ICAEW Corporate Finance Faculty Events 2023

Keep up to date with the latest corporate finance developments, trends and policy with our range of events.

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Access to our events is included within Corporate Finance Faculty membership.

If the events are in the public interest then they are open to everyone.

To find out more about the member services of the Corporate Finance Faculty contact Helen Jones, Faculty Services Manager.

Upcoming Events

Date and Time	Title	Location /Event Type	Accessibility	Booking
9 November 2023	Annual Reception	TBC	Members	Hold the date

Latest on demand webinar: What the future holds for debt in deals

An expert panel of advisers, investors and lenders discuss what is on the horizon for debt funding in transactions and who is funding M&A, Private Equity and Infra in 2023.

For further resources and to watch the webinar.

Keeping deals on track in 2023

An expert panel share their views and experience on a range of issues with a fascinating outlooks on the M&A landscape in 2023.

For further resources and to watch the webinar.

25th Anniversary Annual Reception

Please join ICAEW for one of its most prestigious events of the year, the Corporate Finance Faculty 25th Anniversary Reception. Hosted at a magnificent central London venue, it will bring together the faculty’s international network of major professional services groups, specialist advisory firms, companies, banks and alternative lenders, private equity, venture capital, law firms, brokers, consultants, policy-makers and academic experts.

The evening will include a presentation of ICAEW’s Corporate Development Award, champagne reception and plenty of opportunities for high-level networking.

Our guest speaker will be John Flint, the first permanent CEO of the UK Infrastructure Bank, and former group CEO of HSBC. The UKIB is tasked with a leading role in accelerating the UK’s transition to a low carbon economy, and catalysing regional economic growth.

The Corporate Finance Faculty is the ICAEW’s centre of professional expertise in corporate finance. It contributes to policy development and responds to consultations by international organisations, governments, regulators and other professional bodies.

Please note the dress code is business attire.

Details and photographs from the Annual Reception in 2021 can be found here.

Date	Title	Reception details
22 February 2023	25th Anniversary Reception	Find out more about this event

ESG in deals and investment guidelines

The Corporate Finance Faculty’s best-practice guideline, authored by Deloitte, explores the role ESG plays in creating growth, gaining a competitive edge, and accessing affordable capital.

The guideline explains how to:

integrate ESG into the M&A process;
identify and quantify the value and impact potential of ESG; and
use ESG factors to create positive value through the transaction.

There are more resources at ESG in Corporate Finance.

Date	Title	Recording details
18 October 2022	Launch of ESG in deals and investment guidelines in person at Chartered Accountants Hall - Hear from the authors on why ESG matters, and learn from experts as they share their experience of ESG in M&A.	To watch

Liverpool City Region Innovation Investment Summit

Liverpool aims to lead the way in high tech deals.

Liverpool City Region’s first ever innovation investment summit, on 25 May, saw major new initiatives announced to boost capital, back ambitious companies, provide expert advice and enhance business support.

The event brought together 200 experts from science, technology, corporates, tech ventures, investment and government to assess big opportunities for new ideas.

Mayor Steve Rotheram said “innovation is in our DNA” and that the region was world class in infection control research, material sciences and AI solutions – as set out in the recently published innovation prospectus. The Liverpool City Region already had a £3bn R&D pipeline.

The unique event, at the Spine – landmark location of the Royal College of Physicians – was organised by ICAEW North West, Growth Platform, LCR Connect, the Corporate Finance Faculty and the Liverpool Society of Chartered Accountants.

Business growth

Nigel Walker, a director at Innovate UK, said that his organisation planned to expand its Investor Partnerships programme, in which fast-growing companies can apply for grant funding alongside equity investment by selected venture capital (VC) firms. Innovate UK is also working with Liverpool City Region to reintroduce its Launchpad concept, which would provide funding and business support to SMEs in high-tech clusters across the country.

The faculty’s Shaun Beaney pointed out that if Liverpool City Region captured only a tiny proportion more of the $2trn VC assets under management worldwide, there would be a huge incremental effect on business growth.

