We are delighted that John Glen MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister has kindly agreed to give the keynote address at the event.
The objective of this timely summit is to help financial institutions understand how the UK regulatory framework under which they operate is likely to evolve in both the short- and longer term.
With a date of 31 March set for the UK and the EU agreeing a Memorandum of Understanding on ‘structured regulatory cooperation on financial services’, this summit will provide a timely opportunity to take stock of where we are.

City & Financial Global’s ‘Future of Cryptoasset Regulation’ Summit is a prestigious online meeting place for the crypto community, the purpose of which is to explore the impact of the rapid changes to the development and adoption of cryptoassets.

The Summit is widely recognised as the most important event in the calendar for remuneration, reward and compensation specialists, attracting an array of influential and well-informed speakers and delegates.

David Blunt, Head of Conduct Specialists, Financial Conduct Authority will deliver a keynote address on the regulator’s expectations of firms when setting their reward and remuneration strategy.

City & Financial’s annual M&A Practitioners’ Summit, which is the pre-eminent event for M&A specialists, explores the latest developments and trends in the M&A market. Simon Lindsay, Director General of the Takeover Panel, has confirmed his participation at the event.

This event will build on the success of the previous seven summits that C&F has organised on the SMCR. All of these were very well received by delegates, who rated the content and quality of the speakers very highly. This edition of the summit will be delivered virtually, using our bespoke online event platform.

City & Financial Global’s ‘The Future of UK Energy Generation: Implications of the White Paper – A Virtual Summit’ will provide a detailed analysis of the impact of the White Paper’s proposals for the energy industry, its supply chain and the investment community.

This timely conference will provide delegates with an in-depth understanding of the most effective measures and approaches to promote equality and diversity in the City and Corporate UK. Keynote speakers include John Glen MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister and Dr Tony Sewell CBE, Chair of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities and Managing Director, Generating Genius.

Opened by The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, Secretary of State for International Trade, President of the Board of Trade and chaired by Sir David Wright GCMG LVO, Chair, TheCityUK Japan Market Advisory Group; Global Advisor, SMFJ and Former UK Ambassador to Japan, this high-profile conference will provide delegates with an in-depth understanding of the agreement’s key benefits as well as an analysis of the business opportunities in the key industry sectors, both in terms of export potential and direct investment.

The 6th Annual Culture and Conduct Forum will include a keynote address from Jonathan Davidson, Director of Supervision – Retail and Authorisations and Member of the Executive Committee at the Financial Conduct Authority.

This summit builds on the success of City & Financial Global’s previous five summits that have explored the evolving impact of the UK’s departure from the EU on the UK’s financial services industry. These conferences become ‘must attend’ gatherings for senior decision-makers in the UK financial services industry. Early booking for the November summit is strongly recommended.

This influential virtual Summit features contributions from key figures from the Home Office and the US Department of Justice who will discuss what they are doing to address both the perception and the reality of the economic crime threat.

City & Financial Global is delighted to announce its Regulation of Asset Management Virtual Summit, taking place on 14th October 2020. The catalyst for this event is the FCA’s recently published Discussion Paper on the new prudential regime for investment managers which proposes a radically new regulatory environment for the asset management industry. The aim is to bring it into line with the new European regime contained in the Investment Firms Regulation and Investment Firms Directive due to be implemented next year.

Featuring a keynote address by Nick Miller, Head of Asset Management, Financial Conduct Authority, the virtual summit represents the definitive online meeting place for all asset managers affected by these wide-ranging reforms.

According to the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), complying with the Market Abuse Regulation (“MAR”) is more than adhering to a set of prescriptive requirements. Our keynote, Julia Hoggett, Director of Market Oversight at the FCA has described it as a “state of mind”. Join us on 12th October online to hear more regarding the FCA’s current and future priorities including the control of inside information following the Abdel-Malek case.

Celebrating its 10th year, City Week is the premier gathering of the international financial services community. It brings together industry leaders and policy makers from around the globe to consider together the future of global financial markets and London, in particular.

With keynote addresses from, amongst others, the WTO, the Summit will focus on offering practical ways for banks and corporations to concentrate on harnessing the benefits of digitisation for a more effective and transparent use of technology and data and a more streamlined approach to traditional business models.

