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Course dates: 8-10 April 2019
Place: EUI Premises, Florence
Course Instructors: Til Schuermann (Oliver Wyman), Mario Quagliariello (EBA), Senior Experts from the public and private sector
Area: Risk Management
Level: Intermediate
Target: EBA, SSM, SRB, ESRB, EU officials, financial stability and legal department experts in Central Banks, Ph.D. students, private sector members, law firms and practitioners
Course dates: 23-24 April 2019
Place: EUI Premises, Florence
Course Instructors: Lee Buchheit (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP), Mitu Gulati (Duke University), Jeromin Zettelmeyer (Peterson Institute of International Economics)
Area: Risk Management
Level: Intermediate
Target: EBA, SSM, SRB, ESRB, EU officials, financial stability and legal department experts in Central Banks, Ph.D. students, private sector members, law firms and practitioners
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Scientific Organisers:
- Franklin Allen, Brevan Howard Centre, Imperial College
- Elena Carletti, Bocconi University, BAFFI CAREFIN and European University Institute
- Mitu Gulati, Duke University
- Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Europe’s financial infrastructure is experiencing deep challenges from both within and outside. From within, there is a need to deal effectively with sovereign risk in a way that ensures financial stability in both the short and the long run. From the outside, Europe needs to react to the risk of economic and financial fragmentation, ignited by populist and nationalist movements and a new unilateralism on the side of Europe’s traditional ally, the United States. The tensions ignited by this shift have so far been mostly limited to international trade, but they could also affect the payments system.
Against this background, the purpose of this conference will be to gain a better understanding of the internal and external disruptions that may be putting Europe’s financial system under stress and offer a way forward to address these challenges, in a dialogue between senior academics, policy-makers and private practitioners.
Specifically, the conference aims to (1) assess the challenges to Europe’s and the global payment systems in the context of rising US extra-territorial sanctions, (2) debate what steps could mitigate the costs of sovereign debt crises without raising sovereign yields or exacerbating liquidity risk in the short run, (3) ask whether Europe needs a safe asset that helps address challenges from both directions, and how this could be designed.
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Over the past decade, clearinghouses have subsumed the management of counterparty risk for many financial transactions. Regulators and supervisors thus face a new nexus for risk in financial markets, where these institutions have become too important too fail. The European Union set out a comprehensive regulatory framework for Central Counterparties (CCPs) in recent years, in order to improve their ability to face possible financial distress. Reforms adopted in the last months aim to ensure a more consistent and robust supervision of CCPs in EU and non-EU countries to tackle emerging challenges. In this context, the online seminar will offer a primer on the features of CCPs as both insurers and sources of systemic risk.
Speaker
Thorsten Koeppl (Professor, Queen’s University)
Thorsten V. Koeppl is a Professor and RBC Fellow in the Department of Economics at Queen’s University. He is currently also the Scholar in Financial Services and Monetary Policy at the CD Howe Institute one of Canada’s most influential policy think tanks. Prof. Koeppl advises the Bank of Canada on Central Bank Digital Currency and in the past has served as an adviser to several other policy institutions in matters of financial market organization, regulation and intervention in the past. Prof. Koeppl has degrees in management and in economics from the Universities of Eichstaett/Ingolstadt and Basle, and received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota in 2002. His main research interests are in the areas of macroeconomics (in particular monetary economics), financial market infrastructure and blockchain economics. He has published on these topics in top economics journals such as Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Theory, Review of Financial Studies and the Journal of Financial Economics among several others.
Commentator
Agnieszka Smoleńska (Polityka Insight and European University Institute)
Agnieszka Smoleńska is the acting head of the European Affairs desk at Polityka Insight. Between 2014-2018 she was a PhD Researcher in Law at the European University Institute and a research associate at the Florence School of Banking and Finance, where she focused on the EU banking regulations and the economic reform of the Eurozone. Previously, she worked at the European Commission, the European Parliament, and also cooperated with Transparency International and the World Bank.
Technical disclaimer The online seminar will take place on the Adobe Connect platform. You can access the seminars from personal computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones. You are strongly encouraged to read the technical requirements before registering for the online seminar. To ensure an optimal experience in terms of connection speed and video quality, we suggest to attend the seminar via a device connected to a stable network connection, avoiding if possible shared wi-fi or mobile connections.
