News: EPF brings think tank heads together
EPF was pleased in September to host a series of meetings with the Swedish think tank and publisher, Timbro. We arranged for their board to meet some of the leading think tank heads in the UK to exchange ideas and current intellectual priorities.
The group included
Phillip Blond – Director of Respublica
David Halpern – Director, Research of the Institute for Government
MatthewElliott – Director of the Taxpayers Alliance
NeilO’Brien – Director of Policy Exchange
MatthewTaylor – Director of the Royal Society of Arts
AndrewHaldenby – Director of Reform
It is probably rare for such a galaxy of think thank leaders to be assembled in one place and one day, and the exchanges were stimulating and gave rise to a number of ideas for future work and cooperation.
Times Online: The fightback against regulation has begun
Opinion by Graham Mather, President, European Policy Forum
Leaders of the world economy are already planning an exit strategy from the monetary, fiscal and state aid incontinence that was necessary to prevent the world’s financial system from grinding to a halt.
Is there a similar exit strategy from the overregulation that threatens in the wake of the financial tsunami? The picture is mixed, but there are signs of a determined fightback.
The Conservatives’ plans to shift power...
A copy of the full report is available here
News: Which kind of regulation?
Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Chairman of the Conservative Research Department and the Conservative Policy Review joined EPF’s Regulatory Best Practice Group on 18 June 2009 to explore his Party’s developing regulatory approach.
A copy of the full bulletin is available for download here.
News: Financial regulation and the Swedish presidency
As the EU prepares for the Swedish presidency, EPF brought to London Mats Odell, the Swedish Minister for Financial Markets to meet key players in the financial services sector.
Representatives of private equity firms and associations, hedge funds, financial regulators, investment banks and other market participants joined the discussion dinner at UBS.
The event was kindly hosted by Per Larsson, Member of UBS Group Managing Board and CEO of UBS Middle East and North Africa.
A copy of the full bulletin is available for download here.
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