“Regulatory approaches and bank management strategies in a time of uncertainty"
A Conference from 9:00am to 17:30 on Friday 20th June 2025 in Room ESGW111 at Brunel University of London, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, UK.
With contributions from some of the world’s leading authorities on regulatory policy, bank behaviour and financial instability, this conference will provide a critical overview of responses to prevailing uncertainty and enhanced risks on the part of banks, central banks and regulators and the outcome in terms of bank performance and financial stability.
Presenters are as follows:
David Aikman (Professor of Finance and Director of the Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance, King’s Business School, King’s College London) “Financial (In)Stability Zones”
Olivier de Bandt (Director of Research, Banque de France) and Skander Maraoui, (Paris-Est University (UPEC)), “The impact of temperature shocks on banks’ loan supply”.
Simon Brennan (Director, EMEA Centre for Regulatory Strategy, Deloitte LLP), “Reducing the regulatory burden to support competitiveness and growth: which changes matter most?”
E Philip Davis (Honorary Professor of Banking and Finance, Brunel University of London) and Dilruba Karim (Senior Lecturer, Brunel University of London), “Ageing and Financial Markets”
John Fell (Deputy Director General, Macroprudential Policy, European Central Bank), “House Price Booms and Policy Choices: Insights from a Meta-Regression Study”
Alper Kara (Professor of Banking and Finance, Brunel University of London), “ESG rating divergence: The role of data source and its implications”
Fotios Pasiouras (Professor of Banking and Finance, MBS School of Business), “Macroprudential policies and the cost of bank equity: International evidence”
Rhiannon Sowerbutts (Senior Economist, Macroprudential Strategy and Support Division, Bank of England), “Regulatory independence and financial stability”
Dimitrios Tsomocos (Professor of Financial Economics, Said Business School, Oxford University), “Distressed Assets and Fiscal-Monetary Support: Are AMCs a Third Way?”
Conference organisers are:
Prof. E Philip Davis (philip.davis@brunel.ac.uk)
Prof. Alper Kara (alper.kara@brunel.ac.uk)
Dr. Dilruba Karim (dilruba.karim@brunel.ac.uk)
Banking Research Group, Brunel Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting.
The conference will be held in person at Brunel and will also be livestreamed. We strongly encourage personal attendance to benefit from the event to the full. Attendance is free but places are limited so please register with Sylvaine Rousseau Baynes to secure your place, stating personal attendance or livestreaming by email Sylvaine.RousseauBaynes@brunel.ac.uk