The Transparency Task Force
This is because, rather notoriously, the Financial Services sector is pre-disposed to 'opportunistic obfuscation and opacity'; it has profited from things being kept hidden from the consumer; sometimes deliberately, sometimes not - things like the true costs of investing, the true performance of products and the true risks that consumers sometimes face.
Opacity leads to asymmetries of information and that's a major concern, because it prevents the consumer being able to make well-informed decisions and thereby stops the market working competitively.
Our Strategy for Driving Change
The Transparency Task Force seeks to operate in a collaborative, collegiate and consensus-building way; focusing on solutions not blame. We seek to effect the change that the financial services sector needs and the consumer deserves.
Our strategy for driving change is to bring together two types of people:
#1, Those with a sense of ‘passion & purpose’ about what needs to be done – such as the thought leader speakers at this event, the ethically-minded financial services professionals, enlightened market participants, pro-consumer campaigners and leading academics who are involved in our community; and
#2, Those with the ‘power & position’ to make change happen – such as the regulators, politicians, financial services leaders, trade bodies and professional associations.
We are an informal but increasingly influential forum - our strategy for driving change seems to be working very well in the UK and we are looking to become a positive influence internationally, because 'opportunistic opacity and obfuscation' in financial services is a global problem.
The Transparency Task Force
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Turbocharging Transparency, Truthfulness and Trustworthiness with Technology - online symposium using interactive Zoom
Mon, May 4, 1:00 PM
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How we can accelerate the rebuilding of trustworthiness and confidence in financial services through better governance - online symposium using interactive Zoom
Fri, Apr 24, 1:00 PM
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The Case for Governance Reform - online symposium using interactive Zoom
Fri, Apr 24, 1:00 PM
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Malpractice, Malfeasance, Misconduct, Misselling, Scams and Scandals; What's it going to take to fix the problem? - online symposium using interactive Zoom
Thu, Apr 23, 1:00 PM
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How we can rebuild trustworthiness and confidence in financial services through greater transparency - online symposium using interactive Zoom
Tue, Apr 21, 1:00 PM
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THE CASE FOR RADICAL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REFORM - LONDON
Wed, Mar 18, 12:00 PM
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TIME FOR TRANSPARENCY: HOT TOPICS IN THE INVESTMENT SPACE - LONDON
Tue, Mar 10, 12:00 PM
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FIXING THE GOVERNANCE OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR; WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE? - LONDON
Wed, Feb 5, 9:00 AM
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TIME FOR TRANSPARENCY IN FINANCIAL PLANNING - LONDON
Thu, Jan 16, 12:00 PM
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