CALENDAR 2016 OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ADAM FARKAS
Last updated: 1-Jul-2016
Calendar 2Q 2016 of the Executive Director, Adam Farkas Month
Date
Apr 1
Chairperson, Executive Director and EBA staff meet with representatives of the Dutch Banking Association to discuss IRB models and Approach and Basel Framework. NVB attendees were: Kees Van Dijkhuizen; Koos Timmermans and Otto ter Haar.
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Representatives of the Association German of Banks (Dirk Jaeger, Carsten Groß, Eva-Maria Kinesberger, Holger Mielk and Michael Engelhard) meet with the Executive Director and policy expert to discuss Completion of Basel III.
7
Adam Farkas delivers closing remarks at the 9th International Banking and Finance Conference organised by the International Business and Diplomatic Exchange (IBDE).
12
The EBA Executive Director meets with Gergely Kiss from Fitch Rating to discuss the EBA transparency data. In the margins of the Eurofi Conference, Adam Farkas meets with:
21
State Street delegation (Jeff Conway, Stefan Gavell and Sven Kasper) to discuss on issues of relevance to custody banks, including European and international work on banks’ prudential requirements, regulations impacting securities finance and the impact of regulation on custody banks more generally. Bank of New York Mellon (Michael Cole-Fontayn, Susan Revell and Veronica Iommi) to exchange views on the current regulatory topics including Capital Markets Union, BRRD and Operational Resilience. HSBC Global Head of Capital Financing, Spencer Laker, to debate on bond market liquidity and green finance.
25
Welcomes Antal Nikoletti from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for an introductory meeting.
26
Adam Farkas attends Association of Foreign Banks (AFB) annual lunch.
28
The Executive Director, with Policy Expert, receives Marina Paoletti from FitchRatings to discuss the rating assessment of Non Performing Loans (NPLs).
CALENDAR 2016 OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ADAM FARKAS
Month
Date
May
10
The Executive Director meets with Pault Saltzman, formerly at The Clearing House Association, and Barney Reynolds, from Shearman on an exchange of views of the current regulatory panorama. Accompanied by a policy expert, Adam Farkas also receives a delegation of the Kroll Bond Rating: James Nadler, Kathleen Kennedy, Angela Liang, Claire Harrop (Freshfield) and Nick Aspinall (Cambridge Place Investment Management). Topics discussed during were corporate mapping status, structured finance mapping status, market acceptance in US amongst others.
12
Adam Farkas exchanges of views on recent regulatory developments with Laszlo Baranyai from European Investment Bank (EIB).
19
Adam Farkas meets with Shahin Vallee from Soros to discuss Banking Union issues.
20
EBA Chairperson, Executive Director and EBA staff, meet with the International Monetary Fund euro team, led by Mahmood Pradhan within the framework of the Art. IV mission on the euro area. IMF attendees were Shekhar Aiyar, James John, Huidan Lin, Bergljot Barkbu, Hervé de Villeroché, John Bluedorn and Balasz Parkanyi.
27
Executive Director meets Martin Doyon from Goldman Sachs on a regulatory exchange of views. The Executive Director meets Richard Parlour from Financial Markets Law International to debate on the current regulatory developments.
31
June
6
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10
In the afternoon, accompanied by EBA staff, meets with the European Investment Bank delegation in the margins of a joint workshop on Synthetics Securitisation. Lead by Deborah Revoltella, attendants were Cristian Popa, Roman Escolano, Alessandro Tappi, Paolo Lombardo, George Passaris, Claudio Zucca, Aron Gereben, Thomas Kusstatscher and Nina van Doren. The Executive Director joins roundtable discussion “Balancing Financial Stability, Innovation, and Economic Growth” organised by the World Economic Forum. Later that day, meets with Sylvie Matherat from Deutsche Bank AG to discuss regulatory topics. Adam Farkas delivers keynote speech at the Bloomberg Annual Markets Symposium with titled “Impact of selected regulation and supervisory measures on Fixed Income Markets (Pillar 2, Resolution and Securitisation)”. The Executive Director, accompanied relevant policy experts, receives delegation from Intesa San Paolo: Silvio Cuneo, Giulio Mignola and Francesca Passamonti. They discussed the review of the credit risk framework and the abolishment of the AMA for operational risk. Bilaterally, they also meet EBA staff to discuss Customer Secure Authentication (Participants: Francesca Passamonti, Alberto Tiberino, Francesco Canfora, and Giancarlo Esposito).
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CALENDAR 2016 OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ADAM FARKAS
Month
Date That day, Adam Farkas meets with the French Treasury representatives: Messrs. Antoine Saintoyant, Nicolas Govillot and Guillaume De Conihout.
12
Adam gives a lecture for the CAS Financial Regulation post-graduate students at the University of Bern on the topic of European Banking Regulatory and Supervisory Architecture.
23
Adam Farkas meets with the British Banker’ Association. Subjects discussed were EU Referendum, EBA MREL review, FAQ process and CRR 2.
24
Andrea Enria and Adam Farkas discuss the current regulatory agenda with Douglas Elliot from Oliver Wyman.
28
The Executive Director speaks at the General Assembly of the European Association of Public Banks. He gives a presentation on the EBA 2016 priorities and their alignment with the Basel process.
30
The Executive Director joins plenary session of the 25 International Financial congress: The future of financial markets. This event was organised by the Central Bank of Russia together with St Petersburg Council.
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