Upcoming events
City of London Research Conference 2011
The City of London will hold its next research conference,
themed around London’s place in the global economy, in January 2011
in a City venue.
There will be presentation of key recent and upcoming research
reports from the authors, along with discussion from expert guest
panellists, and opportunities for question and answer sessions and
discussion around key topics.
The conference is free to attend, but places are limited. To
register your interest in attending please email
economicresearch@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Recent events
Avoiding Corruption Risks in the City: the Bribery Act
2010
On 25th May the City of London’s Chairman of Policy and
Resources, Stuart Fraser, hosted a breakfast seminar at Painters’
Hall to mark the launch of the Transparency International (TI)
commissioned report ‘Avoiding Corruption Risks in the City: the
Bribery Act 2010’.
John Drysdale and Robert Barrington of TI gave an overview of
the research and key findings, followed by insights from
international lawyer Jeremy Carver and Chief Executive of British
Enterprise Graham Hand. The panel members then took questions from
the audience. The event was attended by representatives from a
range of City businesses concerned about how the new Bribery Act
will affect business practices.
Download Avoiding Corruption Risks in the City:
the Bribery Act 2010 (465kb)
Volunteering – The Business Case
On 15th April non-executive director of Nomura, Kieran Poynter,
hosted the Lord Mayor at Nomura House for a successful event to
launch the latest City of London research report ‘Volunteering –
The Business Case’.
The report was presented by the authors, Corporate Citizenship.
The Lord Mayor and Mr Poynter were joined on the panel by Director
of the Education and Employers Taskforce, Nick Chambers, and
Director of Research and Policy at the Chartered Institute of
Management, Petra Wilson. The event attracted a large turnout of
Human Resources and Corporate Responsibility professionals, and the
report was very positively received by those in attendance, who
welcomed this first hard evidence that volunteering programmes can
provide quantifiable benefits to businesses in terms of skills
development.
The Competitiveness of London's Business Property Offer
On 18th March the City of London hosted a research seminar
at MIPIM, the annual property conference in held in Cannes, to
launch this report. The event was chaired by the City of London's
Chairman of Policy and Resources. Following a presentation of the
key findings and recommendations from report authors CBRE, there
was a panel discussion including representatives from developer
Pramerica, Deutsche Bank and the NYU Schack Institute of Real
Estate, and time for a detailed audience Q&A
session.
The City's Role in Providing for the Private Equity Financing
Needs for UK SMEs
On 10th March 2010, the City of London's Chairman of Policy and
Resources hosted a breakfast seminar to launch this report.
The consortium of consultants who produced the report presented key
findings, followed by responses from panellists Xavier Rolet, Chief
Executive of the London Stock Exchange, Stuart Popham, Chairman of
TheCityUK, and Cyril Theret from PLUS. A lively audience question
and answer session with the panel followed.
The Annual Research Reception
On 23rd February 2010 Stuart Fraser, the City of
London's Chairman of Policy and Resources, hosted the annual
research reception, which launched the Research Review 2009, a
publication that provides an overview of all the research
publications produced by the City of London during 2009. The
reception also offers an opportunity to thank our research
associates and partner organisations, and provides a networking
opportunity for the research community.
London Futures Forum
On 20th November 2009, the City of London with GLA Economics
hosted the London Prospects Forum. At this critical point in the
global economic recovery the Forum assessed progress on recovery
and prospects at the global, UK and London levels, looking at the
implications of the recent and ongoing financial crisis and the
process of exit from global recession, global imbalances and the
fiscal challenges facing the UK. There were three presentations by
leading UK forecasting consultancies followed by expert discussant
responses and a Question and Answer session. Download the
presentations below:
'The Role of Private Finance in Paying for Long-Term
Care in an Ageing Society' breakfast
On 24th September, the Lord Mayor hosted a breakfast seminar to
explore the challenge of providing for pensions and long term
care for an increasingly Aging UK society and in the light of the
current government policy consultation on long term care and future
challenges. The meeting comprised an experienced group
representing practitioner, academic, government official and
parliamentary viewpoints. Professor Les Mayhew presented a CoL
commissioned research paper “The Role of Private Finance
in Paying for Long Term Care” as a focus for discussion and
reflected upon the Government’s Green Paper “Building
Britain’s Future – Shaping the Future of Care Together”.
City of London Annual Research Conference
The City of London’s annual research conference was held on
Monday 15 June 2009 at the London Stock Exchange.
The conference focussed on the key findings of three
research reports recently published by the City of London:
The authors of each report introduced their findings before
expert discussants made their response, and question and answer
sessions followed. GFCI5 was presented by Mark Yeandle of
Z/Yen Group, Assessing the Effectiveness of Enforcement and
Regulation was introduced by Mark Tilden, and An Assessment of the
City's ICT Infrastructure, which was published on the same day and
launched at the event, was presented by Gill Ringland of SAMI
consulting.
'The Future of Asian Financial Centres - Challenges and
Opportunities for the City of London' breakfast
On 3 November 2008, the Lord Mayor and Stuart Fraser hosted
a breakfast at Mansion House to draw on the Lord Mayor's recent
visits to China and the Far East and to mark the publication of the
latest in the City Corporation’s series of commissioned research
reports.
Entitled The Future of Asian Financial Centres - Challenges
and Opportunities for the City of London, the report analyses
the challenges and opportunities for UK-based financial services
from the leading Asian financial centres of Hong Kong, Singapore
and Tokyo.
'The City of London's Supply Chain and its Relationship with
the City Fringes' research launch
On 24 September 2008, Stuart Fraser hosted a seminar
to launch the report The City of London's Supply
Chain and its Relationship with the City Fringes written
by cebr.
Mark Pragnell of cebr presented the key conclusions of the
report before a Q&A session took place.
Annual Research Conference
On 22 May 2008, Stuart Fraser, Chairman of the City of London’s
Policy and Resources Committee, hosted the annual research
conference at the London Stock Exchange.
The conference focussed on the key findings of three research
reports recently published by the City of London.
Presentations were made by Alan Wilson of Oxford Economics on
The Impact of City Businesses in addressing Social
Disadvantage; Mark Tilden of CRA International on The
Impact of Taxation on Financial Services Business Location
Decisions; and Mark Yeandle of Z/Yen on The Global
Financial Centres Index (GFCI) 3.
View PDFs of the reports here
Download the Social Disadvantage
report presentation given at the
conference (162kb)
Download the Taxation report presentation given
at the conference (233kb)
Download the GFCI 3 report presentation given at
the conference (400kb)
‘The Impact of Recent Immigration on the London Economy’
research seminar
On 15 August 2007, Michael Snyder hosted a seminar to discuss
the report The Impact of Recent Immigration on the London
Economy written by the London School of Economics and
Political Science.
Christine Whitehead and Ian Gordon of the London School of
Economics and Political Science presented the key conclusions of
the report before a Q&A session took place.
View the Immigration report
Download the presentation given at the
seminar (605kb)
‘The Competitive Impact of London's Financial Market
Infrastructure’ roundtable
On 7 June 2007, Michael Snyder hosted a high-level roundtable to
discuss the report The Competitive Impact of London's Financial
Market Infrastructure written by Bourse Consult.
Lynton Jones of Bourse Consult presented the key conclusions of
the report before the roundtable discussion.
View the Infrastructure report
Download the presentation given at the
roundtable (473kb)