The Chancellor recently announced £640 billion of gross capital investment for roads, railways, communications, schools, hospitals, housing and power networks across the UK by 2024-25. This includes the largest ever investment in English strategic roads, with over £27 billion between 2020 and 2025, as well as a £10.9 billion increase in housing investment to support the commitment to build at least one million new homes by the end of the Parliament. A detailed breakdown of the £640 billion commitment will be provided in the National Infrastructure Strategy.

The UK Sustainable Infrastructure Policy & Investment Online Summit (13-14 July) will provide a perfect opportunity for an in-depth analysis of the government infrastructure plans for the coming years and their implications for both the public and private sectors, as well as reviewing other relevant developments.

Building on the highly successful first City Week COVID-19 Webinar Series in May, which was attended by more than four hundred c-suite representatives from the financial services industry, City Week is delighted to announce that it will be running a second series of highly topical webinars. 

This second series comprises six cutting-edge webinars which bring together leaders from the financial services industry with other experts for an authoritative and informed discussion on the critical issues that need to be addressed as we enter the second phase of the crisis.

The topics covered in this webinar series reflects detailed market research that City & Financial has undertaken over the last two months among the more than 1,000 delegates that attended its previous events. The seven webinars in the series will address the needs of senior executives in all FCA and PRA regulated firms.

This City & Financial Global Virtual Roundtable Series covers the key issues lenders and other regulated firms need to be aware of to ensure they are meeting regulatory expectations to treat customers fairly. Given the urgency of the situation, much of the guidance has been rushed through, so it is more important than ever that you equip yourself with the facts to make the right decisions for your organisation.

Over the past year, the payments industry has been evolving and expanding, with digital payment services and transaction volumes growing across the globe. The competitive landscape is being redefined by the entry of non-traditional providers, the evolution of new solutions provided by financial institutions and the development of strategic alliances that cross traditional sectoral boundaries. Over and beyond this transformation, there will also be major convergence around: products and solutions linked to payments; technology platforms and clearing capabilities that will be increasingly global in nature and reach; and of the operation of global securities and currency markets. In addition, we are likely to see integration of regulatory regimes that today are still often fragmented.

To discuss these issues and more, City & Financial is running its professional virtual roundtable series on Payment Systems Regulations and Innovation, next 3-5 June. This series comprises five webinars, which will cover all aspects of payments innovations, including the regulatory framework, in the context of the new challenges brought on by the current global crisis.

A joint advisory statement published in April by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre and the US Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, shows that cyber criminals and advanced persistent threat (APT) groups are targeting individuals and organisations with a range of ransomware and malware. It is expected that the frequency and severity of COVID-19 related cyber-attacks will increase over the coming weeks and months.

Against this background, City & Financial Global is pleased to announce this virtual roundtable series.  The programme has been designed to address the key issues that have been identified as being of most concern to your organisation during this period of increased cybercrime activity. You will receive practical advice on how to prevent COVID-19 related and other malicious cyber activity and how to deal with the incidents if they have already happened.

City & Financial Global is running its professional webinar series on Operational Resilience, built on the success of 6 preceding annual conferences and summits.

This series comprises five webinars, which will cover operational resilience practicalities in the context of the new challenges faced in the current crisis.

The City Week Covid-19 Webinar Series brings together top regulators and c-suite executives from banks, asset managers and insurers for an authoritative and informed discussion on the critical issues facing the FS industry as a result of the crisis.

Book today via email at bookings@cityandfinancial.com

This forum will provide an in-depth analysis of the key issues facing M&A today, and will include keynote addresses from Colin Raftery, Senior Director, Mergers at the Competition & Markets Authority, and Simon Lindsay, Director General of the Takeover Panel.

This summit will feature a keynote address from Mark Steward, Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the FCA who will provide much needed guidance and clarity on how you can reduce the likelihood of facing regulatory action and mitigate the impact of it on your organisation and senior managers. It will address the tools available to you when faced with enforcement action including the latest focus resolution procedures allowing you to challenge the severity of the penalty while admitting liability.

