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.
We interviewed Wendy for our groundbreaking 2017 research, Diversity from an Investor’s Perspective, and are very excited to be hosting her for an event series with New Financial members. Wendy is fiercely passionate about the importance of diversity to everyday business, economic development and wider society, and has a broad view of the diversity agenda […]
Ireland has been front and centre of the Brexit debate with a the Irish border proving to be one of the most challenging issues to overcome. The financial sector in Ireland is closely linked to the City and the UK, and Dublin has been one of the most popular destinations for firms in the UK […]
This breakfast event is part of our series on the European perspectives on Brexit that has included recent discussions with the Belgian, Swiss and Dutch Ambassadors, and senior policymakers from BaFin and the Bundesbank. In the next few months we’ll be hosting the Central Bank of Ireland, the Luxembourg Ambassador, and the French Treasury. Poland […]
As the UK enters the final stages of the Brexit negotiations, we are delighted to welcome Nicky Morgan, MP for Loughborough and chair of the Treasury Select Committee, to share her perspectives on ‘Brexit: the future of regulation & the future of the City’. As a prominent ‘Brexit rebel’ and former Treasury minister, Nicky has a […]
This is the latest in our series of Brexit events focusing on the perspective of the rest of the EU. With the clock ticking on the final stages of the Brexit negotiations with the EU, we are delighted to welcome back Kay Swinburne MEP to discuss ‘Brexit: the view from Brussels’. The discussion will focus […]
This dinner will discuss a challenging new paper by Dr Guillaume Bazot, a French academic at the University of Paris VIII, on ‘How efficient is the European financial industry?’. The paper is part of The Purpose Finance initiative on which New Financial is collaborating with David Pitt-Watson, fellow in finance at Cambridge University, and Pension Insurance […]
At this breakfast with Julia Hoggett, director of market oversight at the Financial Conduct Authority, we will discuss why and how diversity is being incorporated into regulatory discussions. Julia joined the FCA from Bank of America Merrill Lynch where she was managing director, responsible for a range of debt capital markets products including European Commercial […]
Our latest research looks at the asset management sector, and specifically portfolio managers, to better understand the barriers to progression for women and people of diverse backgrounds and offer a menu of ideas from asset management companies to tackle those barriers, in order to encourage a shift in thinking from lowest common denominator to best-in-class […]
This breakfast event will focus on how not to talk about ‘responsible business’, a recurring theme in our work. Every firm likes to talk about being ‘responsible’, but what do firms in banking and finance really mean when they talk about ‘responsible business’? Do they focus too much on their green credentials and their charity […]
We think this is our most important report yet: we set out to analyse the relevance of capital markets to people’s everyday lives in the form of a report on the role that capital markets play in supporting the economy of the North West of England. While the report is focused on the North West, […]
We think this is our most important report yet: we set out to analyse the relevance of capital markets to people’s everyday lives in the form of a report on the role that capital markets play in supporting the economy of the North West of England. While the report is focused on the North West, […]
At our latest event in New Financial’s breakfast series we will be trying to broaden our understanding of cognitive diversity, including Q&A with Simon Fillery, head of inclusion at the Bank of England, as our guest speaker. The Bank has undertaken an internal project to work out what diversity of thought means to the Bank, […]
With an ever-increasing focus on the diversity agenda, what are financial services firms doing to bring their incumbent population (which for most will be predominantly white men) along with them on the road to improving diversity? How can firms work on communicating with their staff so they don’t feel alienated and de-prioritised? This breakfast will […]
Sir Howard Davies’ is uniquely positioned to address some of the most critical questions about Brexit, the future of regulation in Europe, and the future of the City of London. During the event, members will discuss the short and longer-term impact on the City of London as a financial centre and the best ‘deal’ that […]
This breakfast event will focus on discussing the benefits and challenges of collecting and analysing social mobility indicators. We are very pleased to have Dr Sam Friedman, associate professor in sociology at the London School of Economics, as our guest speaker. Sam’s research contributed to the UK Government’s consultation to develop a set of measures […]
