Name of the Event: The Market for Retail Financial Services Development Integration and Economic Effects
Venue: Prague, Czech Republic
Date: 20th October 2008 to 21st October 2008
Principal Areas of Discussion: The Evolution of Retail Finance, the Real Effects of Retail Financial Services and Financial Retail Services Integration and Regulation
Objectives: To promote international research on the biggest aspects of the growth of the retail financial services market and give a platform for discussions to the market participants, researchers and the policy makers.
Speakers: Professor Roman Inderst, Zdenek Tuma, Gertrude Tumpell-Gugerell and Andreas Treichl
International and Local Partners: Czech National Bank
About The Market for Retail Financial Services Development Integration and Economic Effects
The Market for Retail Financial Services Development Integration and Economic Effects would be held at Prague, Czech Republic from 20th October 2008 to 21st October 2008. The Market for Retail Financial Services Development Integration and Economic Effects would be hosted by the Czech National Bank.
Objectives of The Market for Retail Financial Services Development Integration and Economic Effects
The Market for Retail Financial Services Development Integration and Economic Effects has two principal objectives. The first one is to provide the best possible international research on the biggest aspects of the growth of the retail financial services market, its integration in the European Union and the role being played by it in the context of financial as well as economic efficacy.
The second objective is to give a platform for discussions to the market participants, researchers and the policy makers. Any research that is relevantly experimental, policy-oriented as well as theoretical in nature would be considered for entry in The Market for Retail Financial Services Development Integration and Economic Effects.
Topics of The Market for Retail Financial Services Development Integration and Economic Effects
The following topics would be covered in The Market for Retail Financial Services Development Integration and Economic Effects:
The Growth of Retail Finance
- Patterns in start-up financing businesses in Europe, retail banking, insurances, retail payments (including SEPA), venture capitals and mutual funds
- Retail finance in Central, South-Eastern, and Eastern Europe
- The stability and growth of mortgage market
The Real Effects of Retail Financial Services
- Retail finance, development and consumer credit
- National and community effects of retail banking and lack of employment, inequality and growth of economies
- Venture capital, innovation and industry dynamics. This also includes SME financing.
Integration and Regulation of Financial Retail Services
The role played by laws, regulations and their coordination in retail finance in a Europe.
Cross-border activities in different retail financial services and local information
Language barriers, culture, diversion in consumer protection rules as well as taxation as difficulties in case of the integration of the retail market
Speakers of The Market for Retail Financial Services Development Integration and Economic Effects
Following are the speakers of The Market for Retail Financial Services Development Integration and Economic Effects:
- Professor Roman Inderst - University of Frankfurt
- Zdenek Tuma - Governor of Czech National Bank
- Gertrude Tumpell-Gugerell - Executive Board Member European Central Bank
- Andreas Treichl - CEO Erste Bank
Contact Person
Sabine Wiedemann
ECB