This high-profile forum builds on the success of the previous related events that City & Financial Global and its partners have held. For instance, the inaugural Women in Finance Summit, which took place on the 24 January 2017 and attracted 250+ senior FS industry delegates, government officials and regulators from the UK and beyond.

The summit will bring together leading experts to provide a cross-cutting view of the emerging regulatory and ethical standards for data analytics, processing and management; to examine the data-related developments of most concern to regulators; and to discuss the fundamental changes that lie ahead. The event will also enable c-suite executives to benefit from real life case studies and best practices in the use, collection and sharing of data.

With keynote addresses from Robin Jones, Head of Technology, Resilience and Cyber, FCA and Lowri Khan, Director of Financial Stability at HM Treasury , the Operational Resilience in the Financial Sector Forum will focus on how to embed effective operational resilience and risk management practices in the rapidly evolving regulatory and technological landscape, whilst overcoming new risks and challenges linked to automation, innovation and digital disruption.

The 5th Annual event in London will feature a keynote from Jonathan Davidson, Director of Supervision – Retail and Authorisations and Member of the Executive Committee at the Financial Conduct Authority.

City and Financial Global’s landmark conference represents a unique opportunity for those at the forefront of the asset management community to gain insights into best practice in complying with the new regulatory standards. We are delighted to welcome Nick Miller, Head of Asset Management, Financial Conduct Authority as our keynote speaker. He will outline the FCA’s agenda for reform and their expectations for the asset management industry as a whole. Our panel of expert speakers will also provide practical insights into an array of challenges facing asset managers, such as  how culture and conduct has developed as a key compliance issue; the drive towards increasing engagement and transparency; improving disclosure on fees particularly in relation to active and passive funds; choice and use of benchmarks; and credible performance reporting. Asset managers will also be profoundly affected by coming within the ambit of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) this December, as well as by the ongoing turmoil which surrounds Brexit.
Attending this Summit will enable you to drill down into the implications of these radical events for your firm and provide you with practical tools and strategies to ensure you are at the vanguard of regulatory compliance.

The summit will bring together leading experts to provide a cross-cutting view of the emerging regulatory and ethical standards for data analytics, processing and management; to examine the data-related developments of most concern to regulators; and to discuss the fundamental changes that lie ahead. The event will also enable c-suite executives to benefit from real life case studies and best practices in the use, collection and sharing of data.

• Overview: is shareholder activism is growing in the UK?
• Why are investors becoming more active?
• Why would an activist target your company?
• Current activist behaviour and techniques
• Getting your house in order – how to minimise the risk of an activist approach and limit any damage caused
• Successful strategies for engaging with an activist
• The growing importance of ESG

We are delighted that David Blunt, Head of Conduct Specialists, Financial Conduct Authority, has confirmed that he will give a keynote address at the conference.

The forthcoming summit, which builds on the success of the four previous summits that City & Financial has organised on the SMCR, focuses on the key issues that all regulated firms need to get to grips with, whether they are asset managers and insurers who are finalising their implementation projects prior to coming within the ambit of the SMCR, or banks that are already within scope. The summit will address the needs of senior executives in all FCA and PRA regulated firms.

The 23rd World Conference of Banking Institutes will be a landmark event for the international financial services community – bringing together perspectives from across the world on the forces shaping the future of our sector.

Matthew Taylor will be one of many eminent speakers taking part in City & Financial’s highly topical summit on Employment Status in the New Economic Era. This will be your opportunity to hear directly from those at the heart of some of the recent court decisions, including Addison Lee, Pimlico Plumbers, Uber and Deliveroo. We are particularly pleased that Chris Jeans QC of 11KBW will be on hand to guide you through the complexities of these decisions.  Equally important is the issue of tax status and in particular the extension of IR35 to private sector contractors which for the first time will shift the tax burden to the organisation for which they work. Bill Dodwell, Tax Director, Office for Tax Simplification will share his thoughts on this and on their work on Platforms, the Platform Economy and Tax Simplification.

We are delighted that Kit Malthouse MP, Minister of State for Housing will deliver a keynote address.

At a time when the housing crisis is at the top of the political agenda, this highly topical summit brings together an exceptional speaker panel of top housing experts, who will share their insights on the future for the UK housing sector and how to reach the government’s target of 300,000 new houses each year.

