CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 
Date, Time & Venue Subject
FORTHCOMING PROGRAMME

 

30 April 2008
One Great George Street, SW1
By Invitation Only

 

APG Annual Dinner

Guest Speaker to be confirmed

14 May 2008
08.30 - 09.30
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing

"The EU-US Transstlantic Dialogue in Financial Services: Setting a Global Standard?"

Guest Speakers to be confirmed


PAST EVENTS  
11 March 2008
08.30 - 09.30
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing

"The Gulf's Growing Importance in Today's Global Financial Markets"

Guest Speakers:
Mukhtar Hussain, Global Head Principal Investments, HSBC Bank plc
Marion Riddle, Financial Services Specialist, UK Trade & Investment
19 February 2008
08.30 - 09.30
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing

"The Sub-Prime Crisis: Implications for London's Reputation as a World Class Financial Centre"

Guest Speakers:
Peter Eisenhardt, Principal & European Head of Global Short Term Fixed Income, Bank of America; and
Chairman,ICMA's ECP Committee
Dr Alistair Milne, Reader in Banking & Finance, Cass Business School

 
11 December 2007
08.30 - 09.30
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing

"The Role of Financial Services in Alleviating Poverty and Delivering Economic Advancement in Developing Countries / Emerging Markets"

A Report, prepared by Cass Business School, and commissioned by the major organisations represening the UK Wholesale Financial Services Sector.

Presented by::
Richard Gillingwater, Dean, Sir John Cass Business School

Click Here for copy of the Executive Summary.
Final Report will be available shortly.
14 November 2007
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing

Islamic Banking - from the perspective of the Wholesale Markets

Guest Speakers:
Gerry Deegan, Chief Executive & Managing Director, Islamic Bank of Britain
Richard Thomas, Chief Executive, GSH UK

11 July 2007
1 Birdcage Walk SW1

APG Briefing & Drinks Reception

"So far but no so good? What next .... "
Climate Change & Carbon Emissions - What Market Mechanisms does the Industry Need?
An Industry Perspective

Guest Speakers:
Michael Mainelli, Executive Chairman, Z/Yen Group (Moderator)
Gilles Corre, Director, Environmental Markets Division, Evolution Markets Ltd
Garth Edwards, Trading Manager for Environmental Markets, Shell
Neil Eckert, Chief Executive, Climate Exchange Plc
Martin Hession, Head of Global Carbon Markets, DEFRA

Click here for Presentation Summaries / Related Papers of Interest

26 June 2007
Room N, Portcullis House
13.00

APG AGM - Election Results
The following Officers were re-elected:

Chairman: Tim Loughton MP
Vice Chairman: Kerry McCarthy MP
Vice Chairman: Rt Hon Lord McNally
Vice Chairman: David Ruffley MP
Treasurer: Baroness Cohen of Pimlico
Secretary: Stephen Hammond MP

16 May 2007
House of Commons


APG Breakfast Briefing

FSA' s move towards more Principles-Based Regulation

Guest Speaker:
John Tiner, Chief Executive, Financial Services Authority

18 April 2007
One Great George Street

APG Annual Dinner

Guest Speaker:
Sir Callum McCarthy, Chairman, Financial Services Authority
14 March 2007
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing

Hedge Funds & Private Equity Funds: Assessing the Risks & Rewards

Guest Speaker:
Paul Marshall, Chairman, Marshall Wace LLP
Peter Linthwaite, Chief Executive, British Venture Capital Association

24 January 2007
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing

Guest Speaker:
Ed Balls MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury

29 November 2006
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing

Russia's Growing Importance in Today's Global Financial Markets

Special Guest:
His Excellency Mr Yury Viktorovich Fedotov
Ambassador of the Russian Federation

Speakers:
Steve Thunem, Head of Debt Capital Markets, VTB Europe (formerly Moscow Narodny Bank)
Andrew Dell, Senior Representative, Capital Markets Division, HSBC
Oleg Biryulyov CFA, Fund Manager, JP Morgan Russia Securities
24 October 2006
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing

Is the UK's Tax System having a negative effect on companies' willingness to base funds in the United Kingdom – the findings of a KPMG report commissioned by the Investment Management Association (IMA).

