GBF Capital Markets Conference in November 2008 calls for stronger banking supervision to speed exit from crisis
 A buzz of thoughts and interactions in the lobby |
The 13th GBF annual conference, held in Hamburg - for the first time outside London - brought together business leaders, political decision-makers, academics and journalists of past and present. |
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European governments and the European Central Bank should take radical steps to improve the strength and cohesiveness of continent-wide banking supervision to underpin economic growth and stabilise financial markets after the credit crisis. This recommendation, put forward by Europe’s two most prominent “elder statesmen”, Helmut Schmidt and Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, was a highlight of the German-British Forum/ British Chamber of Commerce in Germany conference in Hamburg on 5th November. The one day session at the Bucerius Law School was the 13th annual conference of the German-British Forum - the first time the institution, together with BCCG as its partner in Germany, had held its annual gathering outside London. Ernst & Young was one of the conference initiators while other supporters included the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, the Centre for European Reform and the German-British Chamber of Industry and Commerce. The gathering, addressed by 30 speakers from different fields of politics, business and finance from Germany, France, the UK and other countries, was attended by 250 delegates from across Germany and neighbouring countries. A key theme was the global unrest and uncertainty sparked by the US sub-prime mortgage crisis – a development that has since spread into the world-wide real economy and has led to a simultaneous recession in Europe, the US and Japan. More |
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GBF Awards 2008 Presented by Patricia Godfrey |
Gala Dinner |
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David Chipperfield CBE, Architect |
Dr. Bernd Althusmann representing David McAllister |
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See review of 2007 conference on sustainability Photos by Thies Ibold, www.ibold.com |
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