Central Banking Autumn Meetings

Central Banking Autumn Meetings 2024 will bring together central bankers from across the globe to tackle the key issues in reserve management, innovation, research and policy.

Latest confirmed speakers

Alfredo Blanco
José Alfredo Blanco-Valdés

Vice president

Bank of Guatemala

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Alexandre Tombini

Chief representative of americas

BIS

Alberto Naudon
Alberto Naudon

Board member

Central Bank of Chile

ALBERTO NAUDON DELL'ORO is Board Member of the Central Bank of Chile since March 2018. Before his appointment to the Board and since September 2014, he was Director of the Research Division of this Institution.

He is a Commercial Engineer from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he received the Raúl Iver award as the best graduate among his 2000 classmates, and holds a Master's Degree and PhD in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles, USA.

He joined the Research Division of the Central Bank as an Economist in 2000, where he served as Chief Economist and then as Head of the Macroeconomic Modeling and Forecasting Department. In 2013, he held the position of Chief Economist at Banco de Crédito e Inversiones, where he worked for one year.

Among his academic activities he has been a professor at the University of Chile, the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, the University of Los Andes, and the Adolfo Ibáñez University, teaching courses in the areas of Macroeconomics, Econometrics and International Economics.

He has also researched and published several papers on monetary policy and financial issues.

Malick Dioume
Malick Dioume

Director, risk management

Central Bank of Haiti

Malick Dioume is a seasoned central banking professional with extensive experience in foreign reserves management and risk management. As Director of Risk Management at the Central Bank of Haiti (BRH), Malick has overseen the development of strategic asset allocation frameworks and led significant reforms in the foreign reserves management framework. His work has focused on ensuring regulatory compliance and aligning the bank’s investment strategies with its long-term objectives.

Over the years, Malick has participated in numerous high-level seminars hosted by institutions such as the Federal Reserve, World Bank, and Bundesbank, on various topics revolving around foreign reserves management and risk management. He has also contributed to key projects at the Central Bank of Haiti (BRH), notably the 2015 Caribbean Financial Stability Report and a feasibility study on the creation of a stock market in Haiti.

Malick graduated from HEC Montreal and began his career in Canada, working in consulting and for a commercial bank, before moving to Haiti to pursue his central banking career. He regularly shares his insights on global financial markets, macroeconomic trends, and the evolving role of central banks in reserve management.

Fun Fact: Malick was an instrumental part of BRH's team that reached the final of the football tournament at the 2018 Central Banking Games of the Caribbean in St. Kitts, where his team lost to the Central Bank of Jamaica on penalty kicks. His dream is to see the creation of a World Cup for central banks and to participate in it.

Reserve management
  • Evaluating market performance and the macro-economic environment
  • Exploring asset allocation strategies and investment horizons
  • Analysing global power shifts and their impact on financial markets
Innovation
  • Unlocking efficiency in financial systems through innovation in fintech, payments systems, CBDCs and open finance
  • Analysing case studies and projects showcasing financial innovation within the Americas
  • Exploring AI’s role in revolutionising innovation, regulation, and operations in finance
Research and policy
  • Engaging seminars and work-shop discussions based on the latest research and working papers
  • Shaping the future of macro policy with insights that support central banks in their pursuit for monetary and financial stability
  • Fostering collaboration by bringing together academia, central banks and private institutions 

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Central Banking's Fintech & RegTech Awards Ceremony 

November 13 

On the first evening of the event we will host our annual FinTech & RegTech Awards, which celebrate innovation in central banking.

Official sector awards:

  • Global impact
  • Pioneer
  • Cyber resilience
  • CBDC initiative 
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Cloud initiative 
  • Sustainability initiative

Practitioner awards:

  • Global technology partner
  • CBDC partner
  • Ant-money laundering technology partner
  • Cloud solutions partner
  • Cyber security partner
  • Technology partner for regulatory compliance
  • Open finance partner
  • Tokenisation
  • Sustainable finance
  • Finnovator 
FTRG

Partners

Company profile

Invesco is an independent investment management firm that helps clients build long-term, strategic partnerships with official institutions, offering the best of its investment expertise and capabilities.

It manages $1.4 trillion in assets on behalf of clients worldwide and offers specialised investment teams across a comprehensive range of asset classes, investment styles and geographies.

Invesco has more than 8,400 employees worldwide and an on-the-ground presence in more than 20 countries, serving clients in more than 120 countries.

Company profile

About BNP Paribas Asset Management

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) is the investment arm of BNP Paribas, a leading banking group in Europe with international reach. BNPP AM aims to generate long-term sustainable returns for its clients, based on a sustainability-driven approach. BNPP AM’s investment capabilities are focused around six key strategies: High Conviction Strategies, Liquidity Solutions, Emerging Markets, Multi-Assets, Systematic, Quantitative & Index and Private Assets, with investment processes incorporating quantitative and fundamental analysis.

