EVENT: How Much Is Too Much? Why the Treasury View is Wrong, and Why We Must be Far More Ambitious about our National Debt Tuesday 12th December, 9.00am-10.15am, Committee Room 10, House of Commons John Penrose MP Reaction from Lord Macpherson,…

EVENT: Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought – Professor Andrew Lo, MIT Tuesday 28th November, 9.00am-10.15am, Committee Room 10, House of Commons To register please email dominic.lindley@newcityagenda.co.uk Economists can’t agree on whether investors and markets are rational…

EVENT: What Have Capital Markets Ever Done For Us? – with Jes Staley, Group Chief Executive, Barclays Wednesday 1st November, 9am-10.15am, Committee Room 14, House of Commons, London New City Agenda is delighted to invite you to: “What Have Capital Markets…

EVENT: “Transitioning Brexit for the Benefit of the Real Economy” – Xavier Rolet, CEO, London Stock Exchange Group Wednesday 18th October 2017, 9.00am-10.15am, Committee Room 14, House of Commons New City Agenda is delighted to invite you to: “Transitioning Brexit for…

10 Years Since the Financial Crisis: Northern Rock – What Happened to the Customers? 10 years after the Northern Rock bail-out, thousands of customers remain trapped into paying high mortgage rates. Over the past 10 years these borrowers have paid thousands…

EVENT: Leading for Mutual Value – Speech by Joe Garner, Chief Executive, Nationwide Wednesday 11th October 2017, 9am, The Attlee Suite, Portcullis House “Leading for Mutual Value” – A Speech by Joe Garner, Chief Executive, Nationwide – please click here…

Reflections on the 10th anniversary of the start of the financial crisis – Lord McFall It is 10 years since BNP Paribas suspended withdrawals from three of its hedge funds – citing a complete evaporation of liquidity in the market. It…

10 Years Since the Financial Crisis: July 2007 – Credit Rating Agencies – Key Enablers of the Financial Crisis: “We Were Either Incompetent or Sold Our Soul to the Devil for Revenue” Credit Rating Agencies Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s…

EVENT: Is a Crisis Looming For Central Banks? – Lord Turner, Anthony Hilton (Evening Standard), Fran Boait (Positive Money) Tuesday 18th July, 9am-10.30am, The Attlee Suite, Portcullis House “Is a Crisis Looming for Central Banks?” – A speech by Lord…

Bear Stearns Hedge Funds, Enhanced Leverage and Frozen Markets – The start of the credit crunch On June 7th 2007, Bear Stearns sent an email to investors in two hedge funds – the High Grade fund and the Enhanced Leverage…