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Minutes

Please click on any of the past meetings below to view a short review of the proceedings.

Feb 16, 2010 - Tying it all together: A crash course in learning the lessons of financial and economic meltdown. A round-table discussion with Chris Martenson (chrismartenson.com) and Nicola Anderson (Bank of England). 

Feb 8, 2010 - Conflicts of interest in the FX market. A round-table discussion with Neil Record (Record Currency Management), Mark Tennant (JP Morgan Chase) and Ian Battye (Russell Investments).

Feb 4, 2010 - Is there a future in carbon trading? A round-table discussion with Abyd Karmali (Bank of America/Merrill Lynch), Guy Turner (New Energy Finance), Sam Fankhauser (London School of Economics/Globe International) and Larry Lohmann (The Corner House).

Jan 21, 2010 - The African Century. A round-table discussion on investment in Africa with Rod Evison (CDC), Ian Anderson (Gatsby Foundation), Rupert Boyd (Standard Bank) and Konrad Reuss (Standard & Poor's). 

Dec 11, 2009 - What the behavioural sciences can teach us about wholesale and retail financial markets. A round-table with Gulnur Muradoglu (Cass), Werner DeBondt (DePaul), William Forbes (Loughborough, Business School), Jose Manuel Varas (Cabot Financial) and Chris Clack (UCL).

Dec 7, 2009 - Encouraging saving in poor countries. A round-table discussion on innovation in savings. With Jane Platt (NS&I) and Bob Christen (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation).

Nov 18, 2009 - Microfinance Banana Skins: A round-table discussion of the new CSFI survey.

Nov 23, 2009 - The social usefulness of derivatives. A round-table discussion with Anthony Belchambers (FOA), Paul Wilmott (Wilmott Associates) Richard Metcalfe (ISDA), Stewart Hodges (Cass Business School) and John Grout (ACT).  

Oct 29, 2009 - Non-bank sources of consumer credit: A round-table discussion with Stephen Sklaroff (FLA), Nigel Cates (Office of Fair Trading), and (TBC).

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Feb 26, 2009 - Credit crunch litigation: A round-table discussion with Alexandra Carn and David Greene (Edwin Coe), Matthew Collings (Matrix Chambers) and Nick Carn (Odey Asset Management).  

Feb 25, 2009 - “How to stop the recession”.  A round-table with the author, Tim Congdon and David Miles (Morgan Stanley).  

Feb 24, 2009 - “The Euro: The Politics of the New Global Currency”. A round-table with the author, David Marsh and Denis MacShane (MP).  

Feb. 16, 2009 - Private client wealth management and the crisis: A round-table discussion with Mark Powell (Rathbones), John Williamson (EFGPrivate Bank), John Reed (Arbuthnot Latham), Lupus Maltzahn (Accenture) and Michael Read (Williams de Broe).

Feb. 10, 2009 - Global US and European proposals for financial stability: Coming together or growing apart? A round-table discussion with Barbara Matthews (BCM International Regulatory Analytics), Peter Vipond (ABI), and Simon Hills (BBA).

Feb. 9, 2009 - The biggest comeback of 2009: Government bond issuance. A round-table discussion with Robert Stheeman (DMO), Riccardo Barbieri (Bank of America), Meyrick Chapman (UBS), and David Oakley (FT).

Feb 5, 2009 - Counter-cyclical capital requirements, including dynamic provisioning. A round-table discussion with Clifford Smout (Deloitte), Jesus Saurina (Bank of Spain) and Sir John Gieve (Bank of England).  

Feb. 4, 2009 - Advisory Council meeting, chaired by John Plender (Financial Times)

Jan 28, 2009 - Brusselsfor breakfast (44) A breakfast discussion on European regulatory issues with Graham Bishop (grahambishop.com).

Jan. 28, 2009 - The macroeconomic impact of what governments are doing: Are Keynesians right? Or are the Friedmanites right?  

Jan. 22, 2009 - Payments in Europe : A round table discussion to establish a baseline view of the European payments world

Jan. 14, 2009 - US and UK financial crime regulation: Congruence or conflict?

Dec. 16, 2008 - Brussels for Breakfast 43

Dec. 16, 2008 -  Corporate Governance and the Credit Crisis.

Dec. 4, 2008 - Private Equity

Dec. 3, 2008 - New mortgage products

Dec. 3, 2008 - 'Age of Aging'

Nov. 27, 2008 - Brussels for Breakfast 42

Nov. 25, 2008 - IFRS and fair value accounting

Nov. 24, 2008 - The future of the housing market

Nov. 19, 2008 - Managing longevity for pension funds

Nov. 18, 2008 - Islamic Insurance: the Takaful concept

Nov. 17, 2008 - 'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'

Nov. 13, 2008 - Investing in Agriculture

November 3, 2008 - Revisiting Islamic Finance

October 28, 2008 - Short Selling

October 28, 2008 - Brussels for Breakfast (41)

October 16, 2008 - Demographics of Pensions

October 13, 2008 - The US Housing Crisis

October 8, 2008 - Food Inflation

October 6, 2008 - Blue-skying Armageddon…Free-thinking about the current financial crisis

October 6, 2008 - Managing macroeconomic instability

October 1, 2008 - Film Finance

September 30, 2008 - Brussels for Breakfast (40)

September 25, 2008 - Solvency 2

September 17, 2008 - CDC

September 15, 2008 - Why do analysts hate the insurance industry?

