Executive training courses in Banking and Finance in Florence (Italy).

Residential courses

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At the Florence School of Banking and Finance, we take the concerns of our participants seriously and are following the European University Institute and the Italian Government guidelines to protect the health and safety of our participants, faculty, staff and other visitors.
Currently, our residential activities scheduled until the summer have been suspended while all our online activities are confirmed. In line with the evolution of the pandemic, additional changes might be introduced to our autumn courses. Registered participants will be notified as soon as possible.
This page is updated with the latest information but if you have further questions about a course you registered in, do not hesitate to contact our team members at fbf@eui.eu

Fascinating! Great experience, extremely interesting, best speakers, perfect organization.
Participant in the course ‘Sovereign Debt Risks’, April 2019
Very enriching course. A lot of information given in an easy-to-follow manner and applied in practice through the war game at the end. Overall, excellent training.
Participant in the course ' Managing and Understanding Sovereign Debt Risks and Restructuring’, April 2018
Thank you for a wonderful truly remarkable course. The material was perfect and overall this was a great opportunity to learn and meet other people.
Participant in the Autumn School 'The Law, Economics and Practice of EU Banking Resolution', November 2018
I really enjoyed my time here; excellent course, wonderful location and fully international environment.
Participant in the course ‘Empirical Methods in Banking and Policy Evaluation’, May 2019
It was a rare and precious opportunity to meet with the public sector and to have fruitful and open exchanges.
Participant in the course 'Anti Money Laundering', January 2019
This training at the FBF & EUI has been very helpful to grasp the subject of stress testing with both empirical and theoretical perspectives.
Participant in the course ‘Stress Testing the Financial Sector’, April 2019
Taking this course has been an excellent choice and a great experience. I improved my knowledge about forecasting models, met colleagues working at relevant institutions and enjoyed the wonderful installations of the Institute.
Participant in the course 'Economic Forecasting for Banking', November 2018
Excellent course with excellent speakers. It is not always easy to follow the complex and various topics covered but this is what I expected and wanted.
Participant in the course ‘Sovereign Debt Risks’, April 2019
This is a marvelous place to meet. I never participated in a conference that took place in such a nice environment. The combination of university and research centre is inspiring.
Participant in the course 'Anti Money Laundering', January 2019

FinTech - Technology, Economics and Regulation

Course dates: 15-17 September 2020

Place: EUI Premises, Florence

Course Instructors: Philipp Paech (LSE); Senior experts from the public sector

Area: Regulation, Supervision and Resolution

Level: Introductory/Intermediate

Target: EU Officials (ECB, SSM, SRB, ESRB, EBA, ESM), National Supervisory Authorities, economists and risk managers in financial institutions and private banks, lawyers and accountants, Ph.D. students, post-graduate researchers, assistant professors.

More information will be available in spring 2020.

Digital Currencies Academy

Course dates: 21-24 September 2020

Place: EUI Premises, Florence

Course Instructor: Thorsten Koeppl (Queen’s University – Course director); Katrin Assenmacher (ECB); Anne Choné (ESMA); Klaus Löber (ECB); Daniel Heller (Fnality Internatioal); Jean-Pierre Landau (SciencesPo); Cyril Monnet (University of Bern); James Chapman (Bank of Canada) Senior experts from the public and private sector

Area: Risk Management

Level: Introductory/Intermediate

Target: EU Officials (ECB, SSM, SRB, ESRB, EBA, ESM), National Supervisory Authorities, Senior Policy Officers of Prudential Supervisors/National Central Banks, Treasurers with Banks, Funding Strategists.

Panel Data for Banking Sector Analysts

Course dates: 28-30 September 2020

Place: EUI Premises, Florence

Course Instructor: Jeffrey Wooldridge (Michigan State University)

Area: Statistical and Econometric Methods

Level: Advanced

Target: EU Officials (ECB, SSM, SRB, ESRB, EBA, ESM), National Supervisory Authorities, Financial Stability officers, Economics Departments And Forecasting Departments of Central Banks, Ph.D. and Post-doctoral researchers, Research department officers of private banks.

