The Sixth Brunel Banking Conference "Bank regulation, performance and stability - facing global challenges"

THE SIXTH BRUNEL BANKING CONFERENCE “Bank regulation, performance and stability - facing global challenges" A Conference from 9.00-5.30 on Friday 21st June 2024 in Room ESGW111 at Brunel University London, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK With contributions from some of the world’s leading authorities on financial crises, bank behaviour, monetary and regulatory policy, this conference will provide a critical overview of challenges facing the banking sector, the regulatory response and the impact on bank performance and stability.

Presenters are as follows:

John Fell (Deputy Director General, Macroprudential Policy, European Central Bank) “In search of macroprudential policy effectiveness”

Charles Goodhart (Emeritus Professor of Banking and Finance, London School of Economics) “'Reforming the Incentive Structure for Bank Executives”

Patricia Jackson (Non- executive Chairman SMBC Capital Markets, Chair of the Risk Committee, SMBCI and Handelsbank plc) “Regulation, fallacies and false assumptions”

Alper Kara (Professor of Banking and Finance, Brunel University) “Climate risk, responsible banking and securitization”. (Special Adviser, Financial Stability Department, Norges Bank) “Is homeownership sacrificed on the altar of macroprudential regulation?”

Fergal McCann (Head of Division, Macro-Financial Division, Central Bank of Ireland) “The costs and benefits of macroprudential mortgage policies – lessons from implementation in Ireland”

Louis Nguyen (Professor of Finance, Durham University), “Regulating Zombie Properties”

Klaus Schaeck (Professor of Banking and Finance, University of Bristol Business School), “Climate Stress Tests, Bank Lending, and the Transition to the Carbon-Neutral Economy”

Rhiannon Sowerbutts (Senior Economist, Macroprudential Strategy and Support Division, Bank of England), “Financial services trade restrictions and lending from an international financial centre”

Conference organisers are

Prof. E Philip Davis (philip.davis@brunel.ac.uk)

Dr. Dilruba Karim (dilruba.karim@brunel.ac.uk)

Dr. Ka Kei Chan (kakei.chan@brunel.ac.uk )

Banking Research Group, Brunel Department of Economics and Finance. The conference is held in person at Brunel and will also be livestreamed. We strongly encourage personal attendance to benefit to the full from the event.

Attendance is free but places are limited so please register with Sylvaine Rousseau Baynes to secure your place, stating personal attendance or livestreaming e-mail

Sylvaine.RousseauBaynes@brunel.ac.uk