At the heart of New Financial is a managed programme of private dinners, briefings and workshops. We provide a private forum for senior individuals with different perspectives from across the industry – investors, issuers, banks, and government – to work together to address common challenges.
New Financial had the pleasure of hosting Sébastien Raspiller, head of the financial sector department at the French Treasury for a breakfast on capital markets union in October 2019. We are excited to welcome him back for this event to discuss ‘The future of EU capital markets post-Brexit,’ ahead of the French Presidency of the […]
Nickie Aiken is the MP for the Cities of London and Westminster and was first elected to Parliament in December 2019. As the local MP for the City (and for New Financial), this party conference event will focus on Nickie’s perspective on the wider role the industry can and should play in supporting the UK […]
Pat McFadden has been the MP for Wolverhampton South East since 2005 and was appointed Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury by Keir Starmer in April 2020. This event is just ahead of the Labour Party conference and will focus on Labour’s perspective on the City. We’ll be discussing a wide range of topics including: […]
The launch event for our annual benchmark report on the size, depth, and growth potential of EU capital markets this year will focus on the future of EU capital markets in the context of ‘strategic autonomy’. We are also pleased to be joined by Anthony Attia, Global head of primary markets & post-trade at Euronext, […]
In July, the Financial Conduct Authority, Prudential Regulation Authority and the Bank of England jointly published a discussion paper Diversity and inclusion in the financial sector – working together to drive change on potential rules and guidance for all regulated firms on D&I issues, and how they could use their regulatory powers to act if firms […]
New Financial in collaboration with HM Treasury will be hosting an online workshop on 8th September, open to all signatories to help answer queries for companies filling out their annual update submissions for the HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter.
Our latest event ‘The future of European stock exchanges’ aims to progress the debate initially raised in our recent report on ‘The problem with European stock markets’. We will be joined by guest speakers including Robert Barnes, head of primary markets at LSEG plc & CEO at Turquoise, Fredrik Ekström, head of Nasdaq Stockholm, European […]
Felicity Buchan is the MP for Kensington & Chelsea and is a member of the Treasury and Finance Committees. She was first elected in 2019, and prior to her political career, she worked in investment banking for JP Morgan and Bank of America. This event is the first in a series of regular discussions with […]
Isabel Benjumea was elected as an MEP for the European People’s Party in May 2019. She is Vice-Chair of the Committee on Regional Development and a member of the ECON Committee. She was the rapporteur for the ECON Committee on its own report on CMU, published in September last year. She previously worked at the […]
Gareth Davies is the MP for Grantham and Stamford and was recently appointed to the Finance Select Committee. He was first elected in 2019 and before his political career, he worked at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, most recently as global head of responsible investment. In Parliament, Gareth has been very involved in debates on the future […]
Many barriers to diversity are based on assumptions of what clients want or need. We think that the Covid crisis provides the perfect opportunity to rethink what clients really want. The other side of this discussion is the fact that all financial services firms are effectively each other’s clients in some form. Can the industry […]
During this event we will discuss the findings of New Financial’s research, Accelerating Black Inclusion. The research aims to capture the experiences of Black people we are hearing right now with a particular focus on senior Black leaders across the UK finance sector. From these individual accounts, we will draw out themes to better understand […]
The Long Term Stock Exchange is trying to revolutionise public equity markets in the US by encouraging firms and investors to take a longer-term perspective. Last year it (finally) received SEC approval. This event is an opportunity to share what the LTSE is trying to achieve; the obstacles and challenges it faces; and the potential […]
The Netherlands has the largest and deepest investor market in Europe and is leading the way in the EU’s efforts to boost retail participation across Europe – one of the key elements of the latest capital markets union action plan. This event will address the challenges of increasing retail investment from a policy, supervisory and […]
In collaboration with the London Women’s Forum, New Financial will be hosting a discussion on how the financial services industry is using diversity data to better understand the impacts of Covid. This event includes a presentation from Yasmine Chinwala, Partner at New Financial and Q&A with Sarah McKenzie, Head of Consumer Strategy and Policy at […]
In collaboration with HM Treasury, we will host a virtual event to launch the fourth Annual Review monitoring the progress of signatories to the HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter. In addition to presenting highlights of the Review, we will hear from HM Treasury and industry leaders.
“Water, water, everywhere – nor any drop to drink’: The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner During this event, we will discuss our upcoming paper on ‘Productive investment’. This short paper is the first in a series of papers and events around the theme of ‘rebooting capital markets’ in the UK in the wake of Brexit. […]
During this event we will introduce our forthcoming thought paper on why there is a renewed focus on social mobility (or rather the lack of social mobility) in financial services – including the changing stakeholder context, getting to grips with data, the need for a wider business case, and greater objectivity in people decisions – […]
This event is aimed at the chairs of Black and/or ethnic minority networks. We will discuss the initial findings of our forthcoming research, Accelerating Black Inclusion.
At this event, we will launch our latest research creating a Diversity Toolkit for Investors in collaboration with the 30% Club Investor Steering Group. The toolkit will be a succinct, practical guide focusing on best practice in what diversity questions asset owners and asset managers should be asking the companies in which they invest in […]