An Agenda for Europe and the United States

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March 29-31, 2007 • Louveciennes, France

The fifth annual Europe-U.S. Symposium was held at the BNP Paribas training centre at Louveciennes, France. Discussion focussed on three topics: corporate governance and liability systems in the EU and the U.S.; market regulation and structure in the light of MiFID and Regulation NMS; and derivative markets, alternative products, and financial stability monitoring. The Symposium was held against the backdrop of the continuing EU/U.S. Regulatory Dialogue and recent initiatives in the U.S. and EU to move toward greater convergence of their respective capital markets. The discussion of the specific Symposium topics raised a number of general issues about the U.S./EU dialogue and the ...more...

Topics
•  Issuance of Securities: Corporate Governance and Liability Regimes in the EU and the U.S.
•  Trading of Securities: Market Regulation and Structure
•  Derivative Markets, Alternative Products, and Financial Stability Monitoring

Keynote Speakers
•  Sir Win Bischoff, Chairman, Citigroup Europe
•  C. Boyden Gray, Ambassador of the United States, European Union
•  Jörgen Holmquist, Director-General for the Internal Market and Services, European Commission
•  Michel Pébereau, Chairman of the Board of Directors, BNP Paribas

Symposium Materials
Agenda
Final Plenary Presentation
Final Report
To request a list of participants, please contact Dan McCardell, Deputy Director, PIFS.

We offer our gracious thanks to the 2007 Europe-U.S. Symposium sponsors for their generous support of this year's event. Please click here to view our sponsoring organizations.