This event is particularly tailored for MEPs interested in financial services. It aims at providing in two hours a briefing on the main issues and challenges affecting financial markets. It brings together key stakeholders in order to generate a lively debate on the crucial issues which will be at the heart of the European legislative agenda. |
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| 17:30-18:00 |
Welcome drink |
| 18:00-18:05 |
Welcome speeches
Mr. Jürgen Traub, Representation of the Free State of Bavaria
Mr. Wolf Klinz MEP, Chair of the EPFSF Steering Committee
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| 18:05-18:20 |
Introduction
The state of regulation and programme regarding financial services
Mr. Martin Merlin, Head of Unit Financial services policy, European Commission |
| 18:20-19:00 |
Panel on banking
Safe and sound financial institutions under efficient cross-border supervision |
Moderator:
Mr. Karel Lannoo, CEO, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Speakers: |
| Ms. Ariane Obolensky, Chair of the Executive Committee, European Banking Federation (EBF);
Director General, French Banking Federation
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| Mr. Arnoud Vossen, Secretary General, Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS)
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| Ms. Sharon Bowles MEP, Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament |
| Question & Answer session |
| 19:00-19:40 |
Panel on insurance
Insuring Europe: Maintaining insurers’ contribution to the economy |
Moderator:
Ms. Rym Ayadi, Senior Research Fellow, Head of Financial Institutions
and Prudential Policy Unit at CEPS, the Centre for European
Policy Studies
Speakers: |
| Mr. Gerard van Olphen, Chair of the Ecofin Committee, European Insurance and Reinsurance Federation (CEA); Vice-Chairman and CFO, Eureko |
| Mr. Carlos Montalvo, Secretary General, Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS)
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| Mr. Karel Van Hulle, Head of Unit Insurance and Pensions, European Commission |
| Question & Answer session |
| 19:40-20:20 |
Panel on securities
Financing the European economy: The contribution of Europe’s securities and fund markets |
Moderator:
Mr. Karel Lannoo, CEO, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Speakers: |
| Mr. Hans-Ole Jochumsen, Board Member, Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE); Executive Vice President, Transaction Services Nordic, President NASDAQ OMX Nordic Ltd.
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| Mr. Frédéric
Janbon, Board Member, Association for Financial
Markets in Europe (AFME)* and International Swaps and Derivatives
Association (ISDA), Global Head of Fixed Income, BNP
Paribas
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| Mr. Peter De Proft, Director General, European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) |
| Question & Answer session |
| 20:20-20:30 |
Concluding remarks |
Mr. Guido Ravoet, Chair of the EPFSF Administrative Committee;
Secretary General, European Banking Federation (EBF) |
| 20:30-21:30 |
Cocktail |
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| * AFME is the resulting entity from the merger of the Securities
Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA Europe) and
the London Investment Banking Association (LIBA), effective
1st November 2009 |
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