? Regulatory regimes are evolving – what does the trend towards ‘smart regulation’ mean in practice and what are the trade-offs involved? What are the consequences of the reset in U.S. financial services regulation for the rest of the world? And how are today’s powerful crosscurrents reshaping the landscape of climate finance?
Agenda
Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in BST.
| Monday, May 18, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8:15 AM | Registration, networking and morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:50 AM | Conference introduction Maurice Button, CEO, City Week, and CEO, City & Financial Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:55 AM | Chair’s opening remarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00 AM | Opening Keynote
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| 9:10 AM | Enhancing the UK’s role as a global venue for international financial services Lucy Rigby KC MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:25 AM | Panel Navigating the shifting sands of geopolitical developments, trade flows and investment priorities Moderator Penny Miller, UK Country Head and Partner, FS Regulatory, Simmons & Simmons Panellists Mark Bowman, Vice President Policy and Partnerships, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Sir Simon Fraser, Chairman, Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) Nitin Chadda, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors; Former Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Defense; Former Director, National Security Council Anna Rosenberg, Head of Geopolitics, Amundi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:05 AM | Keynote address Outlook for the global economy Indermit Gill, Chief Economist & Senior Vice President for Development Economics, World Bank Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:20 AM | Panel Competition vs. collaboration between global financial centres to create economic growth Moderator George Marshall, Partner, Corporate Finance, Baker & McKenzie LLP Panellists Edward Knight, Executive Vice Chairman, Nasdaq Charlie Walker, Deputy CEO, London Stock Exchange Eng. Khalid Al Hussan, Chairman, Saudi Stock Exchange, and Group CEO, Saudi Tadawul Group Dr. Yuan Duoran, Executive Vice President, Shanghai Stock Exchange Delphine d’Amarzit, Chairman and CEO, Euronext Paris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:05 AM | Networking and morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:30 AM | Fireside chat Towards smart regulation: getting the balance right between risk and growth Patrick Jenkins, Deputy Editor & Chair of the Financial Literacy & Inclusion Campaign, Financial Times In conversation with Nikhil Rathi, CEO, FCA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:45 AM | Panel The US regulatory reset: implications for global financial services Moderator Sarah E. Lewis, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Panellists Hester Peirce, Commissioner, US Securities and Exchange Commission Hon. Caroline D. Pham, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, MoonPay and former Acting Chair of the CFTC Carla Carriveau, Head of the Office of International Affairs and Senior Advisor to the Acting Superintendent, New York Department of Financial Services Sumeera Younis, Chief of Operations, Crypto Task Force, US Securities and Exchange Commission | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:25 PM | Panel London as a leading international financial centre for investment in critical infrastructure, with reference to energy, defence, AI and other relevant sectors Moderator Paul Jarvis, Managing Editor, Haymarket Media Group Panellists Anupam Sharma, Head of Energy & Infrastructure Finance, UK & Europe, Investec Chuka Umunna, Managing Director; Global Head of Corporate Governance & Sustainable Solutions – Corporate Advisory; UK Head of the Security & Resiliency Initiative, J.P. Morgan Patrick Prange, Head of Infrastructure Finance; Europe & Americas, HSBC Matthew Vickerstaff, Deputy CEO, Head of Project Finance, National Infrastructure & Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:05 PM | Networking and lunch Themed lunch areas:
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