The seminar will focus on a wide range of financial stability issues. The topics covered in the event will fit within the following broad themes: • the enhanced role of the Bank of England in the UK framework for financial stability; • identification and assessment of key risks to financial...

The conference offers an excellent opportunity for researchers to present their original works on issues related to global interdependence and the decoupling-recoupling phenomenon. The conference’s general theme is linkages between national economies with a special focus on the dependence...

The seminar will focus on the following topics: • an introduction to the relevant theory; • expert overviews of key markets and topics; • financial market regulation; and • an in-depth examination of a particular market and/or topic (in recent years we have focused upon real estate...

This seminar offers central bankers the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the theoretical and practical aspects of these recent challenges to financial stability and macroprudential policy, and to share experiences with their peers. The following key topics are likely to be covered: •...

The Munich Economic Summit is an initiative aimed at bringing together academic scholars and decision-makers in politics, industry and finance to discuss vital European issues. Programme: Panel 1) The Financial Crisis and Globalisation – What Linkages? Panel 2) Managing the Crisis Panel 3)...

The State of the Economy conference, now in its 27th year, will offer the perfect forum for these stimulating discussions. As always, an excellent line up of speakers will guarantee an exclusive insight into the major topics of discussion, which range from an assessment of the Bank of England's...

One reason behind the lack of consensus on how best to maintain financial stability is the fact that systemic risk is particularly difficult to model and measure. To this day, there is no widely-accepted quantitative metric for assessing whether financial systems have become more stable over...

Financial regulation is usually justified by pointing to market imperfections that the regulation seeks to address. Yet all real-world markets are imperfect and the welfare costs arising from these imperfections create strong incentives for market participants to devise their own solutions....

As investment in infrastructure is ramping up and the pressures on assets increase with demand, asset managers face the challenge of ensuring optimal return on new asset investments whilst extending the life of ageing assets. Taking a long-term view of capital planning and developing a better...

As convergence continues in the savings, investments and pension space, the retail financial sector is entering a new paradigm under a climate of increased market volatility and declining consumer confidence. Product providers and distributors face the challenge of developing increasingly...