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Professor Alexander has been invited as a speaker at the Annual Risk Summit at the University of Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies on 22 June 2016.
Professor Alexander has been appointed to the Green Finance Study Group to contribute to the Green Banking workstream of the G20.
On January 14th, 2016, the European Court of Auditors appointed Professor Alexander to a three-year term as an expert member of two Court panels-the Banking Regulation and Risk Management Panel and the Bank Resolution Panel.
Professor Alexander moderated a discussion panel on banking supervision and green finance at the annual conference of the Brasil Banking Federation.
Financial Stability and Environmental Sustainability: the Cambridge Expert Dialogue Video and Policy Brief.
Professor Alexander's Lehrstuhl was hosting Prof. Steven L. Schwarcz from 24 June to 26 June 2015.
Many updates on the blog "A Theory of Financial Sentiments" - comments encouraged!
Professor Kern Alexander gave a Keynote lecture on 'Rethinking Stakeholder Participation in Global Financial Governance' at the Graduate Institute of International Studies on 26 February in Geneva.
Professor Alexander gave a special invited lecture on banking regulation and environmental sustainability risks at the Banque de France in Paris on 16 February 2015.
Save the date! 8 May 2015 at the CS Forum St. Peter in Zurich.
Professor Alexander presented a paper entitled "Structural Regulation in the EU Banking Sector" at the University of Nijmegen on 5 June 2014.
Professor Kern Alexander lectured at the Hanns-Martin Schleyer Stiftung University Seminar in Bad Homburg.
Professor Alexander has written an essay titled "Redesigning Financial Regulation to Achieve Macro-Prudential Objectives" identifying how the financial crisis of 2007 has shifted prudential regulation.
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) invited Kern Alexander to give a speech on 'Trade Liberalisation and the Regulation of Financial Infrastructure' at UNCTAD's annual Expert Meeting on Trade, Services, and Development at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 16 April 2014.
Professor Alexander is leading a new research project established to investigate whether banking regulation in its current form could actually be increasing financial sector risk by failing to take adequate account of both positive and negative environmental externatlities that affect financial stability. The research is supported through a partnership between the University of Cambridge Banking Environment Initiative and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Finance Initiative. Bloomberg is providing additional support. See more at University of Cambridge Homepage.
Prof. Alexander spoke at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law on 10 December 2013 in London.
Prof. Alexander attended the conference on Chief Compliance Officer Roundtable "Regulatory Overload" on 14 November 2013 in London.
Prof. Alexander attended the conference on "The Single Resolution: Mechanism and Limits of Bank-Regulation" at the Humbolt University on 8 November 2013. He moderated the talk of the experts on banks in distress.
Professor Alexander gave the opening presentation at the International Symposium at Tubingen University in Germany on 'European Bank Recovery and Resolution - the International and European Context'.
Professor Alexander gave a presentation titled "Regulatory Aspects From an English and European Point of View" at the University of Stockholm on 29 August 2013.
Professor Alexander was asked to give an interview on the report on Banking Standards issued by the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards .
Professor Alexander was asked to discuss the report issued by the UK Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards.
Professor Alexander participated in a panel discussion on International Finance and International Trade at the 13th Annual WTO Conference on 16 May 2013 in London.
Professor Alexander gave a keynote address on the "Austerity vs. Growth" debate at S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah on 1 March 2013.
Professor Alexander was asked to discuss the details and possible consequences of the "Minder"-Initiative that was accepted by voters in Switzerland.
Professor Alexander spoke at the United Nations Multi-Year Expert Meeting on Trade, Services and Development on the topic of stimulating innovation and adapting regulation to changing markets. The Conference took place in the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 25-26 February 2013.
The House of Lords published a report on European Banking Union: Key issues and challenges citing oral and written evidence of Kern Alexander.
The House of Lords Committee on Europe released a letter to the UK Treasury on 11 December 2012 citing Professor Alexander's conclusions that the EU's proposed Resolution and Recovery Directive would require the UK to provide lesser protections to retail depositors in the event of a bank resolution. For more details, please see attached letter.
Kern Alexander was chairman and spoke on the impact of the proposed measures on the banking industry at the ERA Conference 'Managing Europe's Financial Crisis - Moving Towards a Banking Union and EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Proposal on 6-7 December 2012 in Brussels.
Kern Alexander spoke about 'European Banking Supervision and Banking Union: Towards more convergence and consistency in financial market supervision' at the European Center of Financial Integration Studies (ECFIS) conference on 'Mapping European Economic Governance - Rules, Processes and Behaviors' in Brussels (23-24 Nov 2012).
Kern Alexander critically analysed the European Commission proposals for Banking Union and argued that the European Central Bank lacked adequate accountability and institutional capacity to carry out the tasks of banking supervision.
In a BBC interview Kern Alexander provided a quick guide to new UK bank regulation. Listen to the interview on the BBC homepage.
As our chair is host to many foreign or visiting PhD students, we realized that they quite often face similar challenges on their way. Therefore we decided to publish a private compilation on useful information and links particularly addressing the most frequent concerns.
Professor Kern Alexander has been invited to give evidence before the House of Lords Europe Committee on 9 October 2012 at 11 am to consider the proposals for European Banking Union.
Kern Alexander will speak at the Conference on Credit Rating Agencies (Stockholm, 14-15 June 2012) about 'Credit Ratings and International Regulation'.
Prof. Dr. Kern Alexander will speak at the Symposium for Financial Innovation at the University of St. Gallen on May 31 and June 1, 2012 on "Financial Innovations in European Financial Supervision".
Prof. Kern Alexander is going to speak at the 8th AUGUR workshop - Challenges for Europe in the World, 2030 on 26th and 27th April 2012 in Vienna. At this congress, possible future perspectives and scenarios of the development of the European financial markets and its players will be discussed among high level experts.
Important News: Prof. Dr. Kern Alexander will be holding his inaugural lecture on Monday, May 14, 2012speaking about "Law Reform and Financial Markets: the British Experience". The lecture will be held on 6.15 p.m.in the Aula (Rämistrasse 71). We cordially invite everyone who is interested to attend.
Kern Alexander was invited by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to speak on 'Basel III implementation and Developing Countries' at UNCTAD's annual multi-year meeting in Geneva on 23 February 2012.
Kern Alexander will be speaking on the UK legislative response to the financial crisis and related European developments at the upcoming ERA Conference 'Recent Developments in European Banking and Financial Services Law', 1-2 December 2011.
Professor Alexander leads a research project at his Chair on the OTC derivatives market and financial transaction taxes.
The outlook for international reform will remain uncertain as international agreement is further complicated by conflicts over responsibilites of home and host regulator.
Kern Alexander was appointed by the British Parliament as the Legal Adviser to the Parliament's Joint Select Committee on the Draft Financial Services Bill.
Kern Alexander is about to write a series of essays that are commentaries on various aspects of the UK financial regulatory reforms. The essays will appear in a current affairs British politics journal/magazine called 'Parliamentary Brief'
Kern Alexander has been invited to give a presentation titled 'Supervisory Structure: Does It Matter?' at the Annual Conference of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL).
Kern Alexander has been invited to give a presentation at the University of Jena on the new European financial supervisory architecture.
The International Bar Association has invited Kern Alexander to give a presentation on the impact of technology and trading systems on financial regulation and discuss related legal and regulatory issues.
Professor Alexander was invited by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to speak at the annual UNCTAD expert meeting in Geneva on services and regulation. Additionally, Professor Alexander has been invited to present a paper and to give a seminar at the Austrian National Bank on 30-31 March on 'European Financial Regulation Reform'.
