Seminar Theatre Agenda

Mortgage Showcase North London

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Our agenda for the day covers a range of topical matters, identified by advisers as the subject matter they would like to know more about, in support of their business as well as help it to develop to the next level. 

There has been much change in the markets over the last twelve months and doubtless more to come in the next, and in all of today’s sessions, we look to explore the here and now, as well as looking towards the future, to identify what might be coming down the tracks, how you can avoid the pitfalls and make the most of opportunity as it presents itself.

Supported by a cast of industry leaders, we feel sure your time will be well spent in listening to what’s discussed across each session – obviously with the opportunity of asking your pertinent questions of those offering their views.

 

9.00 – 10.00

Event opens

Breakfast, exhibition time and networking

 

10.00

Seminar Theatre Opens

 

10.00 – 10.10

Welcome

 

10.10 - 10.40

Economic update with Rob Elder, Agent for London at Bank of England

Rob will be examining the key expectations of the next few months and into 2026, including expected inflation, any UK internal or UK external impacts potentially on the horizon and whether that is likely to have a positive or negative impact on the housing and mortgage markets.

Rob Elder, Bank of England Agent for London

 

10.40 – 11.10

Panel Session: Lender and mortgage markets response to the expectations markets in 2026.

Here we will look at lenders expectations and how they might be responding to change, regulation, choppy SWAP rates and the opportunities 2026 is going to bring to the intermediary market.

Rob Barnard, Intermediary Relationship Director, Pepper Money

Andrew Barnsley, Corporate Relationship Manager Nationwide

Neil McLeod, Regional Sales Manager, Metro Bank Matt Martin / Richard

 

11.10 – 11.40

Refreshment break, exhibition time and networking

 

11.40  – 12.00

Presentation - AI – the increasing threat to the intermediary – or is it?

In this session we challenge all the thinking surrounding how AI will challenge the intermediary market, turning it on its head to detail how it has the potential to support your advice process, letting you spend more time with your clients and enhancing - not replacing your advice – with care and due diligence!

Niki Cooke, National Account Manager, Mortgage Brain

 

12.00 – 12.50

Panel Session: Post Renters Right – what next for Buy to Let?

2025 has brought with it yet more change for landlords, who have had their fair share of change in the last few years.  Keeping ahead of the information required for an intermediary to best support their landlords is a complex ask and here three lenders bring their thoughts on how this might best be done.

Ben Williams, Corporate Account Manager, Coventry for intermediaries

Roger Morris, Group Distribution Director, Chetwood Bank 

Louisa Ritchie, National Account Manager, Fleet Mortgages

 

12.50 – 13.10

More 2 Life's sponsor presentation

Phil Quinn, Head of Sales, more2life

 

13.10 – 13.50

 

Lunch exhibition time and networking

 

13.50 – 14.10

 

Identifying vulnerability in your day-to-day operations

How best to identify it in your clients in support of better-balanced solutions in situations that could, if not managed well, have a detrimental effect on your reputation.

Michelle Ash, National Account Manager, Newcastle Building Society

 

14.10 – 14.40

Panel Session: Innovation in the mortgage market – is it evolution or revolution?

We ask a number of lenders about their thoughts on the current product provision in the mortgage sector and debate the recent innovations that have grabbed headlines for a variety of reasons, while asking, what more is likely to come.

Claire Van Der Zant, CEO, Novus Strategy 

Rachael Hunnisett, Director of Mortgage Distribution, April Mortgages

Frances Cassidy, Head of Strategic and Technology Partnerships, Lloyds Banking Group

14.40 – 15.00

Fraud & Cyber Security - a clear and present danger.

As technology advances, so does the opportunity for fraud and the need for cyber security which is a clear and present danger to your firm.   We ask experts in this area to explain how advanced some fraudsters are becoming, identifying their processes as opposed to those that just over inflate their earnings a little to secure their home, detailing how it doesn’t take long to become embroiled in a web of deceit unwittingly.

Siobhan Moran,  Corporate Account Manager, HSBC

 

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