Book Launch: European Financial Regulation – Levelling the Cross-Sectoral Playing Field

On Friday 25 September 2020 the book ‘European Financial Regulation – Levelling the Cross-Sectoral Playing Field’, published by Hart/Bloomsbury, will be presented. This is an ONLINE event organised by the Commercial Law Centre at Harris Manchester College, the Jan Ronse Institute for Company and Financial Law of KU Leuven University, and The Radboud Business Law Institute at Radboud University, Nijmegen.

This book brings together insights developed by distinguished researchers and industry professionals in a series of articles analyzing the main areas of EU financial regulation from a cross-sectoral perspective. For each specific research theme – including prudential regulation, corporate governance and conduct of business rules – the similarities, as well as gaps, overlaps and unjustifiable differences between banking, securities and insurance regulation, are clearly presented and discussed. This innovative approach is aimed at informing law and policymakers on potential improvements to EU financial regulation whilst also supporting legal and compliance professionals applying the current framework or looking to streamline compliance processes.

PROGRAMME

2:45 Welcome and introduction
Professor Kristin van Zwieten (Chair of Sessions)
Clifford Chance Associate Professor of Law and Finance, University of Oxford; Fellow and Tutor in Law, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford

3:00  Levelling the cross-sectoral playing field
Professor Veerle Colaert
Financial Law Chair, Jan Ronse Institute for Company and Financial Law, KU Leuven University 

3:20 Towards European harmonisation of know-your-customer obligations for investment products
Professor Danny Busch
Financial Law Chair, Director, Financial Law Centre, Radboud University Nijmegen; Research Fellow, Harris Manchester College, and a Fellow of the Commercial Law Centre at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford

3:40 Reflections on Governance in the Financial Sector
Professor John Armour
Professor of Law and Finance, University of Oxford

4:00 How to regulate Fintech in the EU?
Professor Wolf- Georg Ringe
Chair for Law & Finance, University of Hamburg
Visiting Professor, University of Oxford

4:20 Conflicts of interest and inducements: a cross-sectoral analysis of a fragmented reality  
Professor Thomas Incalza
Research Fellow, KU Leuven University; University of Hasselt

4:40 Discussion

5:00 Closing remarks by Professor Kristin van Zwieten