On Wednesday, 30 May 2012, the European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, thanks to EU funding, was delighted to host a Dinner Briefing "Effective regulation to ensure stability of financial markets: overview of the European reform agenda", on the occasion of the visit of Ms. Nadia Calviño from the Directorate General for Internal Market and Services of the European Commission.

The audience consisted of top level executives, managing directors, heads of financial institutions/banks operating in Hong Kong as well as representatives of the most prominent financial media.

The Dinner Briefing was inaugurated with welcoming remarks by Ms. Beth Smits, Vice-Chairwoman of the EU-HK-MC Financial Services Business Council (FSBC) and Head of Corporate Affairs for the Asia Pacific region at SWIFT, based in Hong Kong, introducing the role of the FSBC and how it can be beneficial to co-operate with financial industry of Hong Kong and Macao.