09:10

Chairman’s welcome and introduction

  • Lisa Rosen Chief Compliance Officer, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

09:30

PANEL SESSION: Understanding how the FCA’s new competition powers will affect your business

  • The FCA and the CMA – what exactly will and won’t the FCA be able to do?
  • How will the two regulators coordinate exercising their competition functions?
  • Which industry sectors are in the firing line?
  • How interventionist will the FCA be with its new powers?
  • The risks and opportunities for firms – how you can ride the crest of the wave

10:20

Morning coffee

10:40

PANEL SESSION: Enforcement trends in financial services and how best to respond to them

  • Understanding the FCA’s current enforcement priorities and targets
  • What enforcement tactics are being used by the FCA?

11:30

STREAMED SESSION (1)

ASSET MANAGEMENT (A1): Marketing AIFs in the AIFMD landscape – what was the impact and what next?

  • Practical insights into the latest distribution and capital raising issues across the EU
  • Is the AIFMD passport working? What is ESMA likely to report to the Parliament, Council and Commission in July 2015?
  • Using AIFMD platform solutions

BANKING (B1): Incorporating the new senior manager’s regime in your business

  • Bridging the gap between the current regime and the new one
  • How exposed will individuals be to regulatory action?
  • Attracting the right people to the roles
  • Practical impact of new regime on investigations and enforcement actions
  • What will be the impact on internal governance structures and reporting lines?

12:20

Lunch Break

13:20

STREAMED SESSION (2)

ASSET MANAGEMENT (A2): Use of dealing commission: what the FCA expects you to be doing

  • Why the FCA is concerned about dealing commission?
  • How you can meet FCA expectations?
  • Impact of MiFID II on your dealing commission arrangements

BANKING (B2): The new consumer rights bill – what are the details between the lines?

  • What are the key cases, principles and lessons? Decisions you need to watch out for
  • Preparing your staff – the dos and don’ts

INVESTMENT & SECURITIES (C2): Preparing for MiFID II

  • Overview of key changes
  • Implementation costs and other key challenges for firms
  • How should you organise your MiFID II project?
  • Penny Miller Partner, Simmons & Simmons
  • Christiana Norman Managing Director and Head of EU regulatory reform, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
  • Alistair Wellmann Managing Director and Head of Compliance, EMEA, Scotiabank
  • Chris Johnson Senior Product Manager, Market Data Services , HSBC Security Services

14:10

STREAMED SESSIONS (3)

ASSET MANAGEMENT (A3): UCITS V: what do you need to do in time for March 2016?

  • Actions to take ahead of implementation deadline of March 2016
  • How to draft and implement remuneration policies
  • Choosing a single depositary

INVESTMENT & SECURITIES (C3): Financial crime prevention and investigation: data meets duty

  • The new EU Data Protection Reform: how will it impact your business?
  • The institutional challenges caused by new data protection and data privacy responsibilities

15:00

Coffee Break

15:20

PANEL SESSION: The key trends and challenges of remuneration for financial services firms and how to avoid the pitfalls

  • PRA and FCA remuneration rules to strengthen alignment of long-term risk and reward: operation of new rules and common pitfalls
  • Incorporating the right culture in your business alongside the new remuneration rules
  • Use of “allowances”: is this a circumvention of remuneration rules and how has the EU responded?
  • The 3 ways you should prepare your company for a claw back

16:10

PANEL SESSION: What’s on the horizon in terms of European regulation for the financial services sector?

  • Looking ahead at the EU’s vision for sustainable long-term growth
  • Will we ever have a single rulebook in the EU?
  • How can your business influence EU legislation?
  • A future of opportunities – what’s further down the road?

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