| Time Slot |
Event | Speakers |
| 08:30 |
Registration and coffee | |
| 09:00 |
Introduction from the Chair | Mary Fulton, Partner, Deloitte |
| 09:10 |
European regulation in a post-Lamfalussy era | Freddy Van den Spiegel, Chief Economist and Director of Public Affairs, Fortis Bank |
| 09:30 |
The Regulatory Agenda – domestic and international | Patrick Neary, Chief Executive, Financial Regulator |
| 09:50 |
Panel debate: what the financial services industry wants from the Financial Regulator and how Ireland's competitive advantage as an innovative and responsive regulatory jurisdiction can be maintained | Moderator: Mary Fulton, Partner, Deloitte
Denis Casey, Executive Director, Irish Life and Permanent PLC and Chairman, Financial Services Ireland
James L Deeny, Former head of HSBC Ireland & Senior Advisor, Invest Northern Ireland
Sarah Goddard, CEO, Dublin International Insurance and Management Association (DIMA)
Gary Palmer, Chief Executive, Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA)
Enda Twomey, Deputy Chief Executive, Irish Bankers’ Federation |
| 10:30 |
Coffee: Sponsored by the National College of Ireland | |
| 10:50 |
How Ireland will interface with other major jurisdictions in the future
- Outsourcing - including issues to be resolved in Irish legislation
- Emerging areas - India, China
- Other financial services centres
- Regional development of financial services activities in Ireland | Pat Wall, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers |
| 11:10 |
Europe’s financial centres – past, present, future: the presentation will provide a forward- looking overview of Europe’s financial centres
- Evolution of the map of Europe’s financial centres
- Recent initiatives aimed at the development of financial centres
- Why is it important for cities, regions, and countries to develop financial centres?
- How have the factors affecting the success or failure of financial centres changed over time?
- What is a financial centre? A city, region, or a country? | Dariusz Wójcik, Lecturer, University College London and Research Fellow, Jesus College Oxford |
| 11:30 |
Panel debate: How will Ireland interface with other major jurisdictions in the future? (Sponsored by Invest Northern Ireland) | Moderator Trevor K. Killen, Director - Ireland, Invest Northern Ireland
Mark Heaney, Head of European Fund Services, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Pat Wall, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dariusz Wójcik, Lecturer, University College London and Research Fellow, Jesus College Oxford |
| 12:10 |
Case Study in IFSC Innovation: Capita - Product Development and the operating model - creating an innovative and cost effective development model
- Capita in the UK
- Capita in Ireland
- Capita model and product development
- Fund administration and hosting | Gerry Brady, Managing Director, Capita Financial Administrators (Ireland Limited) and Capita Financial Managers (Ireland Limited)
Ciaran McGettrick, Business Development Director, Capita Ireland
David Page, Projects Director, Capita Financial Group |
| 12:30 |
Lunch: Sponsored by Ernst & Young | |
| 14:00 |
Introduction from the Chair | |
| 14:10 |
Case Study in IFSC Innovation: State Street's Journey in Ireland | Gavin Nangle, Head of Business Development, State Street International (Ireland) Limited |
| 14:30 |
The current state of the hedge fund industry
- Investors' approach
- Hedge funds' approach
- Regulators' approach | Gay Huey Evans, President, Tribeca Global Management PLC |
| 14:50 |
A changing regulatory environment and its impact on the European fund industry
- From FEFSI to EFAMA: restructured to meet future challenges
- Investment management: a dynamic industry
- Completing the Single Market: towards a Commission White Paper on investment funds
- MiFID: what are the changes underway and how will they reshape the industry | Stefan Bichsel, President, European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) |
| 15:10 |
Panel debate: Frontiers in funds panel debate: impact of regulation on fund products and new product development trends | Moderator: Dermot Butler, Chairman, Custom House Administration & Corporate Services Ltd
Stefan Bichsel, President, European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA)
David Dillon, Senior Partner, Dillon Eustace
Tara Doyle, Partner, Matheson Ormsby Prentice
Gary Palmer, Chief Executive, Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA) |
| 15:50 |
Coffee | |
| 16:10 |
Frontiers in Reinsurance - Economics and regulation driving product innovation | Michael Koller, Chief Regulatory Officer, Swiss Reinsurance Company |
| 16:30 |
Panel discussion: Ireland, the new reinsurance capital of Europe | Sarah Goddard, CEO, Dublin International Insurance and Management Association (DIMA)
James Grennan, Partner, A&L Goodbody
PJ Henehan, Tax Partner, Financial Services Group, Ernst & Young
Rick Hodgdon, Executive Managing Director, Transamerica International Reinsurance Ireland
Michael Koller, Chief Regulatory Officer, Swiss Reinsurance Company |
| 17:30 |
FINANCE DUBLIN Tenth Anniversary drinks reception
End of day one | Minister for Finance in 1996, when FINANCE DUBLIN was launched Ruari Quinn, T.D., and former Minister for Finance |
