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DIVERSITY IN THE BANKING SECTOR IN EUROPE:
IS IT A PREREQUISITE FOR STABILITY AND
GROWTH?
CEPS Special Event
AGENDA
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), 1 Place du Congrès, B -1000 Brussels, Belgium
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mid stormy waters, financial systems develop and evolve. New institutional forms and new
instruments are invented and used. Some of them turn to be successful and others may disappear:
A process of creative and dynamic competition argues for diversity. Diversity offers an optimal
basis for new ideas to come to life, for existing ideas to evolve and also for old ideas to make their
come-back.
In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the foundations of several decades of modern and innovative
financial systems have been damaged. This has triggered massive state interventions and has led to
revamp the regulatory structures and frameworks. While many voices called for going back to more
traditional approaches to banking and finance, no one has argued for diversity.
This event marks the launch of a new CEPS book, authored by Rym Ayadi, Reinhard H. Schmidt and
Santiago Carbó Valverde, which purpose is to investigate whether diversity in the banking sector is
a prerequisite for stability and growth. The research is a result of two years project supported by the
European Savings Banks Group, the Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros, the Deutschen
Sparkassen- und Giroverband and the Austrian Savings Banks Association.
09:00 Registration
09:20 Introductory Remarks
David T. Llewellyn, Professor, Loughborough University
DIVERSITY IN THE BANKING SECTOR IN EUROPE: IS IT A PREREQUISITE FOR
STABILITY AND GROWTH?
09:40 Rym Ayadi, Senior Research Fellow, CEPS
Reinhard H. Schmidt, Professor, University of Frankfurt
Santiago Carbó Valverde, Professor, University of Granada
10:10 Discussion
DIVERSITY IN EUROPEAN BANKING AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: THE SAVINGS
BANKS PERSPECTIVE
10:30 Panel Discussion with:
Chris De Noose, Managing Director, European Savings Banks Group (ESGB)
Ines Garcia Pintos Balbas, Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros (CECA)
Lothar Blatt - von Raczeck, Deutschen Sparkassen- und Giroverband (DSGV)
Roland Tassler, Austrian Savings Banks Association
DIVERSITY IN EUROPEAN BANKING: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
11:00 Hans-Helmut Kotz*, Member of the Board, Deutsche Bundesbank
11:15 Patrick Pearson, Head of Unit, European Commission
11:30 Wim Fonteyne*, Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
11:45 Discussion
12:00 End of Event
* to be confirmed