Sustainability is core to BNPP AM’s strategy and investment philosophy. Among the leaders in thematic investment in Europe1, BNPP AM intends to contribute to a successful Energy transition, healthy Ecosystems, and greater Equality in our societies (our “3Es”). BNPP AM currently manages EUR 540 billion of assets (EUR 656 billion of assets under management and advisory) and benefits from the expertise of more than 500 investment professionals and around 400 client servicing specialists, serving individual, corporate and institutional clients in 67 countries.

Source: BNPP AM, as at 31 December 2023

1 Source: 2nd in Europe for active sustainable thematic strategies, according to an analysis made by BNP Paribas Asset Management based on Morningstar data as at 31/12/2022. 

 

 

Company profile

CAIM is a UK-regulated specialist investment manager with a particular focus on managing foreign exchange reserves on behalf of central banks globally. We offer directly managed bespoke strategies to each of our institutional clients, in public market fixed income and equities, across developed markets and China. We prioritize our clients, treat them as partners, and seek to become trusted advisors to each institution we work with. We can trace our roots back to 1749, when our predecessor organization was originally established by the British Crown. CAIM has via our predecessor organisation offered financial services to our clients since 1833. We began managing money for the world’s first sovereign wealth funds in the 1960s, and CAIM’s oldest current central bank reserves management account dates to the early 1980s. 

Company profile

Regnology is a leading technology firm on a mission to bring safety and stability to the financial markets. With an exclusive focus on regulatory reporting and more than 35,000 financial institutions, 70 regulators, international organizations, and tax authorities relying on our solutions to process their regulatory reporting data, we’re uniquely positioned to bring greater data quality, efficiency, and cost savings to all market participants. With over 900 employees in 16 offices and a unified data ingestion model powering our work, our clients can quickly implement and derive value from our solutions and easily keep pace with ongoing regulatory changes. Regnology was formed in 2021 when BearingPoint RegTech, a former business unit of BearingPoint Group, joined forces with Vizor Software, a global leader in regulatory and supervisory technology. The company is on a continued organic and external growth path, building up as one of the world's most recognized global regulatory reporting powerhouses. 

Company profile

SecurEyes is a specialized consulting and solution engineering firm focused in risk management, supervisory technology, regulatory technology and cybersecurity advisory services.

With 700+ global customers and 12,500+ consulting engagements, we are the trusted partner of several regulatory bodies, governments, and multinationals across the globe. We have obtained prestigious empanelment’s with reputable entities, as well as numerous prominent certifications.

Our state-of-art product SE-RegTrac is an enterprise supervisory product to digitize supervisory activities for central banks. It integrates supervisory and regulatory technology into a single platform thereby empowering regulators in risk-based supervisory responsibilities and at the same time equipping regulated entities in managing their regulatory responsibilities. It supports multiple sectors including banking, fintech, credit bureau, financing & leasing and insurance companies.

SecurEyes has demonstrated leadership in acquiring global recognition in many areas such as winning the “Technology Services Award 2023” by the Central Banking Awards Committee at the level of central banks worldwide for the year 2023.

Our other products help clients in regulatory compliance management, cyber supply chain risk management and operational risk management.

For detailed information, please visit: www.secureyes.net.

If you wish to contact a member from the SecurEyes team - please contact at  riskmanagement@secureyes.net.

Company profile

Company Description: Trade Data Monitor (TDM) publishes the official import/export trade statistics for 120+ reporting countries for every physical good being traded. The data is available in value, quantity, and average unit value (AUV). The database is updated every day and has the most recent revisions in the industry, so that our clients have the most recent information available. Clients use the data to analyze supply chains, investigate the economic health of each country and the world, identify new export market opportunities or mitigate risk, forecast market trends, and analyze global trade policy and how world events (i.e. climate change, war, global illnesses, labor issues) may impact trade flows. 

Company profile

Foreign Exchange (FX) and cross-border payments are often complex and expensive, especially when operating in hard-to-reach markets. Crown Agents Bank (CAB) is a UK-regulated FX and payments service provider, specialising in global FX and cross-border payments for hard-to-reach markets. Through our extensive network, technology, and expertise, we help governments, institutions, and organisations access underserved geographies and move money where it’s needed.

Company profile

FIS is the world's largest global provider dedicated to financial technology solutions. FIS empowers the financial world with software, services, consulting and outsourcing solutions focused on retail and institutional banking, payments, asset and wealth management, risk and compliance, trade enablement, transaction processing and record-keeping. FIS’ more than 53,000 worldwide employees are passionate about moving their clients’ businesses forward.