The distribution landscape for retail savings and investment products is undergoing a period of unprecedented change. Increased pricing transparency for products and services is affecting the business models of both providers and intermediaries, and the FSA's Retail Distribution Review promises...

Building on our long-standing relationship with the financial services sector, we are proud to introduce the Institute of Economic Affairs' inaugural Private Equity Summit. For over 50 years the IEA has been actively promoting free-market policies, communicating to the public and politicians...

The Council of Mortgage Lender's annual conference has become a must-attend event featuring inspirational conference speakers at the cutting edge of today's mortgage industry.

Topics: - Market power and anticompetitive behavior, - Comparing and contrasting structural change in the U.S., the European Union and Asia, - Efficient scale, synergies and productive efficiency at financial institutions, - Supply of credit to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), - Market-based...

The aim of the conference is to bring together academics and securities litigation practitioners to discuss the law and economics of some of the most significant US and European recent cases concerning securities law and corporate governance. Court decisions will be discussed from different...

Objective and topics: The European banking sector and financial system have evolved greatly over the last decade. Fundamental changes include the adoption of new technology in the provision of banking services, disintermediation, financial liberalisation, the emergence of new financial...

In the past decade, Fondation Banque de France's Journées have been an annual event featuring the outcome of previous research grants. This year's harvest includes three papers on the systematic variations in expected loss and liquidity, the impact of securitization on bank lending and the cost...

Topics: - focusing specifically on the types of financial products and services sold online - analysing the basis of their online offering - should they be content to reproduce existing services or should they use their online offering to innovate, by devising products for sale specifically...

The outlook for the private banking and wealth management sector is bright as global wealth creation continues apace. Nevertheless, private banks operate in a rapidly shifting environment making it crucial to respond to new trends in order to capture a greater share of wealth. Evaluating and...