September 11, 2008 - In defence of America

September 9, 2008 - Public Sector Pensions

July 17, 2008 - Banking Banana Skins 

July 16, 2008 - The Crunch: The scandal of Northern Rock and the escalating credit crisis.’

July 16, 2008 - CEPS TF report on Basel II Implementation

July 15, 2008 - Legal Responses to the Credit Crisis

July 10, 2008 - Global Financial Regulation, The Essential Guide

July 10, 2008 - Brussels for Breakfast (39)

July 3, 2008 - The Changing shape of insurance capital: barbarians at the gate, or Darwinian survival?

June 30, 2008 - How to value structured financial products: where the investment banks got it wrong?

June 26, 2008 -Advisory Council meeting  

June 26, 2008 - Brussels for Breakfast (38)

June 12, 2008 - Individual Pensions

June 10, 2008 -PLUS Markets

June 2, 2008 - Mark to model

June 5, 2008 - London as a global city

May 27, 2008 - Dominoes in the credit crisis

May 22, 2008 - Brussels for Breakfast (37)

May 21, 2008 - The Future of Securitisation

May 20, Blue - Skying the Banks

May 20, 2008 -  The future of company pension schemes

May 15, 2008 - Whistleblowing

May 14, 2008 - Pensions, a tour d’horizon:

May 7, 2008 - CFIUS

April 24, 2008 - Basel 2  & Liquidity

April 24, 2008 - Brussels for Breakfast (36)

April 23, 2008 - Monolines

April 22, 2008 - Islamic Finance

April 16, 2008 - Rating Agencies

March 26, 2008 - Capital Gains Tax

March 20, 2008 - The Societe Generale Affair

March 19, 2008 - Fed Vs ECB

March 17, 2008 - Brussels for Breakfast 35

March 5, 2008 - Banks too big to fail?

March 3, 2008 - Class Action Lawsuits

February 28, 2008 - The future of retail branch banking

February 26, 2008 - Regulatory reform in the UK: The policy response

February 21, 2008 - Brussels for Breakfast 34

February 19, 2008 - The role of the tripartite arrangement

February 14, 2008 - The London Accord

February 12, 2008 - The ‘non-dom’ issue

February 4, 2008 - A tour d’horizon of Sovereign Wealth Funds

January 31, 2008 - Prospects for 2008

January 29, 2007 - Informal money transfers

January 23, 2008 - The UK mortgage market in 2008

January 17, 2008 - Brussels for Breakfast (33)

December 13, 2007 - "Plumbers and visionaries"

December 12, 2007 - Rethinking the Lamfalussy process

December 6, 2007 - Brussels for Breakfast (32)

December 3, 2007 - Oil markets

November 29, 2007 - Basel 2, insurance and the law of unexpected consequences

November 26, 2007 - The implications of potential Scottish independence

November 21, 2007 - Accounting standards

November 13, 2007 - Emissions trading

November 7, 2007 - The taxation of private equity

October 31, 2007 - Can the Chinese miracle persist?

October 30, 2007 - The EU Reform Treaty

October 29, 2007 - Web 2.0

October 24, 2007 - Brussels for Breakfast (31)

October 16, 2007 - "Plight of the fortune tellers"

October 11, 2007 - Making money from climate change

October 10, 2007 - The new Companies Act

October 4, 2007 - The changing face of film finance

October 3, 2007 - UK banking post-Northern Rock

October 2, 2007 - The Cyborg future

September 25, 2007 - "Insurance Banana Skins"

September 12, 2007 - Rationalisation of the business media

September 11, 2007 - Liquidity crisis? Credit crunch? Or just a speedbump on the highway of eternal prosperity? 

September 6, 2007 - Brussels for Breakfast (30)

September 5, 2007 - What a Tory mayor would mean for the City

July 10, 2007 - The death of the branch?

