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Global Financial Forum

The Financial Crisis: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

Event date: Monday April 27th 2009

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The event brings together leading policymakers, regulators and financiers to discuss the future of the financial services industry, and the measures needed to avoid future crises.

In association with: Chatham House, Foreign Policy Association, European-American Business Council, United States Council for International Business

Media Partner: Wall Street Journal

8:00am Registration and continental breakfast

9:00am Opening keynote address
Christine Lagarde, Minister of Economy, Finance and Employment, France (Lagarde's Speech)

9:30am Session One: Are current policy interventions working?

• How effective are the monetary policy tools in play?
• Will central banks continue their role as market stability regulator and lender of last resort?
• How effective has government intervention in currency markets proved to be?
• Does moral hazard remain an issue?

Panelists:
Lord Turner, Chairman, UK Financial Services Authority (Lord Turner's Speech)
Duncan Niederauer, CEO, NYSE Euronext
Stephen Cecchetti, Economic Adviser and Head of the Monetary and Economic Department, Bank for International Settlements

Moderator:
Dr. Robin Niblett, Director, Chatham House

11:05am Session Two: What regulatory systems are needed to prevent future crises?

• The role of auditors in financial services: is any reform desirable?

Panelists:
Sir Andrew Crockett, President, JPMorgan Chase International
Scott Marcello, Partner, Global Leadership Team
Financial Services, KPMG
William Isaac, Chairman, The Secura Group, Managing Director, LECG, and former Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Eric R. Dinallo, Superintendent, New York State Insurance Department
Deven Sharma, President, Standard and Poor’s

Moderator:
Dr DeAnne Julius CBE, Chair, Chatham House

12:45pm Keynote Address at New York Federal Reserve
Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank (Trichet's Speech)

Moderator: Robert Thomson, Editor-in-Chief, Dow Jones and Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal.

3:00pm Session Three: What is the future of the financial services industry? How can financial firms emerge stronger, and build a firm foundation for future growth?

• How do financial institutions emerge stronger from this crisis?
• Is the investment banking model dead? Are we witnessing a return to the universal banking model?
• What is the future of hedge funds and private equity funds?
• Do recent developments spell the end of Wall Street bonuses

Panelists:
Magnus Böcker, President, NASDAQ OMX Group
Eugene Ludwig, Founder and CEO, Promontory Financial Group
and former US Comptroller of the Currency
Sir Deryck Maughan, Partner and Chairman/Japan, KKR
Gary Parr, Deputy Chairman, Lazard
Annette Nazareth, Partner, Davis Polk

Moderator:
Michael Klein, Member of the International Advisory Board, BritishAmerican Business
 

4:00pm Conference closes

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