SFC 2021 Annual Conference

Post-Pandemic Recovery and New Growth Models

Programme

16 March 2021 | 10:00 - 12:00 CET

Post-Pandemic Recovery

Opening remarks

Peter Derendinger

SFC Chairman and Member of the Board of UBS Switzerland

Peter Derendinger

SFC Chairman and Member of the Board of UBS Switzerland

Keynote remarks

Elke König

Chair of the Single Resolution Board

Elke König

Chair of the Single Resolution Board

Exchange of views | Post-Pandemic Recovery: Economic Stocktaking, Outlook and Projection

Roberto Gualtieri

Former Italian Minister of Economy and Finance

Roberto Gualtieri

Former Italian Minister of Economy and Finance

Axel A. Weber

Chairman of the Board of Directors, UBS Group

Axel A. Weber

Chairman of the Board of Directors, UBS Group

Moderated by

David Wright

Chairman, EUROFI

David Wright

Chairman, EUROFI

Panel I | Post-Pandemic Recovery: Lessons Learned and Adjustments in the Banking Sector

The combination of government stabilization efforts and banks’ support to their clients allowed to effectively limit the economic fallout of the pandemic despite unprecedented disruptions.

This panel will discuss the lessons from the crisis for the policy framework: what has worked, what still needs to be done and what has led to unintended consequences? It will address issues such as pro-cyclicality, capital and liquidity buffers, market fragmentation and ring fencing, how return to sustainable RoE ratios, etc.

The panel will also look at the perspectives of the European banking sector and the regulatory framework in the new context, as well as it will reflect on the role of the financial sector in the recovery, by discussing how banks are part of the path to recovery and how third country banks can contribute further in that direction.

Mark Branson

CEO of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority

Mark Branson

CEO of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority

Paulina Dejmek Hack

Director for General Affairs, DG FISMA at the European Commission

Paulina Dejmek Hack

Director for General Affairs, DG FISMA at the European Commission

Kerstin af Jochnick

Member of the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanism

Kerstin af Jochnick

Member of the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanism

Carolyn Rogers

Secretary General, Basel Committee for Banking Supervision

Carolyn Rogers

Secretary General, Basel Committee for Banking Supervision

Axel A. Weber

Chairman of the Board of Directors, UBS Group

Axel A. Weber

Chairman of the Board of Directors, UBS Group

Moderated by

Rebecca Christie

Senior Fellow, Bruegel

Rebecca Christie

Senior Fellow, Bruegel

Closing remarks

Peter Derendinger

SFC Chairman and Member of the Board of UBS Switzerland

Peter Derendinger

SFC Chairman and Member of the Board of UBS Switzerland

18 March 2021 | 14:30 - 16:30 CET

New Growth Models

Opening remarks

Lukas Gähwiler

Chairman of the Board of Directors, UBS Switzerland AG

Lukas Gähwiler

Chairman of the Board of Directors, UBS Switzerland AG

Keynote remarks

Ueli Maurer

Swiss Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department of Finance

Ueli Maurer

Swiss Federal Councillor and Head of the Federal Department of Finance

Exchange of views | Post-Pandemic Economy: Towards Green and Digital Transitions

José Manuel Campa

Chair of the European Banking Authority

José Manuel Campa

Chair of the European Banking Authority

Urs Rohner

Chairman of the Board of Credit Suisse Group

Urs Rohner

Chairman of the Board of Credit Suisse Group

Moderated by

David Wright

Chairman, EUROFI

David Wright

Chairman, EUROFI

Panel II | Post-Pandemic Economy: Towards Green and Digital Transitions

The recovery will accelerate the transition towards a green and digital economy which lies at the heart of the European Green Deal and the Digital Single Market. The European Commission will soon present a Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy and it has published a Digital Finance Strategy last year, thus illustrating the importance that the financial sector will play in the green and digital transitions.

Key integration projects like the CMU and Banking Union are given renewed impetus as they become even more important in the post-pandemic economic recovery. They are complementary to the objectives of the Green Deal and the Digital Single Market. The CMU sets out crucial framework conditions for a successful transition towards a green and digital economy.

This panel will discuss recent progress and future goals in green and digital finance and the actions needed to foster Europe’s competitiveness as well as to limit the risk of fragmentation. Further, we will reflect on the importance of the relationship between the EU and third countries.

Isabel Benjumea

Member of the European Parliament

Isabel Benjumea

Member of the European Parliament

Steven Maijoor

Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

Steven Maijoor

Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

Sabine Maudere

Chair of NGFS' "Scaling-up green finance" workstream, Executive Board Member of Deutsche Bundesbank

Sabine Maudere

Chair of NGFS' "Scaling-up green finance" workstream, Executive Board Member of Deutsche Bundesbank

Urs Rohner

Chairman of the Board of Credit Suisse Group

Urs Rohner

Chairman of the Board of Credit Suisse Group

Daniela Stoffel

State Secretary for International Finance, Federal Department of Finance (SIF)

Daniela Stoffel

State Secretary for International Finance, Federal Department of Finance (SIF)

Moderated by

Rebecca Christie

Senior Fellow, Bruegel

Rebecca Christie

Senior Fellow, Bruegel

Closing remarks

Lukas Gähwiler

Chairman of the Board of Directors, UBS Switzerland AG

Lukas Gähwiler

Chairman of the Board of Directors, UBS Switzerland AG

Speakers

Day 1 - Post-Pandemic Recovery

Day 2 - New Growth Models