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Welcome to the CIM Finance Group’s media centre. 

This section has been designed to provide members with easy access to the latest news relating to members, our group’s & partner organisations’ activities and the finance industry.

Here you will find our press releases and newsletters, along with past speaker presentations & case studies and podcasts.


Our latest News

For our most recent news, please click on the title(s) featured below.

Marketing Alternative and High-Growth Markets
UK’s brightest and best financial marketers will discuss high growth in emerging markets at the Finance Group summer reception on 11th September 2008

 
Press Releases

All the Finance Group’s press releases are located here.  You can either click through using our search facility or click on to the relevant title of the press release for more information.

Financial Marketing TV Now Live
July 2008
A new online business channel, http://www.FinancialMarketing.TV, has been launched by Mike Symes, Managing Director of Strand Financial and CEO of Financial Marketing Media.

Marketers bid to help close pensions gap
June 2008
MARKETING EXPERTS will meet top parliamentarians to discuss the looming £75 billion pensions gap at a champagne reception at the House of Commons on Tuesday (February 5).

CIM Finance Group Partners with Joslin Rowe
June 2008
The Marketing Recruitment division of Joslin Rowe (one of London 's leading FS recruiters) , is pleased to announce a new partnership with the CIM's Finance Group.

Surge in Finance Group Membership Numbers
1 November 2007
The CIM Finance Market Interest Group has a 20% increase in membership over the last month, taking the groups numbers to an all time high of 1200 members.  Increased benefits for members, including more CPD related events and web based seminars, are encouraging new members to join. 

Partner Organisation 4 Sports Signs Justin Rose
25 July 2007
High hopes for next year’s CIM Finance Group’s Golf Tournament as Justin Rose announces he has signed a long term, exclusive representation contract with 4SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT AG, who run the Finance Group’s Golf Tournament. 

RBS Team win Golf Tournament
6 June 2007
Royal Bank of Scotland team win the Finance Group’s 1st Golf Tournament with European Pro’s.

CIM Members donate £5K
2 June 2007
CIM Members donate £5K to nominated charity. Kathy Lewis, Finance Group Chair hands a £5K cheque to Tessa Sanderson and the Newham Sports Academy.

Tessa Sanderson calls on companies to help fund Olympic dreams
10 April 2007 
Tessa Sanderson leads the CIM’s first ever CSR lunch, at Stratford Town Hall on April 19, 2007.

 
Newsletter

Our newsletter is published three times a year.  Each issue features information on new member benefits, past & forthcoming events, industry and member related news. 

Download the latest edition, by clicking on the title below.

Summer 2008
Articles in this edition include; The Perilous Pension Gap, Special Membership deals, Insurance Industry Summit, Treating Your Customers Fairly, South American Summer Reception, Intra-Finance Golf Tournament, Returners to Work Lunch and our summer events listing.

Autumn 2007
Articles in this edition include; the forthcoming Parliamentary Reception, the first ever CIM webinar, opportunities for sponsorship, the launch of the Finance Group website, new student representative, winners of the Golf Tournament, AGM and summer reception, and our winter events listing.

 

Pod casts

The CIM Finance Group offers the facility to download audio files from past presenters from our events.  Podcasts are now available for the following events.

Listen to John Redwood, MP, Sir Paul Judge (CIM President) and Adrian Waddingham, Pensions Expert, speaking at the CIM Finance Group's Parliamentary Reception.

CSR Lunch 2007 Interview with Tessa Sanderson

 

 

Past Presentations and Case Studies

The CIM Finance Group offers the facility to download presentations and case study materials from our previous events. These are now available for the following events.

 

Masterclass: Marketing and Numbers
Enhancing Data Quality - Presentation by Phil Corcoran, Head of Customer & Market Insight, NS&I
CIM Finance Market IG slide show - Presentation by Trevor Jones, Director and Head of Consultancy, Marketing Databasics

Summer Reception:  High Growth Markets.  11th September 2008
High Growth Markets - Overview of Brazil and Mexico – Presentation by Chris Wall, High Growth Markets Specialist for Brazil and Mexico, UK Trade & Investment
Doing Business in Brazil – a legal overview – Presentation by Vera de Moraes Dantas, Partner, NORONHA - ADVOGADO
Investment Opportunities in Mexico – Presentation by Alexandra Haas, Director of the Mexican Business Bureau to UK & Ireland, ProMexico.

Evening Seminar:  Treating your Customers Fairly.  28th February 2008
Treating Customers Fairly - the challenge for financial services marketers - Word Document
Treating Customers Fairly - the challenge for financial services marketers - PowerPoint Presentation

Masterclass: Climate Change Treat or Opportunity?  17th October 2007
Presentation from Professor Bill McGuire, University College London and Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre
Presentation from Martin Fox, PURE

Webinar:  Beginners Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility, August & October 2007
Presentations from Jolyon Ridgwell, Director, Lighthouse Consultancy

BACS to the future – Rebranding of a National Institution, 16 February 2006
Presentation from David Sears, Commercial Director, VOCA

 
Media Contacts

Press Enquiries
Philip Pitt
Philip_pitt@btinternet.com
07930400 845

Kate Ellerton
Kate_ellerton@btinternet.com
07930 533155

Kathy Lewis
Kathy.lewis@cimfinancegroup.co.uk
07961 317 621

General information/administration
Dawn Wills
Dawn@cimfinancegroup.co.uk
07711 067587