BACEE events in 2007

Basel II and European Capital Requirement Directive Seminar in co-operation with KPMG-BME Academy (3-4 December 2007)

THE BACEE WEEK '2007 (20-23 November 2007, Budapest)

17th BACEE Country and Bank Conference (20-22 November 2007)

The Conference attracted 96 delegates from 25 countries.

Presentations were delivered by the following speakers:

Mr. Garegin A. Tosunyan, President of the Association of Russian Banks
Dr. Roland Pac, Bank Director, Organisation and Strategic Planning Division, ING Bank, Warsaw
Mr. Samuel Theodore, Managing Director, DBRS
Mr. Niels Lundorff, Former Head of Risk Control and Policies Area of the UniCredit Group, Milan
Mr. Jan Klacso, Head of Financial Market Risk Analysis Section, Financial Market Supervision Department, National Bank of Slovakia
Mr. Roman V. Solodchenko, Chairman, Bank TuranAlem
Mr. Souren Hayriyan, President of Unistream Bank
Ms. Elena Coleman, Board Member, Parex Asset Management, Riga
Mr. István Rácz, Chief Economist, Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority
Ms. Magdolna Sass, Institute of Economics of HAS and ICEG EC; Banking system presentation by BACEE
Mrs. Nerminka Hromic, Head of Licensing Division, Federal Banking Agency Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo
Ms. Anne Green, Fraud Consultant Information Solutions, Experian Decision Analytics
Mr. Ben Aris, Editor-in-chief, Business New Europe, London
Mr. David Snowdon, Head of Emerging Europe Country Risk, Business Monitor International, London
Mr. Seyhan Pencapligil, CEO, Banka Kombetare Tregtare, Tirana
Mrs. Rozalia Pal, Senior Economist in UniCredit Tiriac Bank, Bucharest
Mr. Kristofor Pavlov, Chief Economist of UniCredit Bulbank
Mr. Serkan Ozcan, Banking Specialist, Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency of Turkey
Mr. Allan Yarish, Global Credit Portfolio Management, Societe Generale CIB
Mr. Christian Moor, HSBC Bank plc, ABS & Structured Bonds
Mr. Farkas Balázs Hadady, BACEE, Budapest
Mr. István Lengyel, BACEE, Budapest
Mr. Zoran Malesevic, Member of the Executive Board, Agrobanka, Belgrade
Mrs. Susan Chaffin, SBC Global Advisors

Joint BACEE - Moody’s Seminar on CEE Country Risk Analysis (23 November 2007)

This event was attended by 22 delegates from 11 countries. The seminar speaker was Mr. J Maurice Skehan.

BACEE's Intensive Training Course on Bank Analysis with comments on the current turbulences on financial markets and their impact on banks (29-31 October 2007, Budapest)

Conference on Operational Risk in Banks 2007 (21-22 June 2007, Budapest)

The Conference attracted 59 delegates from 19 countries.

Presentations were delivered by the following speakers:

Ms. Andrea Schnabl, Operational Risk Management an IT-Organization, OeKB AG, Wien
Ms. Anne Green, Fraud Consultant, Experian Scorex, Nottingham
Mr. Attila Kirner, Head of IT Supervisory Department, Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority, Budapest
Mr. Bruno Wiederkehr, Member of the Board, ISACA, Switzerland
Mr. Dániel Homolya, Nemzetközi Bankárképző, Erste Bank, Budapest
Mr. Géza Nyiry, Member of the Board, ISACA, Budapest
Mr. Gábor Farkas, Head of BCM Unit, Erste Bank, Budapest
Mr. Gergely Krisztián Horváth, Member of the Board, ISACA, Budapest
Mr. Hendrik Ceulemans, Executive Manager, InfoGovernance, Belgium
Ms. Judit Matusek, EU Advisor, Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority, Budapest
Mr. Nils Loehndorf, Executive Director, Interprojects GmbH
Mr. Pavol Adamec, Senior Manager, KPMG Slovensko Spol s r.o., Bratislava
Mr. Petar Curkovic, National bank of Croatia, Croatia
Ms. Sarah Ahmad Abedin, President, Pinnacle Consulting LLC, Maryland
Mr. Tervor Bedeman, Managing Consultant, Financial Information Markets, West Netherton Bradford Road Winsley, Bradford on Avon
Mr. Zoltan Ormós, Attorney, Ormós Law Office, Budapest
Mr. Zoltán Kállay, CIB Bank, Budapest
Mr. Zoltán Mogyorósi, CIB Bank, Budapest
Mr. Zsolt Illési, Proteus Consulting Ltd, Budapest
Ms. Klára Kasnyik, Erste Bank Hungary, Budapest

Masterclass on Bank Analysis jointly organised with Moody's (23-25 May 2007, Budapest)

This event was attended by 18 delegates from 13 countries. The goal of the Training Course was to update skilled analysts on latest developments in bank analysis, rating methodologies, securitisation issues and capital management. The training was held by Maurice Skehan, Senior Analyst of Moody's; Andrea Durante, Securitisation Origination, Dexia Bank; Christopher Skak Nielsen, Manager, Risk Capital, Danske Bank; and BACEE's staff.

BACEE Seminar on "Securitisation/Structured Debt for Central & Eastern European Banks" held in association with Clifford Chance (16 April 2007, Budapest)

The seminar took place with the participation of 47 delegates from 23 countries. The goal of the seminar was to bring together representatives of the securitisation industry and banks interested in securitising their assets.

