33rd ECBC Plenary Meeting

📍    Munich, Germany

🕓  09:00 - 17:00 CEST

📅  13 September 2023

The Plenaries


The bi-annual ECBC Plenary meeting is the covered bond industry’s key networking event, traditionally bringing together more than 300 key decision makers including issuers, investors, government and regulatory officials at national, European and global levels, analysts, rating agencies and journalists from over 45 covered bond jurisdictions.

The ECBC Plenaries have a long history of being the get-together of the global covered bond community where the latest matters of interest are discussed. This forthcoming meeting in Munich marks the 33rd edition of our event.

A few images from our last edition
Luca Bertalot
Luca Bertalot, EMF-ECBC Secretary General
Morten Baekmand Nielsen
Morten Baekmand Nielsen, ECBC Chairman and Head of Investor Relations at Nykredit
Torsti Silvonen
Torsti Silvonen, Deputy Director General of the Directorate General Market Operations, European Central Bank

Key Themes for this Edition



  • Third Country Equivalence for Covered Bonds
  • European Banking Authority Mandates
  • ESG
  • European Secured Notes
  • Green Covered Bonds

To further our commitment of always creating the best experience for our Members, the ECBC is happy to announce that the 2nd Edition of the Sustainability and Digitalisation Pavilion will also be running in parallel to the 33rd ECBC Plenary.

 

Register using the form below to secure your place in Munich.

Programme of Events


All times provisional and CEST
12 September 2023
8h30 - 9h00

Welcome Coffee

📌 Foyer Bialas in Hilton Munich City

📍 Rosenheimer Str. 15, 81667 München, Germany

9h00 - 12h00

ECBC Training Session on Housing Finance and Capital Market

📌 Struder and Bialas Rooms in Hilton Munich City

📍 Rosenheimer Str. 15, 81667 München, Germany

This training will be delivered in cooperation with the Housing Finance Information Network (HOFINET), and will be dispensed by Professor Marja Hoek-Smit, Emeritus Director of the International Housing Finance Program, Wharton Real Estate Center of the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Additionally, it will include a special one-hour intervention on "Global and Local Climate Change: Challenges, Opportunities and Potential Solutions for Cities and Buildings" from Professor Mattheos Santamouris from University of New South Wales, Australia.

📢 This session is currently full. If you wish to get on the Waiting List, please contact mthiebaut@hypo.org

12h00 - 13h00

Buffet Lunch

📌 MoNa Restaurant

📍 Rosenheimer Str. 15, 81667 München, Germany

Open to the ECBC Training Session Participants, CBLF Label & ECBC Steering Committee members Only

13h00 - 14h00

Meeting of the Covered Bond Label Foundation Label Committee

📌 Struder and Bialas Rooms in Hilton Munich City

📍 Rosenheimer Str. 15, 81667 München, Germany

Open to Formal Members of the CBLF Committee Only

 

14h00 - 16h00

Meeting of the ECBC Steering Committee

📌 Struder and Bialas Rooms in Hilton Munich City

📍 Rosenheimer Str. 15, 81667 München, Germany

Open to Formal Members of the ECBC Steering Committee Only

14h30 - 16h00

Covered Bond Roundtable for Authorities

📌 Egk Room in Hilton Munich City

📍 Rosenheimer Str. 15, 81667 München, Germany

Open to Formal Representatives of the National/International Regulatory Authorities Only

16h30 - 17h30

Joint Meeting of Authority Representatives & ECBC Steering Committee

📌 Struder and Bialas Rooms in Hilton Munich City

📍 Rosenheimer Str. 15, 81667 München, Germany

Open to Formal Members of the ECBC Steering Committee and Formal Representatives of the National/International Regulatory Authorities Only

17h00 - 17h30

🚌 Bus Transfer from the Hilton Munich City to the Allianz Arena

17h30 - 18h30

Guided Tour of the Allianz Arena

📍 Werner-Heisenberg-Allee 25, 80939 München, Germany

Welcome Zone West, Business Club

19h00 - 22h30

Welcome Dinner at the Allianz Arena

📍 Werner-Heisenberg-Allee 25, 80939 München, Germany

Welcome Zone West, Business Club

19h00 - 19h15

Introduction

Luca Bertalot, EMF-ECBC

19h15 - 19h30

Speaker

Robert Hösl, Herzog & de Meuron

Architect of the Allianz Arena

22h30 - 23h00

🚌 Bus Transfer from the Allianz Arena to the Hilton Munich City

 

13 September 2023
9h00 - 16h00

33rd ECBC Plenary Meeting in Wappenhalle

📍 Gewerbegebiet Technologiepark Messestadt West, Konrad-Zuse-Platz 7, 81829 München, Germany

9h00 - 16h00

2nd EEMI Sustainability & Digitalisation Pavilion in Wappenhalle

➡️ To learn more about the exhibitors, click here

📍 Gewerbegebiet Technologiepark Messestadt West, Konrad-Zuse-Platz 7, 81829 München, Germany

17h00 - 21h00

Euromoney Conferences Sponsors' Reception in Löwenbräukeller

Separate registration required for the Sponsors' Party. Please register here.

📍 Stiglmaierplatz, Nymphenburger Str. 2, 80335 München, Germany

 

14 September 2023
9h00 - 16h00

Euromoney Conferences / ECBC Covered Bond Congress 2023 at the MOC Event Center

Separate registration required. Please register here.

