The first of four CLMR workshops on Financial Benchmark and Currency Manipulation was held at Allens Linklaters on 26 March 2014 at which regulators and academics highlighted the challenges of regulating benchmarks post-LIBOR scandal. The audience was at full capacity with a diverse composition of bankers, regulators, lawyers, academics and journalists.

Seven expert speakers mapped the rocky terrain of the LIBOR scandal and its aftermath in the first workshop:

- Mr Greg Medcraft, Chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and IOSCO;

- Mr Martin Wheatley, CEO of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA);

- Dr Deen Sanders, CEO of the Australian Professional Standards Authority (PSA);

- Professor Eric Talley from the University California (Berkeley);

- Professor Justin O’Brien and Dr George Gilligan from CLMR UNSW Australia; and

- Mr John Morgan, Partner at Allens Linklaters.