Mortgage Arrears and Possessions Conference. The mortgage industry's largest conference on arrears and possessions attracting over 150 lenders and suppliers. By the autumn we will know with more certainty the health of the economy and the impact unemployment has had on borrowers' ability to pay. The FSA’s Mortgage Market Review and possible European regulations affecting how we treat customers should also be much clearer. With these questions answered, the this conference will look at the practical environment that will face lenders. Location: Inmarsat Conference Centre, City Road, London, EC1Y 1AX. Details: www.cml.org.uk.
CML: Marketing out of the crisis conference. Lenders are already operating in a post Mortgage Market Review world with a sharp reduction in the number and variety of mortgage products offered to intermediaries and borrowers. As well as a changing regulatory environment, with the focus on responsible lending, marketing and business development departments have to deal with a changed perception of lenders, and brokers. And with new entrants many questions have to be asked: Location: London. For further information please visit www.cml.org.uk.
CML’s future housing conference. This conference is specifically designed to help your organisation structure its scenario planning and to aid product, business development and strategic direction. Looking at the role and position of home ownership in the wider world of housing, attending this conference will allow you to keep up to date with current thinking and offer guidance to future trends in a market significantly different from only two years ago. Location: Ambassadors Bloomsbury, 12 Upper Woburn Place, London, WC1H 0HX. For further information please visit www.cml.org.uk.
British Bankers Association: Single Customer View Seminar. Are you fully prepared for implementation of a SCV by 31 December 2010? Now is the time to consider any remaining regulatory requirements in light of time constraints and task complexity. This practical seminar will arm delegates with tips on meeting the deadline for implementation and provide guidance on how to deal with the remaining implementation challenges. Event: 9.25am - 12.40pm. Location: BBA, Pinners Hall, 105-108 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1EX. Details: www.bba.org.uk/scv.
An Introduction to Treasury Management. This course introduces participants to treasury management. The course initially provides an overview of the external financial environment, the general regulatory environment and the nature of a building society and its treasury function. Following this overview there is an introduction to the revised treasury regulatory framework and its impact upon liquidity, wholesale funding and financial risk management. Location: BSA, 23 Kingsway, London WC2B 6UJ. Details: www.bsa.org.uk.
Treasury & Financial Risk Management. This course provides an overview of the financial risks that societies face. It then considers in some detail key risks such as Liquidity and Credit within the context of revised treasury regulations and also market developments. The objective is to aid the construction of a framework to measure, manage and report financial risks. In the final sessions there is an examination of the role of the ALCO and its operation in practice. Location: BSA, 23 Kingsway, London WC2B 6UJ. Details: www.bsa.org.uk.
The what, when, why and how of appointing an LPA receiver seminar. The CM) has designed this afternoon seminar to help lenders understand the role of the receiver, find out exactly what they do and to hear the arguments for appointing one. Location: Leeds. Details: www.cml.org.uk.
The Changing Payment Systems Environment: An Industry Update. The Payments Council has recently announced the intention to close the central cheque clearing in 2018. What will be the implications for societies and their members and what are the alternatives? This seminar aims to answer these questions as well as focus on the evolution of the Faster Payments scheme, developments in fraud risks and prevention, the potential card applications, the future passbook and other topical payment related issues. Location: BSA, 23 Kingsway, London WC2. Details: www.bsa.org.uk.
CML: 6th annual mortgage funding conference. Wholesale funding markets have reopened but lenders’ outstanding £300 billion funding gap has only been temporarily filled by government funds under the special liquidity and credit guarantee schemes. These schemes expire between 2011 and 2014, leaving uncertainty about how far, and through what sources, lenders will be able to refinance this funding. The CML will bring together issuers, arrangers and investors to look at the capacity and likelihood that covered bonds and RMBS will be able to sustainability fill the gap. Location: London. Details: www.cml.org.uk.
Property Forum Dinner, facilitated by MDA. Now in its 15th year, this event attracts business leaders from across the estate agency, lending, legal and property information industries. The Property Forum addresses the housing market at an informal but strategic level, enabling peers to address issues and concerns in a lively and engaging format. Subjects for debate include housing policy, lending conditions, Legal Services Act, mortgage fraud and risk management. Venue: Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel, London. Details: http://www.propertyforumdinner.co.uk/index.html
CML Scotland annual conference and dinner 2010, supported by Quest. Conference time: 1200hrs - 1620hrs. Delegates will be provided with a summary of all the current issues in Scotland and future prospects for 2010 and beyond. The half-day will be chaired by Douglas Cochrane, senior manager, housing development, Lloyds Banking Group. Venue: The Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh. Details: www.cml.org.uk.
