34th ECBC Plenary Meeting - Reykjavik
We were delighted to welcome you all in Reykjavik for the 34th ECBC Plenary Meeting and related events on 14-17 May 2024. The 34th edition brought together more than 200 key decision makers including issuers, investors, government and regulatory officials at national, European and global levels, analysts, rating agencies and journalists. The official Brochure for the 34th ECBC Plenary Meeting can be accessed here. Please find below links via which you can access the slides by our guest speakers during both the main ECBC Plenary Meeting and the previous day's EMF-ECBC Academy Training Session. The EMF-ECBC Academy section also includes links to the videos where you can watch some of the presentations made during the Training Session. Finally, access to an online photo library where you can view and download photos from the events is provided at the bottom of this page.
You will find below the presentations from our guest speakers, Ms Jane Gimber (FleishmanHillard), Mr Gunnar Jakobsson (Central Bank of Iceland), Mr Dmitry Mariyasin (UNECE), Ms Ekaterine Mikabadze (National Bank of Georgia), Maureen Schuller (ING) and Mr Ananta Wiyogo (PT Sarana Multigriya Finansial (Persero).
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Future of the EU’s Sustainability Policy Agenda
Jane Gimber
Senior Vice President & Director, Financial Services Practice, Head of SustainabilityFleishmanHillard
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Icelandic Banking System
Gunnar Jakobsson
Deputy Governor for Financial StabilityCentral Bank of Iceland
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UNECE on Housing Affordability
Dmitry Mariyasin
Deputy Executive SecretaryThe United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
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Georgia: Outlook for the Development of Covered Bond Market
Ekaterine Mikabadze
Deputy Governor of the NationalNational Bank of Georgia
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Sustainable Covered Bonds
Maureen Schuller
Head of Financials Sector StrategyING
- Access to Capital Market for Covered Bonds & Securitization in Indonesia
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Ananta Wiyogo
President DirectorPT Sarana Multigriya Finansial (Persero)
EMF-ECBC Academy
In the context of the 34th ECBC Plenary Meeting, we were delighted to host the second EMF-ECBC Academy Training Session, which this time focused on “Covered Bonds: Market Trends & Legal Characteristics” and was delivered by a great line-up of expert speakers, including Mr Joost Beaumont (ABN AMRO Bank), Mr Richard Kemmish (Richard Kemmish Consulting), Ms Cristina Costa (Barclays Corprate & Investment Bank), Ms Maureen Schuller (ING), Ms Ana Cortes Gonzalez (JP Morgan Asset Management), Ms Jane Soldera (Moody’s), Mr Antonio Farina (S&P Global Ratings) and Professor Marja Hoek-Smit (The Wharton School – Unniversity of Pennsylvania).
Topics covered included Covered Bond Market Dynamics, ESG Covered Bonds, Global Developments, Global Housing Finance, to name but a few.

Joost Beaumont (ABN AMRO Bank) – Covered Bond Market Dynamics
Richard Kemmish (Richard Kemmish Consulting) – Making a Legal Framework for Covered Bonds
Professor Marja Hoek-Smit (The Wharton School – Unniversity of Pennsylvania) – Global Housing Finance: The Potential of Covered Bonds
Jane Soldera (Moody’s) – Covered Bonds – Extendable Maturities
Antonio Farina (S&P Ratings) – Global Developments
Maureen Schuller (ING Bank) – Sustainable Covered Bonds


See the pictures from the 34th ecbc plenary meeting & related events HERE.
We look forward to seeing you in Porto on 11 September 2024 for the 35th ECBC Plenary Meeting!