The finalised seminar programme and exhibitor line-up for Financial Services Expo (FSE) Midlands has been published.

FSE Midlands takes place on Thursday 2 November at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.

The seminar programme at FSE Midlands will take place at the One Savings Bank/Financial Reporter Theatre and covers a number of panel debates and seminar presentations including:

• Later life lending panel discussing products, consumer needs and the advice environment with Adam Carnall (Age Partnership), Jason Ruse (Key Partnerships), Paula Purdy (Shawbrook Bank), and Steve Cox (Hodge Lifetime)
• Growth of the commercial and short-term funding market with Darrell Walker of One Savings Bank
• Mortgages and technology covering market changes, new legislation, digitising the advice process, and compliance requirements with Mark Dryden (360 DotNet) and Nicola Firth (Knowledge Bank)
• Buy-to-let lending to portfolio landlords – David Whittaker of Mortgages for Business takes at look at the PRA changes and asks whether there’s been a crash landing
• The UK mortgage market and new-builds – Jeremy Cook of Nationwide Building Society gives an overview of the market and looks closely at the current new-build sector.

All seminar sessions are CII-accredited and delegates can earn CPD hours.

FSE Midlands will also host over 50 exhibitors at the Ricoh Arena including headline sponsors such as Assurant Intermediary, In Partnership, Metropolis Surveyors, Mortgage Advice Bureau, Nationwide for Intermediaries, One Savings Bank, Paradigm Mortgage Services, PMS and The Mortgage Works.

James Prosser, director of Front Events – organisers of all Financial Services Expo events, said: “Everything is now in place for tomorrow’s FSE Midlands event which will once again be held at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. Following an eventful year to date – especially the last couple of months – there will be plenty to discuss and dissect, and our debates and seminar presentations cover off a whole raft of topics including later life lending, commercial and short-term loans, buy-to-let, new-builds, and the always important area of technology developments and how advisers can utilise them to improve their service offering and propositions.

“As always, alongside the seminar programme, we have a quality line-up of exhibitors for attendees to meet including both high-street lenders, challenger banks, specialist providers, plus distributors, networks and a range of other firms offering their services to the adviser community. FSE Midlands is the premier adviser event and we are looking forward to welcoming the broker community to the Ricoh Arena tomorrow for what promises to be an informative day for all. We look forward to seeing you there.”