The European Association for Banking and Financial History (eabh) e.V.
13 Jun 2018
Torino, Italy
eabh in cooperation with Fondazione 1563 per l’Arte e la Cultura della Compagnia di San Paolo
This one day workshop is designed for advanced PhD students and recent postdoctoral researchers (with less than five years from completing their PhD) in banking, financial and monetary history.
Authors of selected manuscripts will have the opportunity to discuss their paper with experienced scholars at the workshop.
28 May 2018
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Productivity growth has been trending down since the early 1970s in most developed economies, except for a few years around the year 2000. In emerging markets, productivity growth, too, has started to slow significantly around ten years ago. This is a puzzling development, as we see technological innovation taking place at a rapid pace. This moderation in productivity matters: ‘Productivity is a gift for our living standards – perhaps the greatest.’, Andrew Haldane, the BoE Chief Economist, said.
How can we explain this productivity puzzle, which is among the most pressing public policy issues today? And what does it imply for investors?
Can history be a guide? Let’s discuss with two experts.
Presenters:
Peter Gal, Economist at OECD
Stefan Hofrichter, Head of Global Economics at Allianz Global Investors
Moderated by Carmen Hofmann, Secretary General of eabh
Discussion with the audience is planned and all participants are kindly invited to join the discussants for a networking lunch kindly sponsored by Allianz Global Investors GmbH.
10 Nov 2017
Zagreb, Croatia
eabh in cooperation with INFUTURE
The amount of data about the finance sector is growing exponentially and storing it is becoming easier. Businesses are excited about the commercial possibilities of ‘Big Data’; academics are relishing the research potential of deep data archives and regulators are hoping for a fuller view of systemic risk and stability.
Will it all turn out well though? The current reality of massive data stores is often no more than massive cost and complexity. The workshop will explore how we got here with data and where we go next. Ultimately, can a meeting of business, academics and regulators resolve the data dilemma and find a way to turn a risk into an asset?
9 Oct 2017
Lisbon, Portugal
eabh in cooperation with Banco de Portugal and Banque de France
Monetary and fiscal processes are important elements in state building and in managing international economic relations for emerging economies and new states. These processes were also important during the transition to constitutional independence in Africa; however little attention has been paid to the trajectory of the monetary and fiscal processes of decolonisation in Africa. The topic is less researched than the political or socio-cultural decolonisation processes. However, it has had important implications for the economic development of these states.
The objective of this conference is to shed light on a range of different historical cross-experiences. It will provide a comparative analysis of the Portuguese, French, British, Belgian, Spanish, Italian and German cases of colonial transition in monetary and financial matters.
23 Jun 2017
Paris, France
eabh in cooperation with BNP Paribas and Banque Lombard Odier
The haute banque emerged as an elite or sub-category of private banks in France during the Restauration (1815 – 1830) and reached its climax in the 1850s and 1860s.
These institutions were well respected and dealt with major international businesses which also had business with the State. However, with the beginning of the 20th century their influence and importance continuously began to decline until it had virtually vanished after World War II.
Interestingly, many of the former haute banque houses came back on the scene again at the beginning of the 21st century. How did this happen? And why?
Is Niall Ferguson right when making the argument that ‘the global financial crisis, which began in 2007, had its true origins in the decline of relationship banking‘?
22 Jun 2017
Paris, France
eabh in co-operation with BNP Paribas and Banque Lombard Odier
BNP Paribas, 14 rue Bergère, 75009 Paris (Métro Grand Boulevards – Rue Montmartre)
08.00 – 10.00 Academic Council Meeting – for members of the eabh AC only
10.00 – 16.10 ‘Appraisal in the digital era’ eabh Archival workshop
16.00 – 17.00 Board of Management Meeting – for members of the eabh BoM only
17.00 – 17.45 Architecture Tour of BNP Paribas building
17.45 – 18.45 General Members Meeting – for eabh members only
20.00 Dinner reception
BNP Paribas, 2 place de l’Opéra, 75002 Paris (Métro Opéra)
Dinner welcome
Jacques de Larosière (Honorary Managing Director of IFM and Honorary Governor of Banque de France, Advisor to BNP Paribas Chairman)
Dinner speech
The haute banque and national security
Harold James (Princeton University)
BNP Paribas, 14 rue Bergère, 75009 Paris (Métro Grand Boulevards – Rue Montmartre)
08.30 – 16.30 ‘The legacy of the haute-banque in the world’ eabh Conference
09.30 – 12.30 ‘A visit to Parisian Covered Passages’ Spouse event
Meeting point at 9.30 at the entrance of the BNP Building, 14 rue Bergère
Built mostly in the 19th century, the Covered Passages are a typical Parisian architectural feature near the Grand boulevards. Today, they house shops, restaurants, tearooms and bookshops. The tour will allow to visit the most famous arcades : the Passage Jouffroy, the Passage des Panoramas (oldest one), the Galerie Vivienne, the passage Colbert and the Palais Royal, the birthplace of Passages… A coffee break will take place in a typical café near the passage Colbert. Participants in the spouse event are welcome to join the conference delegates for lunch after the tour.