Course dates: 15-17 May 2019
Place: EUI Premises, Florence
Course Instructor: Steven Ongena (University of Zurich)
Area: Statistical and Econometric Methods
Level: Intermediate
Target: Financial stability and research department of Central Banks; Ph.D. students in Economics, Banking or Econometrics; Private sector economists.
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Despite constituting a key dimension of financial markets, the basic economics of insurance remain poorly understood. This online seminar intends to be a first contribution to fill this gap. In this introductory online seminar Dr. Michel Dacorogna (University of Zürich and Prime Re Solutions) starts by offering a definition of risk and by highlighting the value of risk management from a theoretical point of view. Dr. Dacorogna then discusses the difference between uncertainty and risk as introduced by Frank Knight. On this basis, he briefly recalls the history of insurance and its role in economic development.
Based on risk measures and their various operationalisations, it is possible to define a capital adjusted to risk to guarantee payment of an insurance policy. With a simple example, Dr. Dacorogna then shows how the price of risk is computed and discusses its main components – what he calls the cost of production of an insurance policy. Lastly, he emphasizes the role of portfolio diversification and its limitation illustrated through a modification of the example.
Dr. Dacorogna’s presentation will be followed by comments from Dimitris Zafeiris (EIOPA) as well as by our traditional Questions and Answers session.
Speaker
Michel Dacorogna (University of Zürich and Prime Re Solutions)
Michel Dacorogna is partner at Prime Re Solutions, a company advising financial institutions on actuarial and economic matters. He is also Director of Risk Management at the Geneva Association and head of DEAR-Consulting. He is the former scientific advisor to the chairman of SCOR. He conducts research in the field of insurance mathematics, capital management and risks. He presents models and capital management techniques to management and customers. He is Member of the board of the Research Center on Insurance Risk at the Nanyang Technical University of Singapore, he collaborates with the center on their various initiatives. Until July 2013, Michel was deputy group CRO of SCOR in charge of Solvency II and the internal model. He was at the origin of SCOR’s internal model, which he developed with his team for more than 10 years.
Author and co-author of more than 85 publications in refereed scientific journals; he is often invited to present his results in international conferences and specialized seminars. His work is referenced in many publications. One of the papers he co-authored was the most quoted paper over 5 years in the Journal of Banking and Finance. His book: “An Introduction to High Frequency Finance” remains a reference in the field. He also lectures at the ETH and University of Zurich, at the University Ca’Foscari in Venice (Italy) and at the University of Turin (Italy) in their master of finance and insurance programs. He has been awarded the International Research Chair LabEx MME-DII & ES-SEC CREAR in 2018 at ESSEC Business School in Paris.
He received his Habilitation, Ph. D. and M. Sc. in Theoretical Physics from the University of Geneva in Switzerland and did a post-doc at the University of California in Berkeley.
Commentator
Dimitris Zafeiris (Head of the Risks and Financial Stability Department, EIOPA)
Dimitris Zafeiris is Head of the Risks and Financial Stability Department at the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA). He is responsible for EIOPA’s activities in the areas of financial stability, crisis management and studies and statistics.Before joining EIOPA, Dimitris ran the risk management unit in a commercial bank where he was responsible for the management of projects such as the implementation of Basel II and external asset quality reviews. Prior to this, Dimitris held roles as investment director, portfolio manager and analyst in a number of firms in the asset management industry. Dimitris holds a Master of Science in Finance and a Bachelor of Science in Economics.
Technical disclaimer The online seminar will take place on the Adobe Connect platform. You can access the seminars from personal computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones. You are strongly encouraged to read the technical requirements before registering for the online seminar. To ensure an optimal experience in terms of connection speed and video quality, we suggest to attend the seminar via a device connected to a stable network connection, avoiding if possible shared wi-fi or mobile connections.
Course dates: 20-22 May 2019
Place: EUI Premises, Florence
Course director: Thorsten Koeppl (Queen’s University)
Area: Risk Management
Level: Intermediate
Target: Financial stability and research department of Central Banks; Ph.D. students in Economics, Banking or Econometrics; Private sector economists.
