This session will first discuss the state of progress of digitalisation in the EU financial sector and the opportunities and possible issues associated with the digitalisation of financial services for financial market players and their customers. The panel will also assess whether EU digital policies (e.g. the proposed Digital Finance Package, the application of horizontal … Continued
This session will first discuss the main vulnerabilities that remain to be addressed regarding money market funds (MMF) and whether additional tools and measures are needed in the EU to avoid future episodes of stress, taking into account the lessons of the Covid crisis and the policy proposals recently made by the FSB to enhance … Continued
The objective of this session is first to discuss the structural challenges that the Central Eastern Europe (CEE) region is facing in terms of economic growth and financing of its economy and also the impacts of the Covid pandemic on CEE economies. Secondly, the panel will assess the effects can be expected in the CEE … Continued
This session will discuss the EU regulatory and supervisory priorities to overcome the fragmentation of the EU banking sector and progress towards a single banking market. Speakers will be invited to assess the measures needed to address the root causes of ring-fencing practices within banking groups and the regulatory priorities to ensure that the internal … Continued
The session is dedicated to clarifying whether and for what reasons, the framework would need to be updated in order to better reflect in prudential rules the new macroeconomic environment, notably the protracted low-yield environment. The session will on the other hand try to identify areas where excessive layers of conservatism notably regarding long-term liabilities … Continued
This session will first discuss the development of information and communications technology (ICT) risks in the financial sector and the main areas of improvement of ICT risk management. The panel will also assess whether the DORA legislative proposal is fit-for-purpose for tackling ICT risks and the risks arising from the management of ICT third-party service … Continued
The session is dedicated to outlining the concrete challenges faced by domestic or international financial institutions resulting from ESG reporting frameworks not converging, and those posed by the acute issue related to the double materiality. In addition, considering the specific timetables and achievements of the many ESG reporting initiatives existing globally, which are aimed at … Continued
The session aims at clarifying the challenges posed by such an unprecedented type of risk and identifying subsequently the strengths and weaknesses of the tools and approaches proposed by policy makers in the EU banking sector. Finally, the session will try to outline the factors and policy priorities favouring not only an effective climate and … Continued
This session will discuss how the EU regulatory and supervisory approaches, on the one hand, should address the evolution of non-performing loans (NPLs) and the possible weakening of corporate counterparts following the upcoming gradual withdrawal of government measures and, on the other hand, the need for bank finance during the recovery (in particular for those … Continued
The session aims at clarifying the challenges posed by such an unprecedented type of risk and identifying subsequently the strengths and weaknesses of the tools and approaches proposed by policy makers in the EU insurance sector. Finally, the session will try to outline the factors and policy priorities favouring not only an effective climate and … Continued