Focus Session in Paris
When, where
Wednesday 13 December 2017, 9:30-15:30 CET
Banque de France Conference Center
31 rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs
75001 Paris
- 8:45
- Registration
- 9:30
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Welcome address
Denis Beau, Deputy Governor of the Banque de France
- 9:45
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Advancing the European market infrastructure
The new TARGET Services logo covers all services offered by the Eurosystem to market stakeholders in relation to cash, securities and collateral. Mehdi Manaa (European Central Bank – ECB) will give an overview of the current state of play and introduce the programme of the day.
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Theme one: Retail payments
- 10:00
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TARGET Instant Payments Settlement (TIPS)
The development of TIPS is progressing according to plan, and the service is scheduled to go live in November 2018. In this interactive Q&A session you will learn more about the technological and functional aspects of TIPS and have the opportunity to ask any specific questions.
Speakers:
- Karen Birkel, ECB
- Lorenzo Giammo, Banca d’Italia
- 10:45
- Coffee break
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Theme two: High-value payments
The Eurosystem is reshaping its market infrastructure services by consolidating the technical and functional aspects of TARGET2 and T2S. The aim is to improve efficiency, optimise operational costs and increase cyber resilience.
- 11:15
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TARGET2 and T2S consolidation – cash perspective
Gain more insight into how the Eurosystem wants to enhance its real-time gross settlement system and centralise liquidity management for all its market infrastructure services.
Speaker: Karen Birkel, ECB
- 11:45
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TARGET2 and T2S consolidation – securities perspective
How will the consolidation project affect the central securities depositories (CSDs) that have connected to T2S? Learn more and ask your questions.
Speaker: George Kalogeropoulos, ECB
- 12:15
- Lunch
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Theme three: Collateral management
Optimising the use of collateral continues to be an important topic for market stakeholders; the Eurosystem is committed to supporting this process.
- 13:30
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Managing Eurosystem projects
The Eurosystem is exploring the development of a centralised collateral management system. Such a system will be developed by the 4CB in addition to the development of TIPS and consolidation of TARGET2 and T2S. What are the synergies between the projects and how does the 4CB coordinate the workflows?
Speaker: Philippe Leblanc, Banque de France
- 13:50
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Panel discussion: Optimising collateral management
Efficient collateral management is essential for market participants. But where is further harmonisation needed and what are the views of market participants concerning a Eurosystem collateral management system?
Speakers:
- Gesa Benda, Chair of the Task Force on collateral harmonisation management
- Brigitte Daurelle, Euroclear
- Joel Merere, Chair of the Harmonisation Steering Group
- Dominique Le Masson, BNP Paribas
- Jean-Robert Wilkin, Clearstream
Moderator: Imène Rahmouni-Rousseau, Banque de France
- 15:20
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Closing remarks
Mehdi Manaa, ECB
- 15:30
- End of event
To register for the Focus Session, please send an email to mip.events@ecb.europa.eu