Risk Live Roadshow Berlin
Risk.net's flagship festival, Risk Live, goes on the road again in 2024, landing in Berlin in October this year. Risk Live Roadshow Berlin brings together risk and asset liability management leaders from European banks, asset management firms, hedge funds, and pension funds.
The risk community gathered to get ahead for 2025
Senior risk managers need to remain abreast of changes, benchmark with peers, adjust their approach, and ultimately get ahead for 2025. Join us as Risk Live lands in Berlin for the first time to explore the fast-paced changes impacting the risk management community.
2023 expert speakers included:
Klaus Duellmann
Head of strategic risk and analytics division
European Central Bank
Klaus Duellmann is Head of SSM Risk Analysis Division within Directorate General Micro-Prudential Supervision IV of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Until May 2014 he was Head of Supervisory Coordination and Risk Analysis Division and Head of Banking Supervision Research in the central office of the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt. Currently his main areas of work are related to horizontal risk assessments of SSM banks, in particular supervisory stress tests. He has a PhD in Finance from the University of Mannheim.
Eric Schaanning
Head of group banking books – executive director
UBS & Credit Suisse Group
Eric Schaanning is heading the Group Banking Book team covering Interest Rate Risk in the Banking Book for the combined UBS & Credit Suisse Group. Prior to joining UBS / Credit Suisse, Eric held various positions at the European Central Bank and Norges Bank, covering Stress Testing, Macroprudential Policy, Cyber Risk and Central Clearing among others. Eric holds a PhD in Mathematics from Imperial College London and an MSc in Mathematics from ETH Zürich.
Yvonne van de Meerendonk
Head of risk management, credit risk
BNG Bank
William Cooper
Head of risk
SEB DK
In 2016 William Cooper became the head of risk for SEB Denmark with responsibility for protecting the banks financial results and reputation by preventing excessive risk taking and promoting a strong risk management culture. He has a key role in driving and contributing to risk related projects including the banks FRTB program.
Cooper has worked in the past for both buy and sell side firms, in roles ranging from trading at a large hedge fund to working as a quantitative analyst at a tier 1 investment bank, always with a focus on improving financial modelling and analytics to maximize risk management and market awareness. He holds a BSc in mathematics and economics from the LSE and a MSc in mathematics from the University of Copenhagen.
Jasper Valstar
Senior portfolio manager, liability-driven investments
Achmea Investment Management
Exclusive insights shared from industry leaders:
- Supervisory priorities
- Tackling AI risk
- Lessons from the latest credit risk cycle
- Preparing for unexpected ESG events
- Reassessing interest rate risk
- Managing liquidity/ funding risk
- The future of Dutch pension schemes
- Understanding unhedgeable risks
- Future-proofing the models
2023 Sponsors
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex® platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
RSU offers professional software solutions for efficient risk management. We develop and operate a wide range of internal rating models, applications for measuring and assessing credit risks, and solutions for market data management.
RSU RATING offers advanced high-performance models and tools for the wholesale sector based on a solid foundation: our unique European-wide data pool. All our rating models are IRB-approved by the European supervisor and have been proven and tested for almost 20 years.
Eurex is the leading European derivatives exchange and – with Eurex Clearing – one of the leading central counterparties globally. Being architects of trusted markets characterised by market liquidity, efficiency and integrity, Eurex provides its customers with innovative solutions to seamlessly manage risk.
On the trading side, Eurex masterminds the most efficient derivatives landscape by pioneering ingenious products and infrastructures, as well as by building ‘smart’ into technology. Eurex is the centre of European equity and equity index markets, offering a global product range, operating the most liquid fixed income markets in Europe and featuring open and low-cost electronic access.
As central counterparty, Eurex Clearing builds trusted relationships with and among market participants, enabling effective risk management and delivering high efficiencies to clients.
Prometeia is a global provider of consulting services and software solutions focused on Enterprise Risk & Performance Management. Tech proposition, quantitative advisory, training and economic research: this distinctive mix of services has made Prometeia a leading company in Europe for Risk and Wealth management solutions, business consulting and advisory services for institutional investors. Prometeia’s approach to Enterprise Risk Management is based on the development of quantitative models and data science methodologies. The production of highly specialized software applications leverages leading technologies, the knowledge of our matter experts and our ability to respond to growing regulatory demands.