Guest Speakers:
Alastair Nash, Director, Corporate Tax Complicance, KPMG
Simon Davies, Chief Executive, Threadneedle Asset Management
Gary Shaughnessy, Managing Director, Wealth & Health Management, Prudential Management

1-4 October 2006
Bournemouth

Conservative Party Conference

24-28 September 2006
Manchester

Labour Party Conference
16-21 September 2006
Brighton

Liberal Democrat Party Conference
13 July 2006
12.00 - 1.00 pm
Room 2, Portcullis House

APG AGM - Election Results
The following Officers were elected:

Chairman: Tim Loughton MP
Vice Chairman: Kerry McCarthy MP
Vice Chairman: Rt Hon Lord McNally
Vice Chairman: David Ruffley MP
Treasurer: Baroness Cohen of Pimlico
Secretary: Stephen Hammond MP
5 July 2006
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing

Enhancing or Impairing the UK's Competitiveness: The Impact of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)

Guest Speakers:
Rt Hon John McFall MP, Chairman, Treasury Select Committee
Anthony Belchambers, Chief Executive, Futures and Options Association
Michael Folger, Director of Wholesale & Prudential Policy, Financial Services Authority
20 June 2006
Terrace, House of Commons
Invitation Only

APG Summer Reception

To be re-arranged.
17 May 2006
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing

India - The implications for the UK of India's emergence as a growing force in the world's financial markets

Guest Speakers:
Sonjoy Chatterjee, CEO & MD, ICICI Bank UK
Devan Kaloo, Head of Global Emerging Markets (Equities), Aberdeen Asset Management
25 April 2006
One Whitehall Place, London
Invitation Only

APG Annual Dinner

Guest Speaker:
Stephen Green
Group Chief Executive, HSBC Holdings plc

29 March 2006
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing

Tomorrow's Pensions - What difference should the fund managment industry make for investors?

Guest Speakers
Matthew Annable, Head of Active Equity Strategies & CIO, Europe, Barclays Global Investors
Andrew Dyson, Head of Institutional Business, Merrill Lynch

6 March 2006
Portcullis House

APG Briefing & Reception

Energy: A Market in Trouble or Transition?

Guest Speakers
Dr Bernie Bulkin, Commissioner, Prime Minister's Sustainable Development Committee
Paul Dawson, Director Compliance, Barclays Capital
Sally Dewar, Director, Markets Division, FSA
Nicholas Durlacher, Chairman, Elexon
Rt Hon Lord Fraser of Carmyllie QC, Non Executive Director, ICE Futures
Dr Peter Kreuzberg, Managing Director, RWE
Neil O'Hara, Trading Director, British Energy

15 February 2006
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing

Mergers & Takovers - are Shareholders properly protected?

Guest Speakers:
Mark Warham, Director General, Takeover Panel
Lindsay Tomlinson, Vice Chairman, Barclays Global Investors

1 December 2005
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing

EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

Guest Speakers:
Alastair Dickie, Director, Crop Marketing, Home Grown Cereals Authority
Ian Dudden, Director, Euronext.liffe

26 October 2005
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing

A Mid Term Review of the priorities of the UK Presidency

Guest Speakers:
Clive Maxwell, Director, HM Treasury
Sir Nigel Wicks, Deputy Chairman, Euroclear Group

4 October 2005
Blackpool
Invitation Only

Conservative Party Conference

Breakfast Meeting for APG members - hosted by the Corporation of London on behalf of the Industry Advisory Group

26 September 2005
Brighton
Invitation Only

Labour Party Conference

Luncheon Meeting for APG members - hosted by the Corporation of London on behalf of the Industry Advisory Group

