Financial Risk and Stability Network is an independent non-profit organisation based in Berlin focusing on regulation, financial stability and financial sector reforms in the EU. It contributes to the provision of information, research and views exchange on these issues via its activities and events.
The organisation is a recognised non-profit limited company, legally named FRS Financial Risk and Stability gGmbH, ruled by German law and acting in the notion of public interest from a civil society perspective. It is scientific based and essentially policy oriented.
Independence, transparency as well as a critical and constructive perspective are core principles of the organisation. FRS stimulates research and opinion making, engages in education and brings together various stakeholders in open exchange and debate formats.
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Conference 2018
FRSN has held its sixth conference “From Risk Reduction to Risk Sharing: How to align opposing Policy Concepts and shape a balanced financial Architecture in the EU” on 31 Oct. 2018 in Berlin. Elisa Ferreira, Bank of Portugal; Daniel Hardy, IMF; Samy Harraz, SRB; Steffen Kern, ESMA; Dennis Kelleher, Better Markets; Jörg Kukies, Federal Ministry of Finance; Reza Moghadam, Morgan Stanley; Danièle Nouy, ECB; Thorsten Pötzsch, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority; Odile Renaud-Basso, French Ministry for the Economy and Finance; Rolf Strauch, ESM, and many others were among the speakers.
Workshop 2018
FRSN has held its first FSC Research Workshop on 1 Nov. 2018 at Technical University Berlin. The workshop related to and was accompanying the preceding Financial Stability Conference. The workshop discussed and deepened relevant aspects of the conference topics. Presenters were inter alia Giulio Peroni, University of Milan; Cecilia del Barrio, University of Trento; Jure Jeric, University of Oxford; Michael Schillig, King’s College London; Agnieszka Smoleńska, European University Institute; Katia Vozian, Hanken School of Economcis. Session chairs were the moderators of the conference.
Conference 2017
FRSN has held its fifth conference “EU at Crossroads: How to respond to Misalignments in Bank Regulation and achieve a consistent financial Framework” 18 Oct. 2017 in Berlin. Ignazio Angeloni, Single Supervisory Mechanism, Andrea Enria, European Banking Authority, Elke König, Single Resolution Board, Odile Renaud-Basso, French Treasury, Vincenzo La Via, Italian Treasury, Denis Beau, Bank of France, Klaus Regling, ESM, Francesco Mazzaferro, ESRB, Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Société Générale, Beverly Hirtle, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Philippe Lamberts, European Parliament, and others were among the speakers.
Conference 2016
FRSN has held its fourth joint conference “How to fix the Deficiencies in the EU Financial System? Bank-State-Nexus, Business Models and the missing Level Playing Field” on 3 Nov. 2016 in Berlin. Speakers have been, inter alia, Catherine Mann, OECD, Dietrich Domanski, Bank for International Settlements, Roberto Gualtieri, European Parliament, Klaus Duellmann, European Central Bank, Emiliano Tornese, European Commission, Robert Jenkings, Better Markets, Claudia Buch, Deutsche Bundesbank, Erik Nielsen, Unicredit, Piers Haben, European Banking Authority, Dominique Laboureix, Single Resolution Board.
Conference 2015
FRSN has been organising its third joint conference “How to design the future EU Financial System? Resolution Framework, Crisis Prevention and Capital Markets Union” on 28 Oct. 2015 in Berlin. Keynotes were held by Elke König, Chair of the Single Resolution Board, and Vitor Constâncio, Vice President of the European Central Bank. Speakers have been inter alia Olivier Jaudoin, French Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority, Fatima Pires, European Central Bank, Christophe Nijdam, Finance Watch, Monica Marcucci, Bank of Italy, Stijn Claessens, Federal Reserve System, Rolf Strauch, European Stability Mechanism.
Conference 2014
FRSN has been organising its second joint conference “The Comprehensive Assessment, the New Role of the ECB and Limits of a Common Supervision in the EU” on 30 Oct. 2014 in Berlin. Keynote speakers have been Thomas Hoenig, Vice Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Erkki Liikanen, Governor of the Bank of Finland. Among the speakers were Mathias Dewatripont, National Bank of Belgium, Sylvie Matherat, Deutsche Bank, Jukka Vesala, European Central Bank, Charles Goodhart, London School of Economics, Aerdt Houben, Dutch Central Bank, Thomas Wieser, Euro Working Group, José Vinals, International Monetary Fund, and others.
Conference 2013
FRSN has been organising its first joint conference “The Single Resolution Mechanism and the Limits of Bank Regulation” on 8 Nov. 2013 in Berlin. Speakers have been inter alia Thomas Steffen, Federal Ministry of Finane, Ramon Fernandez, DG Trésor, Mario Nava, European Commission, Elisa Ferreira, European Paliament, Korbinan Ibel, Commerzbank, Pierre Wunsch, National Bank of Belgium, Gerhard Schick, Deutscher Bundestag, Thomas von Lüpke, Federal Agency for Financial Market Stabilisation.
INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSION EVENTS WITH HIGH-LEVEL SPEAKERS
Speakers and Discussants 2013 to 2018 (alphabetic)
Prof. Kern Alexander, University of Zurich; Dr. Ignazio Angeloni, European Central Bank; Denis Beau, Bank of France; Dr. Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Société Générale; Giuseppe Boccuzzi, Italian Interbank Deposit Protection Fund; Prof. Arnoud Boot, University of Amsterdam; Günter Borgel, Federal Agency for Financial Market Stabilisation; Ralph Brinkhaus, Member Deutscher Bundestag, CDU; Prof. Claudia Buch, Deutsche Bundesbank; Lee Buchheit, Cleary Gottlieb; Costanza Bufalini, Unicredit; Prof. José Manuel Campa, Banco Santander; Prof. Elena Carletti, Bocconi University; Prof. Stijn Claessens, Bank for International Settlements; Lorenzo Codogno, London School of Economics and LC Macro Advisors; Dr. Vitor Constâncio, European Central Bank; Prof. Jean-Pierre Danthine, Paris School of Economics; Dr. Maria Demertzis, Bruegel; Dr. Saskia de Vries-van Ewijk, De Nederlansche Bank; Prof. Mathias Dewatripont, National Bank of Belgium; Dr. Thomas Dohrn, Federal Ministry of Finance; Dietrich Domanski, Bank for International Settlements; Dr. Klaus Duellmann, European Central Bank; Colin Ellis, Moodys; Prof. Henrik Enderlein, Hertie School of Governance; Andrea Enria, European Banking Authority; Markus Ferber, European Parliament, EVP; Ramon Fernandez, French Ministry for the Economy, Finance and Industry; Santiago Fernández de Lis, BBVA; Dr. Elisa Ferreira, Bank of Portugal; Prof. Marcel Fratzscher, DIW Berlin; Prof. Clemens Fuest, Ifo Institute; Sven Giegold, European Parliament, The Greens; Prof. José Manuel González-Páramo, BBVA; Prof. Charles Goodhart, London School of Economics; Rebekah Goshorn Jurata, U.S. Department of the Treasury; Sylvie Goulard, European Parliament, ALDE; Andrew Gracie, Bank of England; Prof. Reint Gropp, Halle Institute for Economic Research; Dr. Roberto Gualtieri, European Parliament, S&D; Piers Haben, European Banking Authority; Dr. Daniel Hardy, International Monetary Fund; Samy Harraz, Single Resolution Board; Dr. Dierk Hirschel, United Services Union Verdi; Dr. Beverly Hirtle, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Thomas Hoenig, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Leo Hoffmann-Axthelm, Transparency International EU; Dr. Levin Holle, German Federal Ministry of Finance; Dr. Dietmar Hornung, Moody’s; Dr. Aerdt Houben, De Nederlandsche Bank; Dr. Korbinian Ibel, European Central Bank; Olivier Jaudoin, French Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority; Robert Jenkins, London Business School; Dr. Andy Jobst, World Bank; Prof. Bart Joosen, VU University Amsterdam; Dennis Kelleher, Better Markets; Dr. Steffen Kern, European Securities and Markets Authority; Prof. Christian Kirchner, Humboldt-University Berlin; Dr. Elke König, Single Resolution Board; Dr. Matthias Kollatz, Senate for Finance of Berlin; Dr. Jörg Kukies, German Federal Ministry of Finance; Dominique Laboureix, Single Resolution Board; Philippe Lamberts, European Parliament; Erkki Liikanen, Bank of Finland; Prof. Catherine Mann, OECD; Monica Marcucci, Bank of Italy; Sylvie Matherat, Deutsche Bank; Francesco Mazzaferro, European Systemic Risk Board; Marco Mazzucchelli, Bank Julius Baer; Liz Meneghello, HM Treasury; Martin Merlin, European Commission; Dr. Reza Moghadam, Morgan Stanley; Dr. Mario Nava, European Commission; Dr. Maria Nieto, Bank of Spain; Christophe Nijdam, Finance Watch; Danièle Nouy, European Central Bank; Prof. Alessio Pacces, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Dr. Wilfried Paus, Deutsche Bank; Prof. Alessandro Penati, Quaestio Capital Management; Thierry Philipponnat, Institut Friedland; Fatima Pires, European Central Bank; Dr. Thorsten Pötzsch, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority; Klaus Regling, European Stability Mechanism; Odile Renaud-Basso, French Ministry for the Economy and Finance; Prof. Georg Ringe, University of Hamburg; Prof. Jörg Rocholl, ESMT Berlin; Dr. Sven Schelo, Linklaters; Dr. Gerhard Schick, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen; Prof. Isabel Schnabel, University of Bonn; Carsten Schneider, SPD; Prof. Dirk Schoenmaker, Bruegel; Dr. Ludger Schuknecht, German Federal Ministry of Finance; Prof. Helmut Siekmann, Goethe-University Frankfurt; Luigi Federico Signorini, Bank of Italy; Dr. Thomas Steffen, Federal Ministry of Finance; Christian Stiefmüller, Finance Watch; Dr. Rolf Strauch, European Stability Mechanism; Dr. Christian Thimann, Axa; Emiliano Tornese, European Commission; Dominik Treeck, Oliver Wyman; Prof. Tobias Tröger, Goethe University Frankfurt; Dr. Natacha Valla, European Investment Bank; David Vegara, European Stability Mechanism; Mark Venus, BNP Paribas; Nicolas Véron, Bruegel and IPPE; Dr. Jukka Vesala, European Central Bank; Dr. José Vinals, International Monetary Fund; Prof. Xavier Vives, IESE Business School; Thomas von Lüpke, Federal Agency for Financial Market Stabilisation; Dr. Leopold von Thadden, European Central Bank; David Walker, International Association of Deposit Insurers; Matthias Wargers, Erste Abwicklungsanstalt; Thomas Wieser, Euro Working Group; Dr. Guntram Woff, Bruegel; Dr. Pierre Wunsch, National Bank of Belgium; Dr. Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Peterson Institute for International Economics