Draft Guidance issued by the CMA at the end of January goes some way to explain how enforcement will be affected post-Brexit. However, this event will offer you an opportunity to hear direct from the CMA on what this means in practice. We are delighted to welcome Michael Grenfell, Director of Enforcement, Joel Bamford, Senior Director Mergers and Howard Cartlidge, Senior Director Cartels to the speaker panel to provide key insights into the CMA’s agenda for the future of competition regulation. They will be joined by a host of competition law specialists from leading organisations such as HSBC, British Airways and Shell who will give a holistic view of how these dramatic changes will affect all industry sectors.

This high-profile forum builds on the success of the first Women in Finance Summit held at Bloomberg’s headquarters in January 2017, the second edition of the same event held in March 2018 and the Vote 100 Women Summit, held in London last April, at which a member of the British Royal Family, HRH the Countess of Wessex, was a keynote speaker and participant. Each of these three events attracted 250+ senior delegates.

The Summit will be the official launch of the final report from the Technology and Law Commission investigation into the use of AI in the justice system, a collaborative programme which has drawn together the insights from industry, academia, political science, civil society, law enforcement and regulators. It will also look towards the wider impacts of AI on the legal system, including future skills, impacts on legal services, business models and the future role of businesses in society.

Now in its ninth year, City Week is the premier gathering of the international financial services community. It brings together policy makers and senior industry representatives from around the globe to consider together the future of financial markets and London, in particular. It consists of two days of cutting-edge conferences, seminars and networking opportunities, with other satellite events being held later during the week.

Against the backdrop of renewed determination at the federal and state level to address the infrastructure crisis in the U.S., City & Financial Global’s P3 Policy and Delivery Summit, which is being held at the exclusive Cosmos Club in Washington D.C. on May 14th and 15th, will be a key gathering for senior members of the U.S. and international infrastructure community.

In December, the UK Government published its proposals for a new skills-based immigration system, which ministers describe as the biggest shake-up in immigration policy in the last forty years. The consultation paper envisaged that the new system would come into effect at the end of the transition period under the Prime Minister’s proposed EU exit deal, which would be January 2021. However, given the uncertainty surrounding that deal and the likelihood of at least a three-month extension of Article 50, it could come into effect at the end of June, if the UK and EU were not able to agree a deal by the end of a short extension. The objective of the briefing is to analyse in depth the implications of the proposed new immigration scheme for the firms in this industry.

This high-profile forum will discuss key opportunities and challenges for the national energy mix and will explore further expansion of renewable and nuclear energy, storage infrastructure and gas.

Phil Graham, Chief Executive, National Infrastructure Commission, will be giving a keynote address.

After 16 years, City & Financial Global is pleased to present its first virtual iteration of The UK Sustainable Infrastructure Policy & Investment Online Summit. This event has established itself as the leading conference of its kind. The 2020 Summit, which is being held on 13-14 July, will provide a perfect opportunity for an in-depth analysis of the government infrastructure plans for the coming years and their implications for both the public and private sectors, as well as reviewing other relevant developments.

Recent weeks have seen a flurry of activity around proposed reform of the audit sector and its regulation. The Kingman Review, the CMA Market Study, the current investigation by the BEIS Committee and the proposed Brydon Review are all helping focus attention on the dominance of the Big Four and the role of the Financial Reporting Council.

The purpose of the conference is to look at the case for audit reform in the UK in the light of all the various reviews. High level representatives from all the stakeholders concerned will be on the speaker panels and we are delighted that Sir Donald Brydon has agreed to give a keynote speech.

On March 29, the new UK Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act will come into force. This conference will focus on the impact on corporates and financial institutions; examine the implications for enforcement and litigation issues and aim to give practical guidance.

With a keynote speech by Matthew Wagstaff, Head of Bribery and Corruption, The Serious Fraud Office,  this forum will help you identify the best strategies to manage regulatory and internal investigations and will help you understand both the technical and legal requirements of multiple jurisdictions, as well as the practical concerns and investigative methods used by government regulators and criminal prosecutors.

