Reform of the UK Public and Private Capital Markets Summit 2025
13 October 2025
The purpose of the Summit is to provide a forum for companies and capital markets practitioners to learn how the ongoing reform of the UK’s public and private capital markets will affect them. It will also provide a detailed assessment of whether current and future reforms will create an environment in which companies can flourish, innovate and scale-up.
The government has recently acknowledged that the cumulative burden and complexity of the UK regulatory environment was detracting from the UK’s overall attractiveness. To address this, it has introduced its financial services growth and competitiveness strategy which aims to reduce the regulatory burden and excessive caution in relation to risk taking.
The strategy follows a number of reforms aimed at relaxing the burden of compliance with the UK listing regime. Despite this, there is a perception that the UK is steadily losing ground to U.S. exchanges. The next stage of reform is therefore focused on boosting liquidity and valuations in the UK public markets, while ensuring that we maximise the potential of the UK’s very healthy private markets. The Summit will look at how public and private pools of capital can collectively promote economic growth.
Current confirmed speakers include:
· James Ashton, CEO, Quoted Companies Alliance
· Marcus Stuttard, Head of UK Primary Markets and AIM, London Stock Exchange plc
· James Palmer, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
· John Wilkinson, Managing Director, Co-Head EMEA ECM Origination, Goldman Sachs
· Julian Morse, Chief Executive Officer, Cavendish Financial plc
· Irene Graham OBE, CEO, The Scaleup Institute
· Tim Fassam, Director of Public Affairs, Phoenix Group
· Zoe Alexander, Director of Policy and Advocacy, PLSA
· Claire Suddens-Spiers, Co-Head of Equity Markets Solutions, Rothschild & Co, Chair, TheCityUK’s Capital Markets Group
· Tom Godwin, Partner, Freshfields
· Michael Jacobs, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
· Ashar Qureshi, Partner, Fried Frank
· James Inness, Partner, Latham & Watkins
· Penny Miller, Partner, Simmons & Simmons
· David Raw, Managing Director Markets and Commercial Finance, Resilience, and International, UK Finance
· Kate O’Neill, Director of Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Affairs, Financial Reporting Council
· Aseet Dalvi, Partner, Fried Frank
· Igor Rogovoy, Partner, Linklaters
· James Deal, Co-Chief Executive Officer, RetailBook
· Nick King, Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Studies
· Chris Kinder, CEO, Investor Forum
· Jamie Jenkins, Director of Policy and Technical, Royal London
· Sarah Adams, Director of Policy, BVCA
· Megan Bulford, Commercial Director, Confederation of British Industry
· Adam Green, Chief Risk Officer, Equiniti Group