Financial Consumer Protection (FinCoNet) International Seminar

16Oct15

Time :09:00 - 14:00
Venue :School of Economics Building, 4th floor Seminar Room
Middle Campus, University of Cape Town

AIFMRM hosted the Financial Consumer Protection Organisation (FinCoNet) international seminar at UCT with local and global experts, which looked at regulatory changes in South Africa and the complexity in retail financial markets.

Opening remarks:

Dr Co-Pierre Georg :Senior Lecturer, AIFMRM
Caroline da Silva :Financial Services Board, South Africa

Session 1 - Financial Sector Regulation Bill (RSA) – Twin Peaks update:

Katherine Gibson :National Treasury, South Africa

Session 2 - Complexity in Retail Financial Markets:

Professor Boris Vallee (via Skype) :Harvard Business School

Session 3 - Recapitulation of AGM and focus areas of FinCoNet:

Bernard Sheridan :Chair, FinCoNet

Closing remarks:

Caroline Da Silva :Financial Services Board, South Africa

Panel Discussion - Cybersecurity, Cryptocurrencies and Mobile Money - New Technologies and Consumer Protection:

Paolo Tasca :Deutsche Bundesbank
Alastair Christian :Data Digest
Panel Chair - Dr Co-Pierre Georg :Senior Lecturer, AIFMRM
FinCoNet participants :Various