22 Jun 2017
Paris, France
eabh in cooperation with BNP Paribas and Banque Lombard Odier
This one-day workshop is designed for archivists, records managers and information professionals of financial and public institutions, as well as researchers and users of digital archival material.
The amount of digital records that financial and public organisations produce on a daily basis is monumental.
High quality appraisal policies can offer benefits like accessibility, timely retrieval of crucial documents, contextual understanding and cost savings. But which are the best appraisal policies? And how to implement them?
This workshop will draw on the practical experience of the frontrunners in the field. It is targeted for archivists, records managers, information professionals, researcher and other users of digital archival material.
15 Jun 2017
Naples, Italy
The conference, organised by Fondazione Banco di Napoli, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Banca d’Italia – Eurosistema, will be held at the original site of the ancient Banco dei Poveri, which now hosts the Banco di Napoli Foundation and its imposing Historical Archive.
Experts from Italy, the United States, France, England, Ireland, Portugal and Austria will analyze one of the most controversial themes of historical and economic analysis: the “magic of credit”; the “mystery” of the nature of currency and banks. It was in Naples – this is the claim, supported by the documents in the Historical Archives – that the first fiduciary circulation was created, thanks to the public banks. These banks, in addition to their orthodox, profit-oriented economic activity, maintained a philanthropic identity for centuries: a very different tradition from the purely mercantile origins which dominated the Anglo-Saxon tradition. The social economic context in which the modern bank was created (the Kingdom of Naples under Spanish rule) and the fusion of the philanthropy of the “monti” and the mercantile aspects of the “banchi” will be the central focus of the convention.
The conference will be closed by the Governor of the Banca d’Italia.
11 May 2017
St. Louis, United States of America
eabh in cooperation with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and eabh will host a two-day conference for archivists and financial historians to present their current work in bank archives, including central bank archives, and banking and financial history. Archivists will present innovations in archival work and undiscovered gems in their collections. Financial historians will present their research based on materials from commercial bank, government, and central bank archives. The conference will provide both archivists and historians the opportunity to learn about the unique materials held in central bank archives, the current state of archival work, and insights into how scholars use these collections. Confirmed speakers include Harold James, Princeton University, who will give the keynote address, and Gary Richardson, University of California-Irvine and Federal Reserve System Historian.
Day 1: Innovation in archives
This workshop aims to bring together archivists in central banks, commercial banks, and other financial institutions to discuss innovations in the field. The workshop will focus on two areas of innovation in archival practice.
The workshop will also feature an “archives showcase” in which archivists will present underused or undiscovered materials in their collections, particularly those highlighting the work of central banks or banking institutions during financial crises, and potential sources for new research.
Day 2: Innovative responses to financial crises. archives based research
Keynote speech by Harold James
Policymakers, bankers, and monetary authorities are often required to develop innovative or unconventional solutions when faced with new problems, particularly during financial crises. For example, the Federal Reserve responded to the financial crisis of 2007-2009 with a number of new programs to address aspects of the crisis. We seek presentations of original research that make use of bank or central bank archives in the study of crises, particularly the innovative or unconventional responses of banks and policymakers to crises but submissions on other aspects of crises or banking are also welcome.
25 Apr 2017
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
eabh in cooperation with Allianz Global Investors
This talk will initiate a series of presentations that present analysis of the different episodes of populism in recent history as well as their effect on financial markets and investment returns. Just about three months after Donald Trump took office and with elections in France looming, there could not be a more timely moment to take a long-term data-based perspective on financial markets and populism.
The authors, Moritz Schularick (University of Bonn), Christoph Trebesch (Kiel Institute for the World Economy) and Manuel Funke (Freie Universität Berlin), bring a brand-new perspective that goes beyond the political dimension of how to successfully deal with rising populism and the connected risks. Following their analyses, Stefan Hofrichter (Head of Global Economics & Strategy AllianzGI) will provide an outlook on the possible implications of current political developments on growth and global capital market risks.
Discussion with the audience is planned and all participants are kindly invited to join the discussants for a networking lunch kindly sponsored by Allianz Global Investors.