Prudential risks and policies in the European insurance sector

Course dates: 1-2 October 2020

Place: EUI Premises, Florence

Course Instructors:Dimitris Zafeiris, Petr Jakubik (EIOPA); Camille Graciani (European Systemic Risk Board Secretariat), Yildiz Ekinci (Dutch Central Bank, DNB); Olaf Weeken (ESRB Secretariat); Dieter Hendrickx (National Bank of Belgium (NBB)

Area: Financial Stability and Macroprudential Policy

Level: Introductory/Intermediate

Target: Officers from EU and international institutions, from national supervisory authorities (prudential and conduct authorities) and from macroprudential authorities, advisers of EU and national policy makers, central bank economists, Ph.D. and Post-doctoral researchers, members of policy institutes such as ‘think tanks’, actuaries and employees of insurance and reinsurance undertakings working in a research, economic, risks or regulatory affairs department, economic journalists and financial analysts.

Climate Risks Academy

Course co-organised with Oliver Wyman.

Course dates: 5-7 October 2020

Place: EUI Premises, Florence

Course Instructors: TBA

Area: Risk Management

Level: Intermediate

Target: EU officials, EBA, ESRB, SRB, National Supervisory Authorities, Financial stability and research departments of central banks, Financial institutions professionals, Lawyers, Ph.D. and Post-doctoral researchers.

More information will be available in late spring 2020.

Managing and Understanding Sovereign Risks

Course dates: 7-9 October 2020

Place: EUI Premises, Florence

Course Instructors: Mitu Gulati (Duke University); Ugo Panizza (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies); Lee C. Buchheit (University of Edinburgh and Queen Mary University of London)

Area: Risk Management

Level: Intermediate

Target: EU Officials (ECB, SSM, SRB, ESRB, EBA, ESM), National Supervisory Authorities, financial stability and legal department experts in Central Banks, Ph.D. students, private sector members, law firms and practitioners

Anti-Money Laundering Academy

Course dates: 26-28 October 2020

Organisers Florence School of Banking and Finance and Oliver Wyman

Place: EUI Premises, Florence

Course Instructors: Magda Bianco (Bank of Italy); André Corterier (European Central Bank); Anthony Charrie (Oliver Wyman); Nikita Divissenko (EUI); Andrea Federico (Oliver Wyman); Dominik Käfer (Oliver Wyman); Olena Loboiko (European Commission, DG FISMA); Maria Macedo (ECB); Lisa Quest (Oliver Wyman); Daniel Tannebaum (Oliver Wyman); Eleni Tsingou (Copenhagen Business School)

Area: Risk Management

Level: Intermediate

Target: SSM, EBA, SRB, National Supervisory Authorities, Financial institutions professionals, Lawyers, Ph.D. and Post-doctoral researchers.

Macroprudential Policy Implementation in Europe

Course dates: 19-20 October 2020

Place: EUI Premises, Florence

Course Instructors: Tuomas Peltonen (ESRB); Barbara Attinger (ESRB); Katarzyna Budnik (ECB); Barbara Jarmulska (ECB); Marco Lo Duca (ECB); Eiko Sievert (ESRB)

Area: Financial Stability and Macroprudential policy

Level:Intermediate/Advanced

Target: EU Officials (ECB, SSM, SRB, ESRB, EBA, ESM), National Supervisory Authorities, financial stability and research department of Central Banks; Ph.D. students; post-doc researchers; assistant professors; private sector economists

Monetary Policy Transmission: Banks, Nonbanks, Credit and Prudential Policies

Course dates: 4-6 November 2020

Place: EUI Premises

Course Instructors: Carlo Altavilla (European Central Bank); José-Luis Peydró (Imperial College London, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, CREI and Barcelona GSE)

