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Session 21: Europe’s Attempt to Catch Up
“European Financial Markets—How and Why Information Technology Matters”
“Can the German Economy Give More Strength to a European Recovery?”
Sponsor: NabeEurope
Presentations
Jürgen Pfister: Can the German Economy Give More Strength to a European Recovery?
Links of Interest
Deutsche Bundesbank English Homepage
Bayerische Landesbank English Homepage
Speakers
Hubert Fromlet
Chief Economist
Swedbank
Hubert Fromlet is chief economist at Swedbank, Stockholm, and professor at Blekinge Institute of Technology. He received his MBA and Ph.D. from the University of Wurzburg. Prior to joining Swedbank, he was chief economist at Co-operative Bank, Stockholm and responsible for macro research at the SAAB-SCANIA, Sweden.
Hans-Helmut Kotz
Member of the Executive Board
Deutsche Bundesbank
Hans-Helmut Kotz is a Member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Bundesbank, being in charge of both the IT as well as the Capital Markets departments.
In addition, he teaches Finance and Monetary Economics at Freiburg University where he is an Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Behavioral Sciences. Moreover, he is a member of the board of the Konstanz Seminar on Monetary Theory, of the Program Council, Center for Financial Studies, Frankfurt, of the European Parliament’s Panel of Financial Experts, of the Conseil d’Orientation, Revue d’Economie Financière, Paris, of the Advisory Board, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden, and of the Conseil Scientifique, Centre Cournot pour la Recherche en Economie, Paris.
He contributed as author as well as editor to a number of books, was a referee, amongst others, for “Kredit und Kapital”, the “Journal of European Integration”, “Schmollers Jahrbuch – Journal for Applied Social Sciences Studies”, the “National Endowment for the Humanities”, Washington, and published e.g. in the “Revue d'Economie Financière”, “Kredit und Kapital”, “Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft”, “Wirtschaftsdienst” and “Intereconomics”. He writes a column for the French weekly “Option Finance” and has written numerous articles for newspapers (e.g. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Handelsblatt, Börsen-Zeitung, Die Zeit, Die Woche, Le Monde, Libération, Wall Street Journal etc.).
Jürgen Pfister
Chief Economist
Bayerische Landesbank
Dr. Jürgen Pfister is the Chief Economist and Head of Investment Research at Bayerische Landesbank, Munich. Before joining Bayerische Landesbank, he was head of the Economics Department at Commerzbank for more than 15 years. He was a staff member at the Sachverständigenrat and also held a position at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington. In addition to several international Associations, he is a member of the Conference Board European Council of Economists (past Co-Chairman) and is Vice-President of the European Money and Finance Forum (SUERF).
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