Conference Programme: Session 1: Global mortgage and housing markets: outlook for 2011 and beyond Session 2: Retail: Between a rock and a hard place Session 3: Prudential supervision: Overshooting the mark? Session 4: Funding: Mind the gap

Topics: 1) Sources of financial frictions: - Sources of liquidity - Reasons of market incompleteness and dysfunctions - Role of banks 2) Financial frictions in macromodels - Financial sector and real economy - Sources and consequences of financial crises - ‘Sudden stops’, financial contagion...

Topics: • Hedging sovereign risks and sovereign risk diversification • Investing in emerging markets vs. developed markets • The decision between employing external fund managers and developing internal investment talent • Aggregating and interpreting performance reports to understanding...

In three panel discussions, the conference will explore the challenges facing the Russian Government in building a competitive financial system through its stated twin aims of establishing Moscow as a global financial centre, and the Ruble as a leading reserve currency. An assessment of the...

The organizers invite submission of proposals to present theoretical or applied research dealing with issues in risk management, insurance, and actuarial science.

The three main sessions of the conference focus on: - The Post-Crisis Macroeconomic Environment for Banking in CESEE - New Banking Models - Issues in Supervision

This year, the Forum programme will consist of three major parts – a Strategy Block, Marketing Block and Product Portfolio Block, which will encompass the entire spectrum of hot topics currently on the agenda of the retail banking community.

The Conference will explore the historical evolution of risk management and regulation in the finance and insurance industry, and the impact banking and financial crises have had on this evolution, both in a European and global context. Papers on the following topics will be welcome from...

Thematic series of annual events addressing issues of strategic importance to the Asian insurance economies.

The focus of the conference will be on the interplay between finance and insurance but also other topics in actuarial and financial mathematics are welcome.