Area: Financial Stability and Macroprudential policy

Level: Intermediate

Target: EU Officials (ECB, SSM, SRB, ESRB, EBA, ESM), National Supervisory Authorities, Financial stability and research department of Central Banks, Ph.D. students, research department of private banks

Bank Resolution Academy

Course dates: 9-12 November 2020

Place: EUI Premises, Florence

Course Instructors: Seraina Grünewald (University of Zürich); Emiliano Tornese (European Commission); Tobias Tröger (Goethe University, Frankfurt); Senior experts from the public and private sector

Area: Regulation, Supervision and Resolution

Level: Intermediate

Target: EU Officials (ECB, SSM, SRB, ESRB, EBA, ESM), National Supervisory Authorities, financial stability and research department of Central Banks, Ph.D. students, financial institutions in the private sector, law firms.

More information will be available in early 2020.

Liquidity, Crisis and Public Policies: A Model-Based Approach

Course dates: 25-27 November 2020

Place: EUI Premises, Florence

Course Instructor: Nobuhiro Kiyotaki (Princeton University)

Area: Financial Stability and Macroprudential policy

Level: Advanced

Target: EU Officials (ECB, SSM, SRB, ESRB, EBA, ESM), National Supervisory Authorities, financial stability and research department of Central Banks, Ph.D. students, private sector economists

Enhancing the cyber resilience of the financial sector

Course dates: 30 November-2 December 2020

Place: EUI Premises, Florence

Course Instructors: Emran Islam (European Central Bank); Klaus Loeber (European Central Bank); Henry Holden (CPMI, Bank for International Settlements); Givan Kolster (FalconForce); Alexandra Maniati (European Banking Federation); Elisabeth Noble (EBA); Nathalie Pauline Tuxen (Danmarks Nationalbank); Jochem van Kerkwijk (Deloitte); Paul Williams (European Systemic Cyber Group, ECB)

Area: Risk Management

Level: Introductory/Intermediate

Network Analysis Techniques For Applications in Finance and Economics

Course dates: 22-24 March 2021

Place: EUI Premises, Florence

Course Instructors: Christian Brownlees (Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona Graduate School of Economics); Iman van Lelyveld (VU University and DNB); Marco D’Errico (European Systemic Risk Board)

Area: Statistical and Econometric Methods

Level: Intermediate

Liquidity: Regulation, Practice and Stress Testing

Course dates: TBC 2021

Place: EUI Premises, Florence

Course Instructors: Christos Gortsos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens); Charles-Enguerrand Coste (European Central Bank); Alina Preger (Prometeia); Jeroen van Bommel (European Central Bank); Jean-Jacques Van Helten (Robert Schuman Centre, EUI); Christian Winkler (ESMA)

Area: Regulation, Supervision and Resolution

Level: Intermediate

Target: EU Officials (ECB, SSM, SRB, ESRB, EBA, ESM), National Supervisory Authorities, Senior Policy Officers of Prudential Supervisors/National Central Banks, In-house Legal Counsels, External Lawyers, Treasurers with Banks, Senior Legal Officers, Funding Strategists

MiFID II/MiFIR: Evolution and Revolution

Course dates: TBC 2021

Place: EUI Premises, Florence

Course Instructors: Danny Busch (University of Nijmegen); Veerle Colaert (KU Leuven University); Matteo Gargantini (University of Utrecht); Benoît Gourisse (ISDA, International Swaps and Derivatives Association); Diego Valiante (European Commission, DG FISMA); Senior experts from the public and private sectors

Area: Regulation, Supervision and Resolution

Level: Intermediate

Regulatory Treatment of Sovereign Exposures and Safe Assets Academy

Course dates: TBC 2021

Place: EUI Premises, Florence

Course Instructors: Per Callesen (Danmarks Nationalbank); Gabriele Giudice (European Commission); Sam Langfield (MIT); Álvaro Leandro (CaixaBank); Marco Pagano (University of Naples Federico II)

Area: Regulation, Supervision and Resolution

Level: Intermediate

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