The Financial Net is a new networking site for finance professionals. It is free to join and enables you to connect exclusively with other financial professionals in your sector.

As well as business connections, The Financial Net provides news and information feeds, details of all the latest conferences in your industry, the chance to comment or read up on the latest news, gossip and industry topics and much more.

The Financial Net is secure. Your contact details will only be available to people you want to connect to. You are in control.

We look forward to welcoming you to the network and please don't forget to refer your colleagues. This site has been built for everyone to use and with your help and feedback we hope to make it a regular destination. If you have any feedback please email us at feedback@thefinancialnet.com

Initially The Financial Net site will focus on the Securitization and Derivatives sectors, quickly followed by hedge funds, asset management and all other banking sectors.

What's the benefit?

• You get access to a unique professional network which is closed to the public. This network is for finance professionals only.

• Locate contacts quickly and easily. You can find contacts by: name; firm name; former firms; location; financial sector; university; professional interests such as trading or compliance; and personal interests such as opera or tennis.

• The Financial Net offers enables members to control their professional web presence. Members can create a public web profile to ensure information they control is returned in web searches.

• A unique events calendar displays every financial conference, seminar and social event and allows members to add their own events and to find display only the events that interest them.

• Communication – Dedicated forums allow members to share research, ideas and opinions and even create their own communities - both professional and social.

• And The Financial Net is free to use.