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10 – The bank’s money: how to make it work for you?
Best Practices to enhance and improve client’s interests in banking activities.
Since they are at the heart of the flow of money, banks have to meet transparency and responsibility requirements more than companies in any other sector. It is therefore legitimate for the public to expect them to provide information not only about their practices but also the activities that they finance.
The Institute for International Finance (IIF), a global association of 380 major world banks, was particularly concerned about risk management during the years of financial euphoria. The system whereby banks had to fully bear their credit risks has "diversified" to a model whereby these risks are transferred, and outsourced through securitisation. Consequently, credit risk has been massively underestimated over the last few years. Besides credit risk, the Institute for International Finance extends its recommendations to directors’ remuneration, liquidity risk management, valuation of assets held and, more generally, transparency (service charges, sales commission).
Plenary session:
François PÉROL - Chairman of the Executive Board of Caisse d’Epargne – Banque Populaire (France)
François PÉROL, Chairman of the Executive Board of the most recently merged Caisses d'Epargne and Banques Populaire, is thus heading the second French bank.
François PÉROL has extensive economic and finance expertise thanks to the various experiences he had in the French public sector, since he has worked within the interdepartmental industrial restructuring committee, but also for French Economy Ministers Francis Mer and Nicolas Sarkozy. He has also been the aide to current French President. He has been partner manager of Bank Rotschild & Cie, as part of his involvement to the private sector.
Round Table:
Frans DE CLERCK - Co-founder of Belgian Triodos Bank & Senior Adviser - Triodos Group (The Netherlands)
Triodos Bank, an ethical bank founded in the Netherlands in 1980, funds value-added companies and projects from social, environmental or cultural sectors. It was named “Sustainable Bank of the Year” in 2009.
Franz DE CLERCK, who co-founded Triodos Belgium in 1993, is also Advisor to the executive board of Triodos Bank. He initiated the « Global Alliance for Banking on Values », an alliance of eleven of the world’s greatest ethic banks.
Download his PowerPoint presentation: Powerpoint Frans DE CLERCK
Maria Luiza PINTO - Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Department - Grupo Santander (Brazil)
Maria Luiza de Oliveira Pinto e Paiva is the Executive Director of the Sustainable Development Department at Grupo Santander Brasil, responsible for its setup at Banco Real (ABN AMRO) in 2001. She was the head of Febraban’s (Brazilian Federation of Banks) Social Responsibility Commission from July 2002 to September 2003 and the chairman of the CEBDS (Brazilian Business Council for
Sustainable Development) Sustainable Finance Technical Chamber from July 2007 to June 2009. At ABN AMRO she directed the Human Resources Department of the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean from 1995 to 1999. Based in Amsterdam, she was responsible for the Global Human Resources Department in the Commercial & Consumer Clients Business Unit from 1999 to 2001. She holds a degree in Psychology from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC) in São Paulo (1987) and a specialization in Human Resources from Michigan University (1997).
Download his PowerPoint presentation: Powerpoint Maria Luiza PINTO
Johan FRIJNS - Coordinator - Banktrack (The Netherlands)
BankTrack is a global network of 30 NGOs tracking the impact of commercial bank operations on people and the planet. BankTrack monitors investment decisions and policy developments of banks and supports local communities affected by bank financed projects in defending their rights and interests.
Johan FRIJNS has led BankTrack since 2003. Prior to that, he was in charge of the International Financial Institutions programme of Friends of the Earth International.
Download his PowerPoint presentation: Powerpoint Johan FRINJS
Robert Rubinstein is the founder and CEO of Brooklyn Bridge TBLI Group. The mission of TBLI Consulting Group is to maximize the financial, social, and environmental returns of investments, simultaneously, for their clients and partners. Since in 1999, he was the organiser of the Lisbon Conference on SRI for the European Commission, he then has hosted the annual TBLI Conference eight times in Europe and he recently launching the annual TBLI Asia Conference. Robert also provides consulting and financial networking services through the TBLI Group. He has developed a global network of 22,000 financial professionals, NGO’s, government representatives, and business practitioners.
Robert Rubinstein has a Bachelors degree in history and political science and has completed Master’s level work in Business Administration.