Steven, also known as Mr Mifid, is perhaps the most powerful regulator in global finance today. The recent delayed introduction of Mifid II, the most ambitious and wide-ranging reform of its kind, has touched almost every corner of finance in the EU and beyond. At this dinner (his second with New Financial) Steven will discuss […]
Few countries are as closely bound the to the EU without being part of it as Switzerland. The relationship between Switzerland and the EU is governed by more than 20 main bilateral agreements and around 100 minor ones. At this dinner, Ambassador Fasel will discuss the Swiss perspective on Brexit; what the UK can learn […]
In the past few months, Jeremy Corbyn has warned that ‘gamblers and speculators’ in the City should be more afraid of a Labour government than of Brexit, that levels of pay and bonuses in the City are unacceptable, and that finance should be ‘the servant of the real economy rather than the master of us […]
With a number of firms such as Euroclear, Lloyd’s of London & Moneygram announcing plans to move parts of the business to Belgium, the role of Brussels as a potential destination for UK businesses will be a topic high on the agenda at breakfast with Ambassador Huygelen. He will also address the main Belgian and EU27 […]
By April 2018, companies in the UK with 250 or more employees had to publish certain information regarding the pay gap between male and female employees. For many firms, the reporting process has been challenging, and the results have sometimes been confusing (particularly given the occasional misunderstanding in the media of what the gender pay gap […]
One of the many reasons for the ‘crisis in capitalism’ and the breakdown in trust between business, society and politicians is that in many aspects ‘capitalism’ had been distorted by special interests, regulatory capture, and anti-competitive and anti-social behaviour. In order for free market capitalism to flourish, it is vital that it goes back to […]
Last week, the FCA published a discussion paper called ‘Transforming Culture in Financial Services’ and hosted a conference on this theme. The FCA has also launched a mission statement on its approach to supervision. This breakfast is an opportunity to gain insight from Jonathan on the FCA’s approach to culture, better understand how the FCA […]
This dinner is the third in our series of events on ‘The Purpose of Finance’ that we are hosting with the support of Pensions Insurance Corporation that will explore the purpose of finance and the purpose of different sectors of the industry, from asset management to stock exchanges, and investment banks to regulators. The overall project is run by […]
If you think that the lack of trust in the banking and finance industry among regulators, policymakers and the wider public will blow over anytime soon then you haven’t been paying attention. Recent evidence – from Jeremy Corbyn’s warning that he’s a threat to the ‘gamblers and speculators’ in the City, to the Brexit debate […]
Our recent research report on ‘Diversity from an Investor’s Perspective’ showed how some of the most progressive pensions funds and asset owners are putting pressure on their asset managers to improve diversity. At this breakfast Jackie Turpin, head of finance at the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, will discuss what the Trust has been doing in […]
Of all sectors of the banking and finance industry, hedge funds and private equity perhaps share the lowest levels of public and political trust matched by the lowest levels of understanding of what they are and what they do. They have an unlikely ally in Chris Evans MP, the Labour MP for Islwyn (a former coal […]
Dr Andreas Dombret is an executive board member of the Deutsche Bundesbank with responsibility for banking and financial supervision. At this dinner he will discuss the German perspective on Brexit with a particular focus on financial stability, the future of supervision and regulation in the EU27, and the prospects for post-Brexit collaboration between the UK and EU27. […]
This dinner is the second in our series of events on ‘The Purpose of Finance’ that we are hosting with the support of Pensions Insurance Corporation that will explore the purpose of finance and the purpose of different sectors of the industry, from asset management to stock exchanges, and investment banks to regulators. The overall project is run […]
Well-functioning capital markets start with deep pools of long-term capital. But despite some progress in recent years, pensions assets in the EU represent just 35% of GDP and are just one quarter as developed as in the US. Strip out the UK, and pensions assets in the EU27 are just 25% of GDP. At this […]
What is the purpose of finance? And what would the financial services industry look like if it were designed around this underlying purpose? This dinner is the first in a rolling series of events hosted by New Financial and supported by Pensions Insurance Corporation that will explore the purpose of finance and the purpose of different […]