ESRB Seminar on “Safe assets in Europe” in parallel to the IMF/WB annual meetings
1800est Delegation of the EU to the US,
2175 K Street,
NW, Washington DC
Programme
Thursday, 6 October 2016
- 18:00
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Introduction
by Philip R. Lane, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland and chair of the session
- 18:10
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Description of the proposal for sovereign bond backed securities (SBSs), comprising European Safe Bonds (ESBies) and European Junior Bonds (EJBies)
- Analysis of SBSs' quantitative properties
- Analysis of the effect of SBSs on the diabolic loop between sovereign risk and bank risk
by Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Professor at NYU Stern
- 18:40
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Description of the regulatory actions necessary to lay the groundwork for SBSs
by Sam Langfield, Principal at the European Systemic Risk Board
- 19:00
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Discussion
by Mahmood Pradhan, Deputy Director of the European Department at the International Monetary Fund
- 19:10
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Discussion
by Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics
- 19:20
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General discussion with comments and questions from session participants
- 20:00
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Conclusion