SUERF Webinar Series: Central Banking and Finance Forum

Key takeaways from the ECB’s new Financial Stability Review

May 28, 2020 16:00 - 17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)

Date: Thursday, 28 May 2020 − 16:00-17:00 CET

Speakers
John Fell, Deputy Director General for Macroprudential Policy and Financial Stability, ECB
Tamarah Shakir, Deputy Head of the Systemic Risks and Financial Institutions Division, ECB
Andreas Pfeil, Senior Bank Sector Analyst, Unit Risk Analysis and Stress Testing (RAST), EBA

Moderator
Esa Jokivuolle, Head of Research, Bank of Finland and SUERF

Webinar Slides PDF: 
Fell and Shakir Presentation - ECB - Financial Stability Review
Pfeil Presentation - EBA - Discussant contribution – with focus on first insights into COVID-19 impacts onthe EU Banking Sector

Join us on Thursday, 28 May 2020 at 16:00-17.00 CET, for a SUERF webinar on "Key takeaways from the ECB’s new Financial Stability Review" with John Fell and Tamarah Shakir, ECB. Andreas Pfeil, EBA, will act as discussant. The event will be moderated by Esa Jokivuolle, Bank of Finland. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss and ask questions via live chat. 

Topics will include:
• What has been the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the euro area’s financial system?
• How have economic, monetary and regulatory policies helped to safeguard financial stability?
• Which risks loom for financial stability in the near and medium term? How to address them?

The ECB’s Financial Stability Review provides an overview of potential risks to financial stability in the euro area. It aims to promote awareness in the financial industry and among the public of euro area financial stability issues. It is published twice a year. 

	John Fell is Deputy Director General for Macroprudential Policy and Financial Stability at the European Central Bank. Prior to joining the ECB in 1998, as a principal economist, he held various positions at the European Monetary Institute (EMI) and the Central Bank of Ireland.
	Tamarah Shakir is the Deputy Head of the Systemic Risks and Financial Institutions Division  at the ECB, and part of her role is to lead production of the semi-annual Financial Stability Review. Prior to joining the ECB in 2019, she worked for over a decade at the Bank of England holding various positions in the financial stability, monetary analysis and markets departments, and previously worked at the British Embassy in Washington DC.
	Andreas Pfeil is senior bank sector analyst at the European Banking Authority (EBA) in Paris. His focus here is on the ongoing risk analysis of the EU/EEA banking sector, including the risk assessment report, risk dashboard, industry working groups, NPLs, several country specific stress tests, valuation related topics and similar. Following his studies at the University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart) Andreas joined PwC in Frankfurt. There he worked at IAS/IFRS transformation projects at big European banks, before joining the valuation & transaction services team for financial services. Following a three year secondment at PwC Kyiv (Ukraine), he moved on to the EBA in London.
	Esa Jokivuolle is Head of Research at the Bank of Finland.  He leads the research unit at the Monetary Policy and Research Department. The unit focuses on researching the interaction and stability of the macroeconomy and financial markets. He graduated in 1990 as M.Pol.Sc. from the University of Helsinki, majoring in economics, and received his doctorate (PhD) in the field of finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, in 1996.