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Webinar: Financing the Recovery: The Role of Financial Markets in Rebuilding the European Economy, in collaboration with BusinessEurope Thumbnail Image
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About the event

The webinar, organised by both AFME and BusinessEurope, will provide the opportunity to explore how capital markets have been performing in response to the COVID-19 crisis, which challenges both providers and users of financial services have been facing in accessing finance at this crucial time, what the policy response has been so far to address such challenges.

Join us to explore the broader lessons that can be drawn and provide the opportunity for the representatives of the EU policy makers, businesses and banks to share their views and priorities on what actions are needed for promoting the economic recovery and how they can be reflected in the important upcoming legislative proposals, from upcoming review of the Capital Requirements Regulation to the broader agenda for building a Capital Markets Union.

This webinar is free to attend.

Read AFME's Press Policy here.

Who attends?

  • European regulators and policy makers
  • Investment banks
  • Law firms
  • Rating agencies
  • Consultancy and advisory firms
  • Trade associations
  • Institutional investors
  • Financial press

Why attend?

  • Hear from European experts
  • Stay up to date on how capital markets have been performing in response to the COVID-19 crisis
  • Complimentary registration

Registration enquiries

For registration enquiries, please contact Events on [email protected] for assistance.

Agenda

10:30
Opening remarks
Chair:
Markus Beyrer,
Director General, BusinessEurope
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10:35
Keynote address
Speaker:
Isabel Benjumea Benjumea MEP,
European Parliament
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10:45
Opening panel remarks: Performance of European Banking and Capital Markets During the Pandemic - An Updated Assessment and Lessons Learned
Edouard Fernandez-Bollo,
Member of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank (ECB)
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10:50
Panel discussion: Performance of European Banking and Capital Markets During the Pandemic - An Updated Assessment and Lessons Learned
  • What has been the impact of the emergency response (CRR and markets quick fixes, other relief measures, from moratoria to government guarantees, from central bank asset purchases to banks liquidity and temporary capital relief)? What are the lessons learned?
  • Banking and financial markets and end-users: performance/resilience/prospects
  • Bank lending to NFCs: record levels in response to COVID-19 and subsequent decrease: issue of supply or lack of demand? Corporates' use of capital markets: issuance levels; liquidity in markets, ease and cost of access
Moderator:
James Watson,
Director, Economics Department, BusinessEurope
Speakers:
Edouard Fernandez-Bollo,
Member of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank (ECB)
Erik Fossing Nielsen,
Global Chief Economist, UniCredit
Klaus Günter Deutsch,
Head of Department Research, Industrial and Economic Policy, Federation of German Industries
Michael Lever,
Managing Director, Head of Prudential Regulation, AFME
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11:30
Interval
11:35
Remarks: Supporting Europe’s Recovery Through Measures to Recapitalise EU Businesses
Speaker:
Michael Cole-Fontayn,
Chair, AFME
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11:45
Opening panel remarks: The Road to The Recovery - Policies to Ensure Access to Finance and Well-Functioning Banking and Capital Markets. Short-Term Actions and Long-Term Strategy
Speaker:
João Nuno Mendes,
Secretary of State for Finance, Ministry of Finance, Portugal
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11:50
Panel discussion: The Road to The Recovery - Policies to Ensure Access to Finance and Well-Functioning Banking and Capital Markets. Short-Term Actions and Long-Term Strategy
  • How to leverage on regulation as an enabler of stability and sustainable recovery? How to achieve a proportionate implementation of Basel III which does not lead to undue constraints to business lending particularly given additional financial impacts on customers and banks from COVID-19
  • What are the elements of Basel III which require careful consideration?
  • Need for efficient capital markets - links with CMU: equity exposures, cost of hedging, the importance of liquid capital markets and possible impacts on market-making
  • What recapitalisation needs and tools for corporates
Moderator:
Stefano Mazzocchi,
Managing Director, Advocacy, AFME
Speakers:
João Nuno Mendes,
Secretary of State for Finance, Ministry of Finance, Portugal
Martin Merlin,
Director, Bank, Insurance and Financial Crime, European Commission, DG FISMA
Tarek Tranberg,
Head of Public Affairs and Policy, European Association of Corporate Treasurers (EACT)
Véronique Ormezzano,
Head of Group Prudential Affairs, BNP Paribas
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12:30
Closing remarks
Chair:
Stefano Mazzocchi,
Managing Director, Advocacy, AFME
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12:35
End of webinar

Keynote Speakers

Edouard Fernandez-Bollo

Member of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank (ECB)

Isabel Benjumea Benjumea MEP

European Parliament

João Nuno Mendes

Secretary of State for Finance, Ministry of Finance, Portugal

Other Speakers

Erik Fossing Nielsen

Global Chief Economist, UniCredit

James Watson

Director, Economics Department, BusinessEurope

Klaus Günter Deutsch

Head of Department Research, Industrial and Economic Policy, Federation of German Industries

Markus Beyrer

Director General, BusinessEurope

Martin Merlin

Director, Bank, Insurance and Financial Crime, European Commission, DG FISMA

Michael Cole-Fontayn

Chair, AFME

Michael Lever

Managing Director, Head of Prudential Regulation, AFME

Stefano Mazzocchi

Managing Director, Advocacy, AFME

Tarek Tranberg

Head of Public Affairs and Policy, European Association of Corporate Treasurers (EACT)

Véronique Ormezzano

Head of Group Prudential Affairs, BNP Paribas