July 2, 2007 - The economic challenge facing Gordon Brown

June 26, 2007  - "Cracking the credit market code"

June 25, 2007 - Prospects for Internet advertising

June 21, 2007 - Brussels for Breakfast (29)

June 14, 2007 - Enhancing financial capability through the workplace

June 13, 2007 - Choice in the UK audit market

June 12, 2007 - Better data-sharing in the banking industry

May 24, 2007 - Brussels for Breakfast (28)

May 15, 2007 - Algorithmic Trading in 2010

May 14, 2007 - The Thornton Review of Pensions Institutions

May 3, 2007 - Demographics and finance

April 25, 2007 - The Italian banking and financial industry

April 25, 2007 - Brussels for Breakfast (27)

April 17, 2007 - Trusted Credentials in the Network Economy

April 12, 2007 - The challenges facing IFRS

April 4, 2007 - The Barclays/ABN Amro deal

March 27, 2007 - Brussels for Breakfast (26)

March 20, 2007 - Recent developments in mobile banking

March 12, 2007 - Climate change

March 8, 2007 - For-profit blogging

March 2, 2007 - Attacking Iran...An evaluation of the market impact

February 22, 2007 - Brussels for Breakfast (25)

February 19, 2007 - Financial Capability

February 13, 2007 - Insolvency

February 1, 2007 - The FSA's FRO

January 29, 2007 - Target 2 S

January 25, 2007 - Financial Inclusion

January 22, 2007 - Have traditional exchanges had their day?

January 18, 2007 - Implications of the EU’s Financial Collateral Directive

January 18, 2007 - Brussels for Breakfast (24)

January 15, 2007 - The future of commodity exchanges

December 13, 2006 - "Selling the City short?"

December 11, 2006 - The NAPF

December 7, 2006 - LogicaCMG

December 7, 2006 - Brussels for Breakfast (23)

November 29, 2006 - XBRL

November 22, 2006 - Pension fund trustees

November 20, 2006 - Alternative energy

November 17, 2006 - Brussels for Breakfast (22)

November 16, 2006 - Operational risk

November 15, 2006 - CESR

November 9, 2006 - Cisco II

May 8, 2006 - Private Equity (ll)

April 20, 2006 - Private Equity (I)

March 15, 2006 - Brussels for Breakfast (16)

March 14, 2006 - Spinning for the City

February 27, 2006 - The Operating & Financial Review

February 23, 2006 - The Retail Financial Services Forum

February 15, 2006 - Reconsidering population growth

February 15, 2006 - Brussels for Breakfast (15)

February 7, 2006 - Saving capitalism from the capitalists

February 2, 2006 - Lib Dems and the City

January 25, 2006 - Pensions A-Day

January 18, 2006 - Brussels for Breakfast (14)

January 17, 2006 - Carbon trading

December 13, 2005 - Brussels for Breakfast (13)

December 1, 2005 - Stretching the Oyster card

November 28, 2005 - Mobile microfinance

November 24, 2005 - The Initiative Finanzstandort Deutschland (IFD)

November 23, 2005 - The European bond market

November 16, 2005 - Brussels for Breakfast (12)

November 8, 2005 - The European ratings market

October 24, 2005 - The Pension Protection Fund

October 19, 2005 - Rolling back EU legislation

October 18, 2005 - In defence of finite reinsurance

October 11, 2005 - Bringing Hedge Funds to the consumer market

October 6, 2005 - Measuring reputational risk

September 26, 2005 - The pros and cons of Hedge Funds

September 21, 2005 - The mobileATM initiative

September 20, 2005 - Brussels for Breakfast (11)

September 19, 2005 - MiFID and the City

September 14, 2005 - Consumer understanding of risk

July 14, 2005 - Brussels for Breakfast (10)

July 13, 2005 - "Rebalancing UK and European legislation"

July 12, 2005 - What next for the City? Howard Flight on the Labour Government

July 4, 2005 - Pensions at a glance: Public policies across OECD countries

June 30, 2005 - "National Pastime": The business of sport

June 22, 2005 - "An Absence of Regulatory Design?" Bond legislation

June 22, 2005 - Brussels for Breakfast (9)

June 16, 2005 - “Would you credit it?” The way forward for credit unions

June 13, 2005 - "Not waving but drowning": The consumer credit problem

June 9, 2005 - Identity management: 21st century plumbing for banks

June 6, 2005 - "The greed merchants": The investment banking industry

May 25, 2005 - The work of the Financial Reporting Council

May 23, 2005 - S&P's analysis of the UK's defined benefit pension problem

May 23, 2005 - Brussels for Breakfast (8)

May 17, 2005 - How does the City handle Brussels?

May 16, 2005 - A tour d'horizon of the European Internet banking scene

May 12, 2005 - "Surviving the 'dogfood years': Solutions to the pensions crisis"

April 26, 2005 - The FSA’s role in the fight against financial crime

April 21, 2005 - Revision of the JMLSG's anti-money laundering rules

April 20, 2005 - Brussels for Breakfast (7).

April 12, 2005 - Inky-fingered techies and the gentleman bankers: Are there still two cultures?

March 23, 2005 - Brussels for Breakfast (6)

March 17, 2005 - "Banana Skins 2005" (Sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers)

March 16, 2005 - "EU Financial Regulation and Supervision beyond 2005"

March 8, 2005 - Current thinking on catastrophe risk

March 7, 2005 - The pensions dilemma (with Tim Congdon)

February 10, 2005 - The magic of Lex

 

 

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