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17th high-level meeting on Regulatory and Supervisory Priorities
Jointly organised by the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the Financial Stability Institute (FSI) of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) 7-8 December, [venue], Abu Dhabi
Agenda
Wednesday 7 December 2022
Registration 8:30-9:00
1. Welcoming and introductory remarks
H.E. Abdulrahman Al-Hamidy, Director General Chairman of the Board, AMF
H.E. Khaled Mohamed Balama, Governor, Central Bank of United Arab Emirates
Neil Esho, Secretary General, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Fernando Restoy, Chair, FSI, Bank for International Settlements
9:00-9:30
2. Keynote address
H.E. Fahad Al-Mubarak, Governor, Saudi Central Bank
9:30-10:00
3. Session 1: Emerging risks and trends in the financial systems of the Arab world
This session will discuss policy issues on which regional authorities currently focus, including the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the banking sector and its implication for banking supervision; rising interest amid inflationary and geopolitical pressures; or digital banking and dependence on new technology.
Chair: H.E. Abdulrahman Al-Hamidy, Director General Chairman of the Board, AMF
Speakers:
H.E. Abdellatif Jouahri, Governor, Banque Al-Maghrib H.E. Marouane El Abassi, Governor, Central Bank of Tunisia H.E. Tahir Al Amri, Chief Executive, Central Bank of Oman H.E. Sheikh Bandar Al-Thani, Governor, Qatar Central Bank
10:00-11:30
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4. Coffee break 11:30-12:00
5. Session 2: Digital currencies in the Arab world
This session will discuss how central banks’ balance the opportunities and risks of issuing digital currencies and their implications on monetary and financial stability.
Chair: H.E. Adel Alsharkas, Governor, Central Bank of Jordan Speakers:
H.E. Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj, Governor, Central Bank of Bahrain H.E. Basel Al-Haroun, Governor, Central Bank of Kuwait
Ulrich Bindseil, Director General Market Infrastructure and Payments, ECB Benedicte Nolens, Head of Hong Kong Centre, BIS Innovation Hub
12:00-13:30
6. Lunch hosted by AMF 13:30-14:30
7. Session 3: Financial stability and crisis management
This session will discuss systemic risks and authorities’ crisis management approaches, covering issues such as whether a strengthening of authorities’
toolkit, for example for D-SIB resolution or in view of risks from the non- bank financial sector, is needed.
Chair: H.E. Salah Eddine Taleb, Governor, Bank of Algeria Speakers:
Andres Portilla. Managing Director, Regulatory Affairs, IIF
Ebrahim Al-Zaabi, Assistant Governor, Central Bank of United Arab Emirates
Eva Hupkes, Head of Policy, Financial Stability Board
Rastko Vrbaski, Senior Advisor, FSI, Bank for International Settlements
14:30-15:45
8. Coffee break
Featuring a video presentation on the FSI FinRep project
15:45-16:00
9. Session 4: Commodities markets amid inflationary pressures
This session will discuss disruptions in commodities markets, especially in the food and energy markets, and what policies might contain them.
Chair: H.E. Hassan Abdalla, Governor, Central Bank of Egypt Speakers:
16:00- 17:00Sub
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Stijn Claessens, Head of Financial Stability Policy, BIS
Michael Gibson, Director, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Cornelia Holthausen, Director General, European Central Bank
10. End of first day sessions 17:00
Thursday 8 December 2022
11. Welcoming remarks
Neil Esho, Secretary General, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
9:00-9:10
12. Keynote address
Pablo Hernández de Cos, Governor, Bank of Spain, and BCBS Chair
9:10-9:30
13. Session 5: A challenging climate – prudential treatment of financial risks around climate change and sustainable development
This session will focus on climate change and other threats to sustainable development, how they impact on financial stability and how prudential policy and supervision can help address these issues.
Chair: Neil Esho, Secretary General, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
Speakers:
Dr. Fahad Al-Shathri, Deputy Governor, Saudi Central Bank
Mohamed Abou Moussa, First-Sub Governor, Central Bank of Egypt Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board, ECB
Sue Lloyd, Vice-Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board
9:30-11:00
14. Coffee break 11:00-11:30
15. Session 6: From macro risks to micro requirements – stress tests and pillar 2 capital requirements
This session will take a closer look at how prudential policies capture known and emerging risks and discuss ways to address them, for example through stress tests and resulting capital requirements, including under Pillar 2.
11:30-13:00
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Chair: Fernando Restoy, Chair, FSI, Bank for International Settlements Speakers:
Dr. Wassim Manssouri, First Vice-Governor, Banque du Liban Sabine Lautenschlaeger, Board Member, DFSA
Sam Woods, Deputy Governor, Bank of England Arthur Yuen, Deputy Chief Executive, HKMA 16. Closing remarks
Fernando Restoy, Chair, FSI, BIS
H.E. Abdulrahman Al-Hamidy, Director General Chairman of the Board, AMF
13:00-13:15
17. Lunch hosted by AMF
* Speakers to be confirmed
