Concluding remarks by Sir Jon Cunliffe
EU securities post-trading: priorities ahead
Objectives This session will first discuss the level of efficiency and integration that has been achieved in the EU securities post-trading space so far following the implementation of EU securities regulations and T2S, the progress that can be expected from the on-going reviews of EU securities policies (CSDR, SFD, FCD) and from Eurosystem initiatives and … Continued
Speech Mario Centeno: Achieving a broad-based recovery in the EU post-Covid
Cross-border payments global roadmap
Objectives In the context of an ever-faster development of internet transactions and payments which challenge traditional organisations among which legal boundaries, the 2020 the Group of Twenty (G-20) asked the Financial Stability Board (FSB) to coordinate the development of a roadmap regarding the enhancement of cross-border payments. To quote the closing remarks of Jerome H. … Continued
Improving the EU bank crisis management framework for the Banking Union
Objectives The objective of this session is to assess the main shortcomings of the EU crisis management framework with a particular focus on the banks under the remit of the SSM and the SRB and the necessary actions to address those shortcomings. Speakers will be invited in particular to discuss a possible way forward to … Continued
Global financial fragmentation: can progress be made?
Objectives The objective of this session is to discuss whether differences in policy responses to Covid-19 have fragmentary effects or give rise to cross-border and cross- sectoral spillovers that may warrant enhanced international coordination. The progress made in the four areas identified by the Financial Stability Board – i) deference; (ii) pre-positioning of capital and … Continued
Is normalizing EU monetary policy feasible? If so how and when?
Prospects for global and EU ESG standards converging
Objectives Globally, there is a proliferation of ESG standards – often alluded to as non-financial information – resulting from multiple private or public initiatives. Such initiatives are fuelled in particular by the need to swiftly address climate related urgencies by appropriately channelling savings to sustainable investments, and symmetrically, the always increasing sensibility of investors regarding … Continued
Lessons from Covid on non-bank financial intermediation
Objectives The objective of this session is to discuss the potential vulnerabilities that remain to be addressed in the investment fund sector and more broadly in connection with non-bank financial intermediation activities (NBFI) in the EU and the policy measures that may be needed for ensuring the resilience of these products and activities going forward. … Continued