CEE Covered Bond Briefing 2020 | Euromoney Conferences | 15 January 2020 | TBA, Vienna, Austria

There has recently been a rapid increase in the development of covered bonds in many countries in central and eastern Europe. Previously this cornerstone of the western European mortgage market has been under developed in most of the countries in the region. Drivers of this rapid growth include the need for CEE banks to reduce their reliance on foreign parental funding, the development of local currency capital markets, the inadequacy of deposit funding to match the growth in mortgage origination and, crucially, the introduction of a covered bond directive.

This CEE Covered Bond Briefing will take a practical approach to the key topics in this area for prospective issuers and jurisdictions including the realities of establishing a programme from scratch, the market appetite for CEE covered bonds and the resultant term and cost of funds that issuers can expect to achieve and the rapid growth in demand for green and sustainable covered bonds and whether this can open up new lines of funding for CEE borrowers.

2020 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Ruth Beddows
Managing Director, GlobalCapital

Luca Bertalot
Secretary General, European Mortgage Federation - European Covered Bond Council (EMF-ECBC)

SPEAKERS:

Andrej Hronec
Head of Treasury and Asset Liability Management, VUB

Richard Kemmish
Editorial Consultant, Euromoney Conferences

Richard Kosecky
Head of Balance Sheet Management, Slovenska sporitelna, a.s.

Sergiu Oprescu
Executive President, Alpha Bank Romania

Michael Santer
Head of Treasury and Private Banking, Volksbank Wien AG

Patrick Widmayer
Vice President, Senior Credit Officer, Moody’s Investors Service

Agnieszka Zdziennicka
Head of Treasury, PKO Bank Hipoteczny SA

2020 Sponsors and Supporters

SPONSORS:
• Erste Group
• Moody's Investors Service

CO-HOST:
• Global Capital

SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS:
• European Bank
• ECBC