20 September 2005
Blackpool
Invitation Only

Liberal Democrat Party Conference

Breakfast Meeting for APG members - hosted by the Corporation of London on behalf of the Industry Advisory Group

13 July 2005

House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing

EU/US Relations ("the Transatlantic dialogue") and the UK Presidency from the persepctive of the wholesale markets

Guest Speakers:
Clive Maxwell, Director, Financial Sector, HM Treasury
Tim Plews, Partner, Clifford Chance
Phil Rivett, Global Leader, Banking & Capital Markets, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Martin Graham, Director of Market Services & Head of AIM, London Stock Exchange

29 June 2005

The Library, Marriott County Hall Hotel
6.30 - 8.30 pm

APG Summer Reception

Held to mark the new Parliament, for parliamentarians and senior practitioners from the City's financial and wholesale markets

15 June 2005
Portcullis House
House of Commons
12.30 pm

AGM

To re-register the APG on Wholesale Financial Markets & Services and elect officers.

8 February 2005

House of Commons

APG Breakfast Meeting

The Effect of Financial Scandals on Democracy and the Market Economy

Guest Speaker:
William J MCDonough, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board of the United States

15 December 2004

House of Commons

APG Breakfast Meeting

Basel Revisited: What challenges does the Commission's proposal for a new capital requirements framework - suitable for the 21st century - hold for the UK's Commercial Banks other Financial Institutions and Commodity Market participants

Guest Speakers:
Carol Sergeant, Credit Risk Director, Lloyds TSB
Simon Hills, Director, British Bankers Association
Mark Grimditch, Partner, KPMG

10 November 2004

House of Commons

APG Breakfast Meeting

Financial Services and Business integrity: A role for the industry.

Guest Speaker:
Lord George of St Tudy, Master of the Guild of Intenational Bankers and former Governor of the Bank of England

5 October 2004

Invitation only

Bournemouth

Conservative Party Conference

An Industry Advisory Group Breakfast for Members of the APG Wholesale Financial Markets and Services. From the perspective of wholesale markets as a consolidator of business - what is the future for long term savings in the UK.

Is there a danger that the cost of complying with the more EU legislation will outweigh the benefit? Is the Uk in danger of becoming over-regulated or driging business to markets with a more pragmatic approach to regulation - particularly in wholesale markets?

27 September 2004

Invitation only

Brighton

Labour Party Conference

An Industry Advisory Group Dinner for Members of the APG Wholesale Financial Markets and Services. From the perspective of wholesale markets as a consolidator of business - what is the future for long term savings in the UK.

Is there a danger that the cost of complying with the more EU legislation will outweigh the benefit? Is the Uk in danger of becoming over-regulated or driging business to markets with a more pragmatic approach to regulation - particularly in wholesale markets?

21 September 2004

Invitation only

Bournemouth

Lib Democrat Party Conference

An Industry Advisory Group Breakfast for Members of the APG Wholesale Financial Markets and Services. From the perspective of wholesale markets as a consolidator of business - what is the future for long term savings in the UK.

Is there a danger that the cost of complying with the more EU legislation will outweigh the benefit? Is the Uk in danger of becoming over-regulated or driging business to markets with a more pragmatic approach to regulation - particularly in wholesale markets?

8 September 2004

House of Commons

APG Breakfast Meeting

Will the WTO's resolve to liberalise financial services and dismantle protectionism in agriculture really progress trade in financial services? Can initiatives such as the World Bank's International Task Force on Commodities Risk Management - which is designed to support the 'rural poor' in developing countries - provide a blueprint for the future?

Guest Speakers:
Alastair Abercrombie, Director of Trade Policy, IFSL
Bruce Tozer, Managing Director, Strategic Business Development Global Financial Markets, Rabobank International
Malcolm McKinnon, Head of Trade in Services & Investment Policy, Department of Trade & Industry

23 June 2004

House of Commons

APG Breakfast Meeting

International Accounting Standards and the role of good corporate governance.