Beesley Lecture: Government intervention and moral hazard: the implications for financial services regulation. The Institute of Economic Affairs' 20th Annual Series. Speakers are Clare Spottiswoode, member of The Future of Banking Commission and Derek Scott, advisory board member at Vestra Wealth LLP. Venue: Institute of Directors, London, 6.30pm-8.45pm. Details: www.marketforce.ue.com.
3rd Annual Mortgage Fraud Conference and Exhibition, supported by Quest. The CML’s 2nd annual mortgage fraud conference was widely regarded as the preeminent conference on mortgage fraud in the UK. Over 100 lenders, law enforcement, solicitors, surveyors and regulators attended the event. This conference will address the fraud threat faced by mortgage providers, the levels of mortgage fraud activity, the growing threat of insider and how new technology has enabled lenders to spot complex fraud rings run by organised criminals. Location: London venue TBC. Details: www.cml.org.uk.
The effect on mortgage lenders, intermediaries and TPAs of the FSA’s “approved persons” regime seminar. In June, the FSA announced that it intends to extend its “approved persons” regime to cover all mortgage sales staff – both adviser and non-advised, intermediary and lender. The regulator is expected to publish further details in September, and this seminar is intended to provide practical help for firms as they adjust to their new requirements. Location: London TBC. Seminar time: 0900hrs - 1330hrs. Details: www.cml.org.uk.
The new mortgage landscape: responsible, ethical, profitable lending. This event will examine how lenders can return to back to basics lending whilst maintaining a 21st century flavour, and provide strategic insight into how mortgages will be funded and distributed in the future. It will provide the tools that lenders need to structure mortgage strategy to the ever changing economic landscape, along with the opportunity to network with directors and senior mortgage managers from a wide range of organisations. Location: Hilton Park Lane, London W1. Details: www.bsa.org.uk.
5th annual mortgage valuations conference, supported by Quest. During a period of stagnant mortgage transactions the relationships between mortgage lenders and surveyors has to be a strong one. However in a slower market it is easier to see the flaws in processes and practices on both sides. The CML’s 5th annual mortgage valuations conference will seek to shine a light on the issues affecting surveyors and lenders and point to the solutions as both industries continue to strive to work together in challenging times.
What CF31 means for your Mortgage Business. This workshop will work through what the new Approved Person category CF31 (Mortgage Advisers) means for building societies, covering the process to attain CF31 approval and the work required to ensure your business is ready to sell in an approved persons regime. Location: BSA, 23 Kingsway, London WC2B 6UJ. Details: www.bsa.org.uk.
Social Media in Building Societies. This seminar examines the powerful opportunity that social media and social networking platforms can provide to building societies. If you are a building society that is still ‘thinking about it’ this seminar explains why social media is so powerful, and where to make a start. Whilst assuming no prior knowledge, it will also benefit societies who have started to incorporate social media within their marketing activity, but want more insight and the opportunity to network with social media specialists. Location: London. Details: www.bsa.org.uk.
The effects of MMR on responsible lending seminar. The FSA has published its latest and perhaps most significant Mortgage Market Review consultation paper which covers responsible lending. This seminar will help to shape the CML’s response to the FSA’s latest Mortgage Market Review consultation paper; as well as providing members with a detailed early indication on what the new regulations are likely to mean for mortgage lenders. The scope of “responsible lending” is extremely broad covering: affordability assessments; the requirement of income to be verified in all cases; expenditure assessments; views on ‘foreseeable changes to circumstances’; lending into retirement; interest only and the role of the intermediary. Venue: London TBC. Seminar time: 1400hrs - 1700hrs Details: www.cml.org.uk.
Health-Checking your AML/CTF Controls Workshop. Designed principally for medium and small banks. Where is your firm on the compliance curve? Can you demonstrate a reasonable and proportionate approach? This programme is in tune with the outcomes-focused, tighter and more intrusive FSA regulatory framework. Would your financial crime regime survive an ARROW or themed review of systems and controls? Venue: BBA, Pinners Hall, 105-108 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1EX. Details: www.bba.org.uk.
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