May 2026: BIS Publication – Acting under uncertainty – the case for supervisory risk appetite frameworks

by Monica Balan and Raihan Zamil Periodic episodes of banking sector distress invariably expose weaknesses in banks’ governance and risk management and shortcomings in supervision. A recurring challenge for supervisory authorities (SAs) is the lack of an explicit framework to define, manage, and communicate their tolerance for supervisory risk: the risk that supervisory actions or inaction fail to[…]

May 2026: SUERF Policy Brief – High-definition finance: Household financial assets viewed through a new data lens

by Simone Arrigoni, Agustin Benetrix, Tara McIndoe-Calder and Davide Romelli This Policy Brief explores the link between household financial holdings and demographic characteristics through the lens of a novel dataset that combines granular asset-level information from the Securities Holdings Statistics (SHS) with household-level characteristics from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). By integrating these[…]

7th Research Workshop – The Future of Financial Mutuals

CfP Deadline: September 30, 2026 Conference Event: December 1, 2026 Event Location: Milan, Italy Organizer(s): The Centre for Cooperative Banking (CRCC) at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore The Centre for Banking Research(CBR) at Bayes Business School The Building Societies Association (BSA)Federcass Description: Mutual financial institutions—including cooperative banks, building societies, credit unions, and savings banks—play a[…]

7th Research Workshop – The Future of Financial Mutuals

CfP Deadline: September 30, 2026 Conference Event: December 1, 2026 Event Location: Milan, Italy Organizer(s): The Centre for Cooperative Banking (CRCC) at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore The Centre for Banking Research(CBR) at Bayes Business School The Building Societies Association (BSA)Federcass Description: Mutual financial institutions—including cooperative banks, building societies, credit unions, and savings banks—play a[…]

2026 Wharton Conference on Liquidity and Financial Fragility

CfP Deadline: July 1, 2026 Conference Event: October 9-10, 2026 Event Location: Philadelphia, United States Organizer(s): Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Keynote Speaker(s): Monika Piazzesi (Stanford University) Description: Submission: Please submit your paper here: https://wifpr.wharton.upenn.edu/wharton-liquidity-conference/cfp/ The submission deadline is July 1, 2026. Authors of submitted papers will be notified of program decisions by[…]

2026 Wharton Conference on Liquidity and Financial Fragility

CfP Deadline: July 1, 2026 Conference Event: October 9-10, 2026 Event Location: Philadelphia, United States Organizer(s): Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Keynote Speaker(s): Monika Piazzesi (Stanford University) Description: Submission: Please submit your paper here: https://wifpr.wharton.upenn.edu/wharton-liquidity-conference/cfp/ The submission deadline is July 1, 2026. Authors of submitted papers will be notified of program decisions by[…]

6th Oxford/Federal Reserve Bank of New York/Bank of England Monetary Economics Conference

CfP Deadline: May 31, 2026 Conference Event: September 24-25, 2026 Event Location: St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, UK Organizer(s): OxfordFederal Reserve Bank of New YorkBank of England Description: We invite submissions for the 6th joint Oxford/NYFED/BOE Monetary Economics Conference which will take place on the 24-25 of September 2026 at the University of Oxford. We will[…]