City and Financial Global’s UK EV Infrastructure Summit will discuss a number of opportunities and challenges which will emerge during the transition to zero emission vehicles.

Join us on Thursday, 29th November in London to hear insightful presentations from, and informed debates among, senior government representatives and leading industry experts on the subjects that will shape both the present and the future of the EV industry.

The Cryptocurrency Task Force, which was set up by the Chancellor in April, will deliver its Report in the Autumn. The Task Force is led by HM Treasury, the FCA and the Bank of England. It’s deliberations will result in proposals as to how the UK should regulate this dynamic but highly controversial new medium of exchange. This conference aims to give a forum for discussion of the report.

The 2nd Annual Blockchain FS Technology Forum, which will take place in London on November 7th, will address blockchain technology from a user-led point of view and will analyse its potential for the financial services industry – particularly its infrastructure – in the UK and beyond.

The forthcoming summit, which builds on the success of the three previous summits that City & Financial has organised on the SMCR, focuses on the key issues that all regulated firms need to get to grips with, whether they are asset managers and insurers who are finalising their implementation projects prior to coming within the ambit of the SMCR, or banks that are already within scope. The summit will address the needs of senior executives in all FCA and PRA regulated firms.

David Blunt, Head of Conduct Specialists, Financial Conduct Authority, has confirmed that he will give a keynote address.

The 4^th Annual Culture and Conduct Forum builds on the success of the three previous editions. Dr Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority will be opening this prestigious forum in the morning with a fireside chat and keynote addresses will be given by the Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Charles Bowman and Kevin Stiroh, Executive Vice President at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

“This year’s conference, the 38th in the series, will provide a forum for discussing all aspects of the Code. In doing so, it will assist practitioners and their advisers in keeping up to date with the regulation of takeovers and other transactions involving corporate control in the UK”.

Simon Lindsay, Director General, The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers

The UK Robo Advice and Digital Wealth Summit will be invaluable for both incumbents and start-ups that want to know how to adjust their business models to take full advantage of the significant opportunities presented by robo-advice and digital wealth management.

Anna Wallace, Head of Department, Innovate, Financial Conduct Authority will be delivering a keynote address at this event.

This year’s conference will be opened by Lyndon Nelson, Deputy CEO & Executive Director, Regulatory Operations and Supervisory Risk Specialists, Prudential Regulation Authority. His keynote speech, “Setting the right expectations for operational resilience”, will focus on the joint discussion paper on this topic that has just been published by the Bank of England, PRA and FCA.

This summit conference will be the twelfth in this series and is firmly established as the leading event in this field.  It will examine the detailed challenges and it will try to take both a short and long term view.

The purpose of this conference is to pull together discussion of all these forces for change and assess their impact for insurance, life insurance and reinsurance companies.

We are delighted that David Rule, Executive Director of Insurance and Supervision for the Bank of England will be giving the keynote address.

Since rising to prominence in 2015, RegTech has continued to bring considerable benefits to the financial services industry, primarily by reducing the cost and complexity of compliance and by addressing an existing technology gap.

The RegTech Automation and Compliance Forum 2018, which builds on the success of last year’s inaugural event, will present strategies and examples of best practice that will help financial institutions to gain competitive advantage by mastering compliance through automation and innovation.

Now in its eighth year, City Week is the premier gathering of the international financial services community. It brings together industry leaders and policy makers from around the globe to consider together the future of global financial markets and London, in particular. It consists of two days of cutting-edge conferences, workshops, social events and networking opportunities, with other satellite events being held later during the week.

To celebrate the centenary of the 1918 “Representation of the People Act’, this summit is being organised in partnership with the Government Equalities Office and the Women’s Business Council, and will look at the most important issues facing UK business, including diversity issues, and review how female leadership has changed over the last century.

The purpose of this conference will be to ascertain what is likely to be best practice in open banking by examining the regulatory environment; the bank/fintech interface; payments control; the opportunities and threats presented by GDPR; the balance of innovation and consumer protection and the concept in relation to the financially vulnerable.

This highly topical event is being organised in partnership with the National Infrastructure Commission and theInfrastructure & Projects Authority, both of which are running their own one-hour long panel sessions within the programme. The NIC session will focus on the National infrastructure Assessment, while the IPA panel will look at transforming infrastructure performance.

