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5 November 2014

Finance Watch event “What finance for what growth?”

Add to calendar 20141105 17:30 20141105 21:30 Europe/Paris Finance Watch event “What finance for what growth?”

“What finance for what growth?” Exploring the right size and business models for a financial system that supports smart, sustainable and inclusive growth

Stanhope Hotel, Brussels - Stanhope Hotel, Rue du Commerce, Brussels, Belgium Finance Watch contact@finance-watch.org aoMSanpGmzuejoUWimpX252633
17:30 - 21:30

Stanhope Hotel, Brussels, Stanhope Hotel, Rue du Commerce, Brussels, Belgium

“What finance for what growth?” Exploring the right size and business models for a financial system that supports smart, sustainable and inclusive growth

After-work panel discussion on 5 November 2014* 

Stanhope Hotel, Rue du Commerce 9, Brussels

Policymakers are seeking ways to make the financial sector fund more real economic growth. With compelling evidence that over-financialisation and chronic instability are a burden on the economy and society, how can policymakers promote the right kind of finance for the right kind of growth?

Download the event’s transcript (pdf, 20 pages)

Programme

18.00 – Welcome by Benoît Lallemand, Acting Secretary General, Finance Watch

18.15 – Keynote speech by Roberto Gualtieri, MEP & ECON Chair

18.30 – Panel discussion:

      • Sirpa Pietikäinen, MEP
      • Jean-Louis Bancel, President, Group Crédit Cooperatif
      • Wim Mijs, Chief Executive, European Banking Federation
      • Professor Thorsten Beck, Cass Business School, London

On the occasion of this event, Finance Watch has published a collection of recent thought-provoking facts and findings on the relationship between finance and growth.

* The event previously advertised on this webpage has been changed to avoid a conflict with the European Commission’s planned High level Conference on Finance for Growth on 6 November.  Finance Watch’s next full day public conference will take place in early 2015.

Add to calendar 20141105 17:30 20141105 21:30 Europe/Paris Finance Watch event “What finance for what growth?”

“What finance for what growth?” Exploring the right size and business models for a financial system that supports smart, sustainable and inclusive growth

Stanhope Hotel, Brussels - Stanhope Hotel, Rue du Commerce, Brussels, Belgium Finance Watch contact@finance-watch.org aDFdtugMkzeEXUhHCmVG49806

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Stanhope Hotel, Brussels
Stanhope Hotel, Rue du Commerce, Brussels, Belgium

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