Course dates: 3-5 June 2019
Place: EUI Premises, Florence
Course Instructor: Thierry Foucault (HEC)
Area: Financial Stability and Macroprudential policy
Level: Intermediate
Target: Researchers in central banks, Ph.D. and Post-doctoral researchers, Assistant Professors, Research departments of private banks, EU officials.
Course dates: 17-19 June 2019
Place: EUI Premises, Florence
Course Instructors: Danny Busch (University of Nijmegen), Matteo Gargantini (CONSOB), Martin Scheicher (SSM, ECB)
Area: Regulation, Supervision and Resolution
Level: Intermediate
Target: EU Officials (ECB, SSM, SRB, ESRB, EBA, ESM), economists and risk managers in financial institutions and private banks, lawyers and accountants, Ph.D. students, post-graduate researchers, assistant professors.
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The Banking Package adopted in spring 2019 by European co-legislating institutions will enter into force this summer. It represents an important step towards the completion of the European post-crisis regulatory reforms. These reforms implement into European Union (EU) law some outstanding elements which had been previously agreed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and are meant to make the financial system more resilient and stable.
In this online seminar, Marie Donnay (Head of Unit in Resolution and Deposit Insurance in DG FISMA), Tommy De Temmerman (Policy Officer in Bank Regulation and Supervision in DG FISMA) and Audrius Pranckevius (Policy Officer in Resolution and Deposit Insurance) will present and discuss the key changes that were brought about to the EU resolution and prudential frameworks by the new Banking Package. With respect to changes to the resolution framework, a particular focus will be put on the implementation in EU law of the international standard on Total Loss-Absorbing Capacity – also called TLAC – and on the amendments to the existing Minimum Requirement for own funds and Eligible Liabilities – also called MREL.
Speakers
Marie Donnay (Head of Unit in Resolution and Deposit Insurance, DG FISMA, European Commission)
Marie Donnay is Head of Unit in Resolution and Deposit Insurance in DG FISMA at the European Commission. Her unit is in charge of (among others) the resolution frameworks for Banks, Insurance and CCPs, as well as deposit insurance/ insurance guarantee schemes at national level and in the Banking Union (EDIS). The unit is closely involved in the debates on the completion of the Banking Union. Before joining DG FISMA, Marie held different positions in DG ECFIN (European Commission). Previously, she worked at the ECB, IMF and KULeuven. Marie studied economics at the KULeuven, FUNDP (Namur), Rotterdam University and Universita di Bologna.
Tommy De Temmerman (Policy Officer in Bank Regulation and Supervision, DG FISMA, European Commission)
Tommy De Temmerman is a policy officer in Bank Regulation and Supervision in DG FISMA at the European Commission, where he was responsible for the coordination of the negotiations on the prudential aspects of the Banking Package. Before joining the Commission, he was Bank Recovery and Resolution Expert at the Single Resolution Board. Prior to this, he held various positions in the Treasury and Financial Markets department of Belfius Bank and at Bank of New York Mellon. Tommy also teaches European Financial Integration at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management. He studied economics and finance at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and College of Europe.
Audrius Pranckevicius (Policy Officer in Resolution and Deposit Insurance, DG FISMA, European Commission)
Audrius Pranckevicius is a policy officer in Resolution and Deposit Insurance in DG FISMA at the European Commission. He works on policy development in the area of bank resolution since 2013 and was responsible for coordination of the negotiations on the resolution aspects of the Banking Package. Prior to his current role, Audrius has worked in other areas of financial regulation in DG FISMA. Before joining the European Commission in 2005, he worked in financial analysis for several blue chip companies in Canada. He studied economics and finance at Vytautas Magnus University and Brandeis University.
Technical disclaimer The online seminar will take place on the Adobe Connect platform. You can access the seminars from personal computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones. You are strongly encouraged to read the technical requirements before registering for the online seminar. To ensure an optimal experience in terms of connection speed and video quality, we suggest to attend the seminar via a device connected to a stable network connection, avoiding if possible shared wi-fi or mobile connections.