Event: Fund Management Industry Conference
Date: Thursday 31 May 2012
Location: The Auditorium, 280 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4RB

09:00

Coffee & Registration

09:30

Chairman's Welcome and Opening Remarks
Alastair Hay, Managing Director, Trustee & Depositary Services, The National Westminster Bank plc

09:40

Retail Distribution Review (RDR)
Prady Kapoor, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young

10:10

European Developments
Tony Stenning, Managing Director, UK Retail, BlackRock

10:40

Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive (AIFMD)
With implementation now almost imminent and cutting back to the essentials:

• what does it actually mean for fund managers, and,
• what steps should be taken by them to prepare for implementation?

Jonathan Bayliss, Partner, Speechly Bircham
Jessica Arrol, Solicitor, Speechly Bircham

11:10

Coffee

11:30

Derivatives: in what circumstances do motives matter?
Phil Ball, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers

12:00

UK Regulatory Round-Up & Update
Julie Patterson, Director, Authorised Funds & Tax, Investment Management Association

12:30

Chairman's Closing Remarks followed by buffet lunch