A Tokyo "Big Bang"?

Regulatory Reform in the Japanese Financial Markets

a one-day symposium sponsored by

The Keizai Koho Center

and

The International Economics Programme,

The Royal Institute of International Affairs

26 March 1997

Chatham House

London


The seminar has four sessions.


Programme

 

09:15 Welcome/Opening Remarks  
  Sir Timothy Garden Director, The Royal Institute of International Affairs

 

Session 1: Why Tokyo needs a "Big Bang"

Chairman: Masami Tashiro, Deputy Director, International Affairs Department, Keizai Koho Center

09:20

 

 

Keikichi Honda

 

 

Chairman, Sun Microsystems Japan,

Director, Institute for Foreign Exchange Studies

Former Director and Chief Economist, Bank of Tokyo

     
09:40

 

Dr Benn Steil

 

Head of the International Economics Programme

The Royal Institute of International Affairs

     
10:00

 

Brian Quinn

 

Non-Executive Chairman

Nomura Bank International

10:20 Discussion  

10:40 Coffee

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Session 2: Will there be a Tokyo "Big Bang"?

Chairman: Professor Charles Goodhart, Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics

11:10

 

Naoki Tanaka

 

Member of the Japanese Administrative Reform Committee

Prime Minister's Panel

     
11:30

 

Noriko Hama

 

Chief Representative and Resident Economist

Mitsubishi Research Institute

     
11:50

 

Emiko Terazono

 

Tokyo Correspondent

Financial Times

12:10 Discussion  

12:30 Lunch

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Session 3: Assessing London's "Big Bang" 10 years on

Chairman: Izumi Yamashita, Chief Representative in Europe, Bank of Japan

14:00

 

 

Jeffrey R. Knight

 

 

Special Adviser

Federation of European Stock Exchanges

Chief Executive, London Stock Exchange, 1981-1989

     
14:20

 

Andrew Whittaker

 

Head of International and Markets Policy

Securities and Investments Board

     
14:40

 

Professor Gordon Gemmill

 

Department of Finance

City University Business School

15:00 Discussion  

15:20 Coffee

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Session 4: Market Implications of a Tokyo "Big Bang"

Chairman: Bill Emmott, Editor, The Economist

15:40

 

Naoaki Okabe

 

Deputy Chief Editorial Writer

Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei Daily)

     
16:00

 

Kazunori Suzuki

 

PhD Programme

London Business School

     
16:20

 

 

Thomas Hill

 

 

Head of Global Sector Research, London

Former Head of Strategy and Research, Tokyo

SBC Warburg

16:40 Discussion  

17:00 Closing Remarks

17:15-18:30 Reception

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