Just before Christmas, the BCBS opened a consultation on radical new risk management measures for financial institutions.  JP Morgan's research has shown the demands on banks to hold more capital could cost the industry $220 billion – of which $91 billion would be incurred by British banks.

New liquidity cover ratios, net stable funding ratios and market monitoring tools will certainly reshape today’s business practices.  However, we ask “will they be ‘good enough’?”  There is no common reference data set for much of what is required.  This means that each firm is flying solo and the regulator left to wonder what good ratio systems and controls should look like.

Will one firm’s calculations, based on market, counterparty, and instrument data, allow their ratios to be compared to another’s?  Judgements based on years of disparate legacy systems could have significant financial consequences if not appropriate:

• Will the industry be forced into a massive infrastructure upgrade?
• How will the regulators benchmark the banks’ implementations?
• What standards are required to stand these pillars in solid ground?
• Can new standards create new business opportunities?

Come and join the discussion, with an expert panel comprising of:

• Christopher Clack, ScD, Director, Financial Computing, UCL
• Bill Rickard, Head of Strategy and Policy, RBS Group Treasury
• Julia Sutton, Director - Global Reference Data, Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets
• Alexander Dorfmann, Head of Product Management, Thomson Reuters

You will have the chance to debate the house view under the Chatham House Rule.  The panel will be chaired by Capital Markets Chamber leader, PJ Di Giammarino.

The session will be followed by drinks, canapés and networking. 

The Asian Banker provides immense knowledge about the activities of Asia's banks, so what's happening?  Are China's banks going to take over the world, as we read so often?  And what about India's banks?  Will there be a day when the world's strongest banks are Asian?  And, after the financial crisis, are these banks going to acquire and control European and American banks?  In a wide ranging discussion, Emmanuel Daniel will provide us with the real picture of Asia's banks today.

Emmanuel Daniel founded the Asian Banker in 1996 as a research, publishing and conference firm for the Asia region based in Singapore.  Today, it is the is a leading provider of strategic intelligence on the financial services industry for the region, and one of the leading financial intelligence services globally. 

The Asian Banker provides immense knowledge about the activities of Asia's banks, so what's happening?  Are China's banks going to take over the world, as we read so often?  And what about India's banks?  Will there be a day when the world's strongest banks are Asian?  And, after the financial crisis, are these banks going to acquire and control European and American banks?  In a wide ranging discussion, Emmanuel Daniel will provide us with the real picture of Asia's banks today.

Emmanuel Daniel founded the Asian Banker in 1996 as a research, publishing and conference firm for the Asia region based in Singapore.  Today, it is the is a leading provider of strategic intelligence on the financial services industry for the region, and one of the leading financial intelligence services globally. 

A panel discussion with:

.         Peter Matza, Head of Publishing, ACT
·         Magnus Lind, Chair of the  European Treasurers' Peer Group
·         Sarah Jones, Business Leader at Bottomline Technologies and former Head of Treasury for Hewlett-Packard Europe
·         Marcus Treacher, Head of e-Commerce, Global Transaction Banking, HSBC

A panel discussion with:
·         Philippe Guillot, CA Chevreux
·         Hirander Misra, COO, Chi-X
·         Andrew Allwright, Thomson Reuters

Sir Win Bischoff was appointed as Chairman designate of Lloyds Banking Group on 27th July 2009, before becoming Chairman on 15th September 2009. This followed a long debate about the role of his predecessor in the acquisition of HBOS which, some claim, was a mistake as the acquired firm released losses on loans which led to the newly formed Lloyds Banking Group being 43% owned by the government. Nevertheless, Lloyds Banking Group has steered through the turmoil of the past two years and escaped too much change from the European Commission competition rulings to subsequently become Britain's biggest bank in terms of market share. So how does Sir Win see the future? Find out at this very private and exclusive Financial Services Club dinner. Sir Win Bischoff is Chairman of Lloyds Banking Group plc and was formerly chairman of Citigroup and served as interim CEO in 2007. Sir Win was knighted in 2000 in recognition of his prestigious career in finance, beginning with Chase Manhattan Bank in the 1960s. He subsequently joined J. Henry Schroder & Co. Ltd when he succeeded to become the Group Chief Executive of Schroders plc in 1984. Schroders was worth £30 million when he took over. When the investment banking division of the company was acquired by Citi in 2000, it was valued at £1.3 billion. Alongside his responsibilities at Lloyds Banking Group, Sir Win is a non-executive director at McGraw-Hill, Eli Lilly and Company, Land Securities, Akbank and Prudential, and Chairman of the British educational charity Career Academies UK.

A panel discussion with:
·         Ruth Wandhofer, Citi
·         Simon Newstead, RBS