Guest Speaker:
Sir Derek Higgs, Senior Advisor in the UK, UBS Investment Bank

12 May 2004

House of Commons

APG Breakfast Meeting

China: Giant Economy in the Making. An assessment of the global market and economic impact of China's emergence as a new force on the world stage.

Guest Speakers:
HE Mr Zha Peixin, Chinese Ambassador to the UK
Lord Powell of Bayswtaer KCMG, President, China-Britain Business Council
David Brewer, Executive Chairman of the UK-China Forum & Chairman of the CBBC/IFSL Joint Financial Services Committee

10 March 2004

House of Commons

APG Breakfast Meeting

New Markets, new methodologies and new risks: A forward look.

25 February 2004

One Whitehall Place
Westminster

 

APG First Anniversary Dinner

Private dinner to celebrate the first anniversary of the APG

Guest of Honour:
Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England

10 December 2003

House of Commons

APG Breakfast Meeting

Briefing on the New Basel Accord and the proposed Risk Based Capital Directive and the implications for UK banks and investment firms.

Guest Speakers:
Ian Tower, Head of Risk Review & Basel Dept, FSA
Michael Green, Director, Group Risk Management, Lloyds TSB Group
Susan Brownlie, Partner, KPMG

12 November 2003

House of Commons

APG Breakfast Meeting

The role of the financial services industry in preventing crime.

Guest Speakers:
Clive Briault, Director, Prudentail Standards Division, FSA
Andrew Clark, Head of Investigations, PricewaterhouseCoopers

12 November 2003

House of Commons

APG AGM

7 October 2003

Blackpool

Conservative Party Conference

Industry Advisory Group Breakfast for Members of the APG on Wholesale Financial Markets and Services. Discussion on whether the FSAP is likely to meet expectations and the extent to which it could change or put at risk the UK financial servcies sector and how it is regulated.

29 September 2003

Bournemouth

Labour Party Conference

Industry Advisory Group Diner hosted by Corporation of London for Members of the APG on Wholesale Financial Markets and Services. Discussion on whether the FSAP is likely to meet expectations and the extent to which it could change or put at risk the UK financial services sector and how it is regulated.

23 September 2003

Brighton

Lib Dem Party Conference

Industry Advisory Group Breakfast for Members of the APG on Wholesale Financial Markets and Services. Discussion on whether the FSAP is likely to meet expectations and the extent to which it could change or put at risk the UK financial servcies sector and how it is regulated.

9 July 2003

House of Commons

APG Breakfast Meeting

The HM Treasury Review of FSAM and the State of UK Competitiveness

Guest Speakers:
Andrew Hilton, Co-Director, CSFI
Malcolm Cooper, Corporation of London
Michael Quicke, Chairman, Small Business Practioner Panel

26 June 2003

House of Commons

APG Breakfast Meeting

Briefing on the Financial Services Action Plan (FSAP)

Guest Speakers:
David Green, Head of International Policy Coordination & EU Affairs, FSA
Chris Bates, Partner, Clifford Chance

13 May 2003

Portcullis House
Westminister

APG Meeting

Wholesale Financial Markets & Services - Protection & Risk: Strking a Proper Balance in a Market Economy

Guest Speakers:
David Lascelles, Co-Director, CSFI
Michael Foot, Managing Director, Deposit Takers & Markets, FSA
Lord Aldington, Chairman, Deutsche Bank

8 May 2003

House of Commons

APG Breakfast Meeting

Presentation/Briefing on The City's View on the Euro

25 March 2003

 

APG Briefing & Lunch

Protection and Risk: Striking a proper balance in a market economy?

Guest Speakers:
David Challen, Vice Chairman, Schroder Salomon Smith Barney & Former Chairman, Financial Services Practitioner Panel
Michael Foot, Managing Director, Deposit Takers & Markets, FSA
David Lascelles, Co-Director, CSFI

March 2003

APG Cocktail Reception

Reception to mark the fomation of the APG on Wholesale Financial Markets and Services.

Guest of Honour:
Sir Howard Davies, Chairman, FSA
26 November 2002

APG AGM & Inaugural Meeting