With six core weekly seminar series, numerous high-profile conferences, public lectures and specialised workshops, the FMG is the focal point of the School’s research communication with the business, policy-making and academic finance communities.
Please note that a number of events listed below require prior registration. Details on how to register are provided on the relevant event pages.
Public lectures and conferences
The fifth annual Paul Woolley Centre conference|
Date: 7-8 June 2012
Further information can be found here.|
Seminars, workshops & research debates
Time-varying correlations, investor heterogeneity, and portfolio constraints
Lunchtime Workshop|
Speakers: Georgy Chabakauri (LSE)
Date & Time: Wednesday 23 May 2012, 13:00-14:00
This event is for FMG staff only.
Investment Cycles and Startup Innovation
Capital Markets Workshop
|Speaker: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf (Harvard University)
Date & Time: Wednesday 23 May 2012, 17:00-18:30
Further information can be found here|.
The long-term sustainability of the UK tax base – challenges and opportunities
Taxation Seminar
|Speakers: Edward Troup and Matthew Toombs (HM Treasury)
Date & Time: Monday 11 June 2012, 18:30-20:00
Further information can be found here|.
Quantitative monetary policy and government debt management in Britain since 1919
London Financial Regulation Seminar |
Speaker: Bill Allen (Cass)
Date & Time: Monday 18 June 2012, 17:45-19:15
Further information can be found here|
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Audio podcasts and video streaming
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LSE perspectives on the sovereign debt crisis|
November 2011
The FMG, LSE European Institute and Finance
Department hosted this public debate between LSE
Academics on the financial crisis on 2 November 2011,
with particular emphasis on the Eurozone.
A podcast of the debate is available by clicking here|.
Special London Financial Regulation Seminar
|October 2011
Chairman Gary Gensler (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) visited the FMG in October 2011 and gave a talk on "Global Reform for Derivatives Markets". If you were unable to attend in person, a transcript| of Chairman Gensler's speech and podcast |are now available.
The Future of Finance: The LSE Report
|May 2011
What is the financial system? What is the future of finance? Charles Goodhart (FMG, LSE) gave a keynote speech based on The Future of Finance: The LSE Report in Frankfurt. Paul Woolley (Paul Woolley Centre) acted as a panellist.
Private Equity: Leveraged Expertise or Leveraged Bets
| September 2010
The FMG and LSE Finance Department hosted this public
lecture to commemorate the launch of the MSc in Finance and Private Equity and the new FMG-Abraaj Private Equity research programme. The lively debate following the lecture was entitled "Private Equity in Downturns: contributors or saviours?".
The Future of Finance conference|
July 2010
Early in 2009, Paul Woolley (Paul Woolley Centre) and Richard Layard (CEP) established The Future of Finance discussion group comprising regulators, bankers, academics and commentators. The discussions culminated in a one day conference in July 2010, entitled 'The Future of Finance and the theory that underpins it'.
Other finance events at LSE
What money can't buy- the moral limit of markets
|Date: Wednesday 23 May 2012
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: St Paul's Cathedral, EC4M 8AD
Speaker: Professor Michael Sandel
Discussants: Stephanie Flanders, Professor Julian Le Grand, Rt Revd Peter Selby
Chair: Ann Pettifor
This event is free but a ticket is required
Strengthening competitiveness and growth in Europe|
Date: Tuesday 29 May 2012
Time: 1-2.30pm
Venue: LSE campus, venue tbc to ticketholders
This event is free but a ticket is required
End this depression now!|
Date: Tuesday 29 May 2012
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Peacock Theatre, Portugal Street
Speaker: Professor Paul Krugman
Further details of all upcoming LSE events are available via the main LSE public events page.|