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: quantitative measures the degree of cross-country risk sharing, and of the gains from risk sharing, based on micro and macro data; determinants of the degree of risk sharing; comparisons between interregional and international risk sharing; portfolio choices and international risk...

The Brussels Economic Forum is one of the European Union’s premier platforms for debate on economic policy issues. The next Brussels Economic Forum will look into the crisis exit strategies as an opportunity to create new sources of growth and enhance EU competitiveness, with a special focus...

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...

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.

The organizing committee of this conference invites submissions of high-quality theoretical or empirical research papers on competition in banking. Specific topics of interest are (but not limited to): • Competition and stability: trade-off or complementarity? • Industrial organization of...

Conference Programme: Session 1: Global mortgage and housing markets: outlook for 2010 and beyond Session 2: Post crisis lender/borrower relationship: what's in store? Session 3: Funding the recovery: challenges and opportunities Session 4: A new landscape for the financial sector: stakeholder...

Session themes: Session 1: Provision of liquidity and Lender of Last Resort operations: effectiveness, governance, cross-border and cross currency issues Session 2: Cross-border bank resolution Session 3: Deposit guarantee schemes: How to re-establish clients’ confidence Session 4: Limits of...

Microfinance sector is developing at a rapid pace creating a growing demand for experienced professionals but also precise research within microfinance and credit institutions, banks and development investment funds in Europe and abroad. Topics: - Gender & Women Empowerment - Governance and...

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