When	Title	Recording details
25 May 2022	Liverpool City Region Innovation Investment Summit, The Spine, Liverpool	View video

Launch of the National Security & Investments Act

This event in 2021 was organised by the Corporate Finance Faculty, introduced by Michael Izza, ICAEW CEO and supported by Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, the Law Society, the City of London Law Society, the Institute of Directors and the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

There are more resources at icaew.com/nationalsecurity

Date	Title	Recording details
1 Dec 2021	In person at Chartered Accountants Hall and virtual via livestream	Watch and listen to the recording

Corporate Finance Faculty Annual Reception 2021

Hosted in the stunning setting of One Whitehall Place, the first Annual Reception since 2019 brought together the faculty’s international network of major professional services groups, specialist advisory firms, companies, banks and alternative lenders, private equity, venture capital, law firms, brokers, consultants, policy-makers and academic experts.

The evening included a special guest speaker, presentation of ICAEW’s Corporate Development Award, a champagne reception and plenty of opportunities for high-level networking. The Corporate Finance Faculty is the ICAEW’s centre of professional expertise in corporate finance. It contributes to policy development and responds to consultations by international organisations, governments, regulators and other professional bodies.

Date	Title	Reception details
03 Nov 2021	Annual Reception, One Whitehall Place	Find out more about this event

Guest Speaker or Panellist Webinar Recordings

Our UK events also include where the faculty has chaired and/or co-ordinated an event, or been invited as a guest speaker or panellist representing ICAEW.

Title/When	Overview	Recording details
The Immerse UK Expert Panel: Raising Venture Capital for Start-Ups and Scale-Ups/ 01 July 2020	The Immerse UK Access to Funding & Finance working group brought together a panel of four experts on finance and investment to answer questions about how the Covid-19 crisis has changed the funding environment for entrepreneurs and new ventures.	View webinar
East London Inclusive Enterprise Zone / varied dates	ICAEW provides formal support for the East London Inclusive Enterprise Zone. The faculty participates as a guest speaker and coach in its events programme;	Find out more

Past Faculty Events and Recordings

Our UK events vary from conferences, workshops, networking, seminars as well as our annual general meeting. Our most recent events are listed first.

Date	Title	Location /Event Type	Accessibility	Recording details
29 September 2021	ICAEW Corporate Finance Faculty online forum: Public-to-Private Transactions	Online panel - Zoom	Open to all	Watch and listen to the recording
24 June 2021	The future of Corporate Finance – what are the challenges and opportunities in the years ahead	Live Interactive Webcast	Open to all	Watch and listen to the recording
22 June 2021	Talent, culture and the future of deal-making	Online panel - Zoom	Open to all	Watch and listen to the recording
28 April 2021	ICAEW North West’s forum about Big data, corporate advisory and business investment	Online panel - Zoom	Open to all	Watch and listen to the recording
19 March 2021	Accessing Finance for Business Growth – the COVID crisis and beyond	Online panel - Zoom	Open to all	Recording not available - email cff@icaew.com for further info
18 March 2021	National Security and Investment Bill with John Fingleton - The Business School (formely known as Cass)	Virtual forum	Open to all	Watch and listen to the recording
24 February 2021	M&A Practitioners’ Summit: A Practical Guide to Regulatory, Legal and Market Developments	Online virtual platform	Discounted for Corporate Finance Faculty members	Visit website for summary
04 February 2021	ICAEW: UK M&A in a post COVID-19 world	Online forum - Zoom	Open to all	Watch and listen to the recording
01 December 2020	ICAEW 2021 Outlook for M&A, Private Equity and Capital Markets – Doing deals in new times	Online forum - Zoom	Open to all	Watch and listen to the recording
11 November 2020	ICAEW Corporate Finance Middle East event: The case for fast track M&A in the Middle East	Online forum - Zoom	Open to all	Watch and listen to the recording
04 November 2020	Joint ICAEW/CISI event: What role can private equity play in global recovery?	Online forum - Zoom	Open to all	Watch and listen to the recording
09 October 2020	ICAEW: Women in EU Finance Network: conversation on gender smart recovery spending	Online forum - Zoom	Open to all	Access the hub: recording available upon request
11 May 2020	ICAEW has been working with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Artificial Intelligence (APPG AI) to address the big public-policy, financial and practical implications of AI for corporate decision-making and investment	UK Parliament Online Evidence Meeting	Open to all	Watch and listen to the recording

Middle East Networking Evenings

Our networking events in the Middle East, explore the ways in which corporate finance drives behaviour and influences the decisions within this part of the globe. Leading key note speakers offer insights and analysis. Dates and topics will be available nearer the time.