The conference will examine the role of the Government and financial regulators in addressing the imbalance of seniority between genders and determine what can be done to identify the barriers to women entering and progressing in the financial services sector.

This summit will assist firms with this process. It will be highly interactive event and will incorporate the use of ‘Slido’ technology to facilitate audience participation in terms of posing questions and suggesting areas that speakers should address in their presentations. The objective is to make the event very practical so that delegates can get the answers to their specific questions.

This summit will provide companies with a practical, actionable guide to improving their productivity through innovation.

The event will provide an overview of the political and legal concerns with the Bill, as well as a comprehensive analysis of the practical implications for UK businesses, including an assessment of how businesses can influence the content of the Bill, and the content of delegated legislation which may affect the regulation of their sector.

Since the Market Abuse Regulation came into effect in the UK in July 2016, the FCA has made clear that it is focusing on firms’ systems and controls to prevent market abuse, and that it places as strong an emphasis on identifying weaknesses in regulated firms’ controls as it does in pursuing the abuse itself.

This conference, the seventeenth in the series, aims to alleviate the challenges through a mixture of presentations and interactive panel sessions from policy makers, industry practitioners and leading experts in the field.

FCA’s business plan highlights firms’ culture as top issue – hear from Sir Win Bischoff, Lord Blackwell, Edward Bonham-Carter and Alison Cottrell.

This timely and highly-topical conference will enable attendees to understand how to make their robo-advice operations grow and become profitable, both in the UK market and in the international arena.

Its interactive format will offer you an opportunity to participate in a diverse and well-informed dialogue between the UK regulator and financial services c-suite representatives.

This exclusive event will focus on the LGBT community and the vital role that it plays in the success of financial services in the UK. The importance of LGBT issues has been much in the media recently, most recently with the Government’s proposed LGBT legislation, promised for this autumn. This highly topical conference will offer financial institutions a diverse and well-informed dialogue with industry leaders and government officials.

A Practical Guide to Completing Preparation in View of the New Requirements

This year’s conference, the 37th in the series, will provide a forum for discussing all aspects of the Code. In doing so, it will assist practitioners and their advisers in keeping up to date with the regulation of takeovers and other transactions involving corporate control in the UK.

This event is being organised in response to demand from the market following our successful summit on this subject in January and is being held shortly after the publication of the FCA’s consultation paper on how it will implement the extension of the SMCR.  Jonathan Davidson, Director of Retail Supervision and Authorisation at the FCA, will be giving the opening keynote address.

Senior representatives from the Bank of England, FCA, HM Treasury and The Cabinet Office will give keynote addresses in the morning. This forum builds on the success of the previous three editions of this conference, which all attracted 150+ senior FS industry delegates, government officials, regulators and technology providers from the UK and beyond.

The purpose of this conference will be to look at the Northern Powerhouse in terms of funding, skills, and housing. The aim will be to maximise interaction between panelists and audience to produce, by the close of the day, from three to five tangible actions on which local leaders can deliver.

This highly topical event is a unique opportunity for C-level executives across the UK and European energy markets to discuss a pathway for successful smart grid deployment, to examine how the structure of the electricity market needs to evolve to keep pace with developments, and to analyse the implications of existing innovations and future opportunities for incumbents, newcomers and investors.

Over the last four years, much has been said about the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) which introduces significant reforms to the way personal data is collected, used and shared and is due to come into force in May 2018. However, in June 2016 the situation changed dramatically as the UK will lose the protection of the GDPR following Brexit meaning a new system will have to be put in place to allow the free flow of information between the UK and Europe.

Now in its seventh year, City Week is the premier gathering of the international financial services community. It brings together policy makers and senior industry representatives from around the globe to consider together the future of financial markets and London, in particular. It consists of two days of cutting-edge conferences, seminars and networking opportunities, with other satellite events being held earlier during the week.

This highly topical event, which is being held shortly after the Budget, is supported by the Infrastructure & Projects Authority.

The objective of the conference is to review any relevant budget announcements and provide delegates with an update on the latest government initiatives for infrastructure.