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Protecting investors in a capital market union with Mr John GRIFFITH-JONES

11 June 2015 from 8:30 to 10:00

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The UK has taken major initiatives to reform its prudential and supervisory regulatory architecture, including the creation of the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) under the Bank of England umbrella, the establishment of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and the implementation of new structural banking rules (“Vickers”). The FCA, created by the Financial Services Act (2012), promotes safety and soundness in order to maintain and ensure the integrity of the market, regulate financial services firms so that they give consumers a fair deal and to ensure the financial services market is competitive.

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Mr John GRIFFITH-JONES will set out the importance of investor protection principles in building a credible, successful EU capital markets union. Mr Griffith-Jones will also briefly present the FCA and its main objectives in line with the FCA’s business plan for 2015/16.

BIOGRAPHIE : Mr John GRIFFITH-JONES became Chairman of the new Financial Conduct Authority in April 2013 and Chairman of its subsidiary, the Payments System Regulator in April 2014. He previously joined the FSA Board as a Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman on 1 September 2012.

Mr John GRIFFITH-JONES has responsibility for establishing and developing an effective Board, establishing priorities for the FCA, maintaining a high-level contacts with the most important financial institutions worldwide, and representing the FCA on national and international financial institutions.

Before joining the FSA Board, Mr John GRIFFITH-JONES worked at KPMG from 1975 to 2012. He spent eleven years in Audit and fifteen years in Corporate Finance before becoming CEO of KPMG's UK firm and in 2007, Mr John GRIFFITH-JONES became Joint Chairman of KPMG Europe. 

Contribution : 90 euros