• What advancements have been made within the Joint EU-UK Financial Regulatory Forum, and what future developments are anticipated? Is it possible to mitigate regulatory divergence through this forum?
• How might the political landscape shift following elections, and what implications could this have on the regulatory dynamic between the EU and the UK?
• In what ways is London’s status as a global financial hub influenced by EU regulations and its relationship with the EU?
• To what degree will the EU’s Capital Markets Union impact London’s role as a financial centre?
• Given that Brexit positions Europe’s primary financial centre outside of the EU’s regulatory purview, what unique challenges does this pose for its policymakers?
• Looking forward, to what extent and in which areas are we likely to observe the UK diverging from EU regulations? What will be the nature of this divergence, both passive and active?
• What risks does regulatory divergence between the EU and the UK pose to financial stability within the EU?
• What are the EU’s current policies and strategies regarding equivalence with the UK?
• What options exist to enhance regulatory cooperation, ensuring financial stability, market integrity, and competitiveness?
• Considering that cooperation among authorities is expected to continue at a working level, to what extent will it be influenced by the political climate, and is regulatory divergence inevitable?
• With Brexit ensuring some level of regulatory divergence from the EU, what degree of divergence should be anticipated?
• What are the expectations for regulatory divergence in the realms of fintech and crypto assets?
• What levels of divergence are anticipated in the sphere of sustainable finance?
Programme
2:30 – 3:00 pm Registration and networking
3:00 – 3:05 pm Welcome
3:05 – 3:20 pm Keynote speech by EU representative
3:20 – 3:50 pm Introductory remarks by speakers (7 min per speaker)