The Economist's City Lecture with Soros

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April 13th 2010
  • Haberdasher's Hall, London

On April 13th 2010, The Economist welcomed George Soros, Chairman of Soros Fund Management LLC and founder of The Open Society Institute to the stage to address the city of London at The Economist's third city lecture.

WHAT OUR ATTENDEES SAID:

“Broad ranging conversation with George Soros.  Networking opportunities were excellent and participant side conversation were stimulating.”
Thomas Butler, Chief Executive Officer, Anglo-Romanian Bank

“Excellent intro and main event”
Fraser Smith,  Global Financial Controller, HSBC

“Excellent speaker, excellent venue, very worthwhile”
Tony Solomon, Head of Member Risk, Visa Europe

“Very professional, very important speaker, and very informative”
Dean Carter, Head of Treasury, Nottingham Building Society

“Excellent venue, very good speaker and good hospitality”
Roy Sampson, Financial Director, Groupama Insurance

 

WHAT THE PRESS SAID:

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City lecture with President Trichet

The Economist’s second City Lecture of 2009 with Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank took place on Friday, December 11th 2009. This VIP-invitation only event built on the success of our previous city lecture which took place in January earlier this year.

In his speech, entitled ‘The future macro-prudential supervision in Europe’, Jean-Claude Trichet outlined his vision for the European Systemic Risk Board, which is currently being established by the EU and spoke about the European Central Bank's support of this body, the envisaged close cooperation with all EU central banks and supervisors, and the ways in which the ESRB will impact the City of London. Following the speech, there will be the opportunity to ask questions.

City Lecture with Lord Turner

The Economist ‘s inaugural city lecture took place on Wednesday January 21st 2009 in the City of London where Lord Turner, Chairman, Financial Services Authority, addressed an audience of 150 city leaders.

In his speech, entitled ‘The Financial Crisis and the future of financial regulation’ Lord Turner discussed the macroeconomic underpinnings of the crisis and outlined some of the regulatory failures which allowed banks and other financial institutions to increase leverage to unsustainable levels. While warning that no regulatory regime could hope to prevent crises in future, Lord Turner outlined some of the areas of that the FSA and other UK regulatory bodies are focusing on in an effort to craft new rules which will limit financial volatility in future. In particular, he discussed the so called "Spanish model" of monitoring bank capital adequacy, in which capital is built up in good times to provide a buffer against bad times. He also pointed out that the government's capital injections into the UK banking system in 2008 have created scope for banks to run down capital now without breaching regulatory standards.

His address came two months ahead of the review of banking supervision and regulation due for release in March.


Address from Lord Turner, Chairman, Financial Services Authority:

 

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