Presentations were delivered by:

Mr. Gábor Felsen, Senior Associate, Clifford Chance, London
Mr. Simeon Radcliff, Partner, Clifford Chance, London
Mr. Nikos Papailiou, Executive Director, Calyon, London
Ms. Mónika Kék, Head of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Budapest
Ms. Edina Balogh, Supervisor, Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority, Budapest
Mr. Zoltán Galyo, Assistant Director Securitization, HBOS, London
Mr. Daniel Mumzhiu, Analyst, Moody's, London

16th BACEE Country and Bank Conference (17-19 April 2007, Budapest), organised in association with Eximbank Hungary Pte Ltd. and Clifford Chance as co-operation partner

The Conference attracted 98 delegates from 25 countries. The presentations covered the economic situation and banking system of Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, The Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

Presentations were delivered by the following speakers:

Mr. Péter Köves, Senior Partner and Founder of Clifford Chance in Budapest
Mr. Peter Breyer, Expert Large Banking Corporations, Austrian National Bank, Vienna
Mr. Roland Pac, Executive Bank Director, ING Bank, Warsaw
Mr. Pavel Mertlík, former Minister of Economy, Chief Economist, Raiffeisenbank a.s., Prague
Mr. Stefan Rychtárik, Head of Financial Market Risk Analysis Section, National Bank of Slovakia, Bratislava
Mr. István Rácz, Chief Economist, Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority, Budapest
Mr. Andrey Blinov, Science Editor, Expert Ukraine Group, Kiev
Ms. Elena Coleman, Board Member, Parex Asset Management, Riga
Mr. Rolandas Balandis, Member of the Board, Ukio bankas, Vilnius
Mr. Andrus Kluge, CEO, Eesti Krediidipank, Tallinn
Mr. Arno Schreiber, Senior Manager, zeb/rolfes.schierenbeck.associates, Münster
Ms. Gulnara Tleukulova, Executive Director, BankTuranAlem, Almaty
Ms. Saule Bainazarova Head of Department, Risk Management Division, BankTuranAlem, Almaty
Mr. David Snowdon, Head of Emerging Europe Country Risk, Business Monitor International, London
Mr. Alain Deckers, Enlargement Co-ordinator, European Commission, Brussels
Mr. Marko Mrkalj, Research Department, National Bank of Croatia, Zagreb
Mr. Zoran Malesevic, Deputy Director, Agrobanka, Belgrade
Mrs. Nerminka Hromic, Head of Licensing Division, Federal Banking Agency Bosnia- Herzegovina, Sarajevo
Mr. Victor Chetverykov, General Director, National Rating Agency, Moscow
Ms. Natalia Fedorischenko, Head of Correspondent Banking, Unistream Commercial Bank, Moscow
Lady Olga Maitland, CEO, International Association of Money Transfer Networks, London
Mr. Seyhan Pencapligil, Chief Executive Officer, Banka Kombetare Tregtare, Tirana
Mr. Kristijan Hvala, Director of Risk Management, Abanka Vipa, Ljubljana
Mr. Fabio Mucci, Economist, UniCredit Group, Milan
Mr. Kristofor Pavlov, Chief Economist, Bulbank - Member of UniCredit Group, Sofia
Mr. Tony O'Rourke, University of Stirling, Scotland
Ms. Nina Vujosevic, Head of Department, Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank AD, Podgorica
Dr. Jürgen Engel, Senior Advisor, Corporate Development, KBC Group, Brussels
Mr. Serkan Oczan, Banking Specialist, Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency of Turkey, Ankara
Mr. István Lengyel, BACEE
Mr. Farkas Balázs Hadady, BACEE

During the conference a special session dedicated to the activities of Export Credit Agencies in CEE was held. From BACEE's members the Eximbank Pte Ltd, MEHIB, the Czech Export Bank and HBOR hosted the session. Non-member participants were: Oesterreichische Kontrollbank and KfW.

On Day 1, based on the special agreement with EFMA (the European Financial Management and Marketing Association), EFMA's "CEE Banking Study 2007" was presented by the authors,(zeb.associates, Germany).

On Day 2, a session on Money Transfer was held, hosted by Uniastrum Bank, BACEE's member.

BACEE's Media partners at the conference were: the Banker's Almanac, ISI Emerging Markets, Emerging Europe Monitor, Business New Europe. The Gold Sponsors of the conference were Clifford Chance and Vnesprombank, Moscow.

BACEE's Intensive Training Course on Bank Risk Analysis (13-15 February 2007, Budapest)

The training course was attended by 33 delegates from 21 countries. The goal of the training was to make participants acquinted with the most up-to-date methods in bank analysis with a particular focus on analysing banks in Central and Eastern Europe. The training was held by BACEE's staff.

BACEE's Seminar for the Members of the Hungarian Banking Association (25 January 2007)

BACEE's staff presented updated reports on the economic situation of Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine and their banking system to the members of the Hungarian Banking Association.

IFRS Seminar in Central and Eastern Europe - Three-day Masterclass. Organised jointly with KPMG BME Academy (15-17 January 2007, Budapest)

18 delegates from 11 countries participated in this seminar. Participants got acquainted with the latest changes in the IFRS rules and their application by banks, with special focus on CEE.