Agenda

TSI Congress 2008
Perspectives for the German ABS and credit market

1 and 2 October 2008

Radisson SAS Hotel Berlin
Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 3
10178 Berlin

 

TSI Congress 2008 – Agenda (PDF)

 

Opening forum

“Consequences of the financial market crisis”

Since the crisis began, the securitisation industry as well as governments and central banks have been involved in intensive discussions about the impact of the developments in the financial markets. Initial proposals by international financial and supervisory bodys and the European Commission have been tabled. A first summary from the perspective of the Ministry of Finance and banks will be given in the TSI opening forum, with:

Jörg Asmussen, Head of Capital Markets, Federal Ministry of Finance  
Michael Reuther, Member of the Board of Managing Directors, Commerzbank
Werner Taiber, Member of the Board of Management, WestLB
Michael Zlotnik, Head of Bank Ratings Europe, Middle East & Africa, Standard & Poor‘s

Moderator: Gerhard Hofmann, Member of the Management Board, BVR 

Closing forum

“Corporate finance in Germany – the current debate about the credit markets”

The securitisation of loans, credit risk and leasing receivables has made a substantial contribution in recent years to financing the German economy. From the political perspective, secure framework conditions need to be provided for the financing of corporate needs and the German economy, and risks arising from credit trading and securitisation need to be mitigated. These issues will be discussed in the closing forum, with:

Leo Dautzenberg, Member of the German Parliament and Chairman of the CDU/CSU
parliamentary party in the Financial Committee
Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther, Director and Member of the Presiding Committee,
Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln
Hartmut Schauerte, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
Ludwig Stiegler, Member of the German Parliament, SPD deputy parliamentary party leader

Moderator: Klaus-Friedrich Otto, Editor-in-Chief, “Zeitschrift für das gesamte Kreditwesen“

The main Congress language will be German. Some of the panels will be held in English and some will be translated simultaneously. Full details will be provided in the invitation flyer, which will be sent out in July.