CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Date, Time & Venue

Subject

FORTHCOMING PROGRAMME

21 January 2010
08.30 - 09.30
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing
How the regulatory authority & financial services community are working together to restore public confidence in financial services

Guest Speakers:
Brian Hartzer, Chief Executive of UK Retail, Wealth & Ulster, RBS
Thomas Huertas, Director - Banking Sector, Financial Services Authority
Angela Knight CBE, Chief Executive, British Bankers' Association

25 February 2010
One Great George Street, SW1

APG Annual Dinner
By Invitation Only

Guest Speaker:
Hector Sants
Chief Executive, Financial Services Authority

PAST EVENTS

10 December 2009
08.30 - 09.30
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing
Country Briefing: USA (Part II)

Guest Address:
The US Ambassador, HE The Hon Louis B Susman

18 November 2009
08.30 - 09.30
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing
County Briefing: Switzerland

Guest Address:
The Swiss Ambassador, HE Mr Alexis P Lautenberg

9 November 2009
08.30 - 09.30
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing (organised jointly with the Parliamentray Group on Corporate Governance)
Impact of the EU Directives on the City

Guest Speakers:
Lord Myners
Xavier Rolet, Chief Executive, London Stock Exchange
Anthony Belchambers, Chief Executive, FOA

28 October 2009
08.30 - 09.30
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing
Understanding Wholesale Financial Markets: The Over-the Counter Markets

Guest Speakers:
Richard Saunders, Chief Executive, IMA
Edward Bonham Carter, Chief Executive, Jupiter Asset Managment
Bob Yerbury, CIO, Invesco Perpetual

16 July 2009
08.30 - 09.30
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing
Understanding Wholesale Financial Markets: The Over-the Counter Markets

Introduced by:
Terry Smith, Chief Executive, Tullett Prebon

Guest Speakers include:
Ade Cordell, Director, OTC Services, NYSE Liffe
John Grout, Technical & Policy Director, Association of Corporate Treasurers
Roger Liddell, Chief Executive, LCH.Clearnet Group

23 June 2009
08.30 - 09.30
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing
Country Briefing on the USA:
- focusing on developments taking place in global financial markets and the implications and opportunities

Guest Address:
Kathleen Doherty,
Acting Minister Counselor for Economics Affairs, US Embassy

11 June 2009
Room Q, Portcullis House
11.30

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

Chair: Tim Loughton MP
Vice Chair: Baroness Cohen of Pimlico
Vice Chair: Rt Hon Lord McNally
Vice Chair: David Ruffley MP
Treasurer: Andrew Love MP
Secretary: Stephen Hammond MP

12 May 2009
08.30 - 09.30
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing
Stock and Derivative Exchanges: Why are they so important to the UK?

Representing the Exchanges/Clearing Houses:
Nick Carew Hunt, Market Secretary - NYSE Liffe
Diarmuid O'Hegarty, Deputy Chief Executive - London Metal Exchange
Roger Liddell, Chief Executive - LCH.Clearnet
David Peniket, President & Chief Operating Officer - ICE Futures Europe
John Wallace, Director of Communications - London Stock Exchange

Representing the End-Users
Alan Borwn, Chief Investment Officer - Schroders
James Wallin, Senior Vice President - Alliance Bernstein

29 April 2009
One Great George Street, SW1

APG Annual Dinner
By Invitation Only

Guest Speaker:
Paul Tucker
Deputy Governor, Financial Stability, Bank of England

1 April 2009
08.30 - 09.30
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing

Guest Speakers:
Professor Tim Besley
Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee
Dr Martin Weale CBE
Chief Executive, National Economic & Social Research Centre

18 March 2009
08.30 - 09.30
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing
Exchanges and Clearing Houses: delivering stability in a crisis

Speakers to include:
Roger Liddell
Chief Executive, LCH.Clearnet Group
David Shrimpton
Head of Equity Markets Development, London Stock Exchange
Stuart Sloan
Head of Strategic Development, NYSE.Liffe

11 February 2009
08.30 - 09.30
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing
Will the massive changes taking place in financial services and their regulation generate the migration of the last global business in the UK?

Guest Speakers:
Professor Michael Mainelli
Executive Chairman, Z/Yen Group
Douglas McWilliams
Chief Executive, Centre for Economics & Business Research

Click here for copy of Presentations

26 November 2008
08.30 - 09.30
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing on the Banking Reform Bill

Guest Speaker:
Angela Knight,
Chief Executive, British Bankers' Association

15 October 2008
08.30 - 09.30
House of Commons

APG Breakfast Briefing on Sovereign Wealth Funds and International Financial Stability
Guest Speakers:
Stuart Fraser
Chairman, Policy & Resources Committee, City of London Corporation
Sir Thomas Harris
Vice Chairman, Standard Chartered Bank

17 July 2008
12.30 - 14.00
House of Commons

APG Roundtable Discussion
Soaring Agricultural Commodity Prices - Buty Why and For How Long?"

Guest Speakers:
Alistair Dickie, Director of Crop Marketing, Home Grown Cereals Association
Ian Dudden, Director of Commodity Derivatives, Liffe NYSE Euronext

26 June 2007
Room M, Portcullis House
16.00

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

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:
Anthony Belchambers, Chief Executive FOA, and founder member EU US Coalition on Financial Regulation
Keith Clark, Managing Director & International General Counsel, Morgan Stanley

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

APG Annual Dinner

Guest Speaker:
André Villeneuve, Chairman, City of London's EU Advisory Group

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.

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.

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