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Conference Timetable
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09.30am NACFB Commercial Finance Expo 2019 opens
10.30am – 10.35am Welcome from NACFB Chair Paul Goodman – NACFB Chair
10.35am – 10.40am Introduction from NACFB CEO Graham Toy – Chief Executive O icer, NACFB
10.40am – 10.50am Industry update from the Association’s 2019 Andy Bishop - National Director of Business
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Development SME Banking, Lloyds Banking Group
10.50am – 11.10am
Back to the Future?
The SME Finance Monitor is used to help Government and private and public sector bodies better understand the overall SME market, but what does the latest report tell us about finance appetite?
Shiona Davies reflects upon the latest findings, how they impact the wider lending community and discusses whether we are seeing funding levels return to a ‘new normal’.
Shiona Davies - Director, BVA BDRC
11.15am – 11.45am
Session One: Buy to Let
Rolling back the changes
How should legislative changes, such as those to stamp duty, EPC, HMOs and mortgage relief, be rolled back with the aim of making them less complex and more economically coherent?
Changes in technology and underwriting processes
With landlords increasingly coming from complex financial backgrounds with more diverse properties - how are technology and lending processes keeping up?
Breaking down misconceptions
With figures showing a healthy and robust Buy-to-let sector, what more can be done to boost public perception of the importance of the space?
Graham Toy (Chair) – NACFB
John Heron – Managing Director, Paragon Mortgages
David Whittaker – CEO, Keystone Property Finance
Adrian Moloney – Sales Director, One Savings Bank
Roger Morris – Sales Director, Precise
11.50am – 12.20pm
Session Two: Asset & Leasing
Rules of engagement
Months on from the FCA’s motor finance review, how is the industry processing the regulator’s findings and what impact will the outcomes have on how lenders and brokers partner?
From kickable to clickable
With a new generation of millennial SMEs requiring funding solutions, how is the asset community adapting to the need for new so ware technologies over more traditional hard wares?
Fraud detection solutions
As asset finance institutions continue to battle fraudsters, how can a balance be struck between pressures to grow business and compliance with stricter regulatory requirements?
Jan Szmigin (Chair) - Leasing World
Ian Aitchison – Managing Director, Close Brothers Business Finance
Gavin Wraith Carter – Managing Director, Hitachi Asset Finance
Philip Davies – Sales Director, Renaissance Asset Finance
Joanne Davis - Partner, Locke Lord
Programme is subject to change
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