ECBC members benefit from a significant 40% discount on the registration fee

📍 Lilienthalallee 40, 80939 München, Germany

 

15 September 2023
9h00 - 11h00

ECBC Global Issues Working Group Meeting

📌 Struder and Bialas Rooms in Hilton Munich City

📍 Rosenheimer Str. 15, 81667 München, Germany

 

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Agenda for the 33rd ECBC Plenary Meeting


All times provisional and CEST
08h30 Registration and Welcome Coffee
9h00

ECBC Chairman's Note

Morten Bækmand Nielsen, Chairman of the ECBC

9h05

Agenda Overview

 

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

 

09h10

Keynote Speech

Cornelia Holthausen, European Central Bank

9h30

The German Pfandbrief Market: Latest Development & Trends - Session One

Moderator:       

 

Jens Tolckmitt, vdp

 

Panellists:        

 

Thomas Cohrs, Helaba

 

Friedrich Luithlen, DZ Bank

 

Patrick Seifert, LBBW

 

Julien Marchand, Nord/LB

 

  • The Pfandbrief in H1 2023: extending a long and proven track-record
  • A look at the German property market and banks’ cover pools
  • Will ESG Pfandbrief become the new normal?

 

10h15

Covered Bond Market State of Play: Challenges & Opportunities - Session Two

Moderator:

Steffen Dahmer, JP Morgan

Panellists:        

 

Sanna Eriksson, OP Financial Group

 

Claudio Domingues, Millennium BCP

 

Hélène Heberlein,Fitch Ratings

 

Matt Cairns, Rabobank

                         

Arve Austestad, SpareBank1

 

  • The role of the Covered Bond Market in a world after the ECB purchases
  • Views on the EU Covered Bond Directive one year after it came into play?
  • Investor needs in today’s world
  • Outlook for covered bonds in a context of ongoing high inflation and rate hike circles
11h00

 

Coffee Break

11h30

Keynote Speech

Lars Overby, European Banking Authority

11h50

Global Perspectives for Covered Bonds - Session Three

Moderator: 

     

Colin Chen, ABS

 

Panellists:        

 

Filipe Pontual, ABECIP

 

Guy Volpicella, Westpac

 

Michael McCormick, BMO Capital Markets

 

Krishan Hirani, Nationwide Building Society

 

Olaf Pimper, Commerzbank

  • Covered Bonds outside the EU: A global success story
  • The Covered Bond Label as a facilitator of investor due diligence at global level
  • Key common regulatory pillars for covered bonds worldwide
12h35

Global Perspectives: Housing Finance - Session Four

Moderator:      

 

Luca Bertalot, EMF-ECBC

 

Panellists:        

 

Oscar Mgaya, ISMMA Chairman

 

Luiz de Mello, OECD

 

Farrukh Zaheer, Pakistan Mortgage Refinance Company

  • A new global landscape for housing finance: challenges & opportunities
  • Emerging best practice examples in housing finance
  • Key elements for a common global paradigm in housing finance
13h05

 

🍲 Lunch Break

14h15

Building a New Sustainable Ecosystem - Session Five                

Moderator:

Luca Bertalot, EMF-ECBC

Panellists:    

Mattheos Santamouris, University of New South Wales

Tilmann Kuhfuss, European Investment Bank

Alessandro Tappi, European Investment Fund

  • A new ‘ecosystem’: building added value for all stakeholders
  • Public finance & private capital: a joint venture in support of the climate transition
  • Role of public and private actors in the transition
15h00

Financing the Energy Transition: Capital Markets Support - Session Six

Moderator:

Jennifer Johnson, EMF-ECBC

Panellists:

Bodo Winkler, Berlin Hyp

Stefano Patruno, Intesa Sanpaolo

Miguel García de Eulate, Caja Rural de Navarra

Rubens Bernascone, Harley&Dikkinson

Giorgio Costantino, CRIF

  • Embedding ESG in capital markets: challenges & opportunities
  • Optimising the value chain: a new ‘ecosystem’ as the key to a successful transition
  • ESN: further unlocking the potential of capital markets in support of the transition
15h45

Closing Remarks of the ECBC Chairman & Deputy Chairman 

Morten Bækmand Nielsen, Chairman of the ECBC

Stefano Patruno, Deputy Chairman of the ECBC

16:0

End of Plenary Meeting

 

*To be confirmed

The Venues

With the goal of always bringing together the global covered bond community in vibrant cities and in the most exclusive locations, allow us to present the venues we have secured for the 33rd ECBC Plenary and related events in Munich.
Wappenhalle

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Wappenhalle

One of Munich's unique historical locations, it was the city's international airport until 1992 and is a great example of reconstruction and modernisation.

📍Gewerbegebiet Technologiepark Messestadt West, Konrad-Zuse-Platz 7, 81829 München, Germany

 

Screenshot 2023-06-19 at 17-14-48 Bayerns home

12 September | Welcome Dinner hosted by the Covered Bond Label

Allianz Arena

A gem of modern architecture and home of the FC Bayern team, the Allianz Arena is not only a football stadium but a chic business hub and event venue.

📍Werner-Heisenberg-Allee 25, 80939 München, Germany

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