VIRTUAL EVENT SERIES PART II
BREAKINGVIEWS 2022 PREDICTIONS AND PRESCRIPTIONS
A WORLD IN TRANSITION
THE MEGA SHIFTS SHAPING FINANCE, BUSINESS AND ECONOMIES
Please join Reuters Breakingviews for the second part of our series of exclusive discussions with leading corporate executives and policymakers celebrating the publication of our 2022 book of predictions and prescriptions. Whether it is the move away from an economic system reliant upon hydrocarbons, vanquishing the Covid-19 pandemic or central banks ending the free-money era, extraordinary shifts are occurring that will shape markets, corporate finance, politics and economies.
Up next are live discussions with James Gorman, the chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley on the outlook for corporate finance and wealth management; Andrea Orcel, UniCredit’s CEO on the state of European and Italian banking; and a lively panel on the risks and opportunities of the green energy transition with two of the sector’s leaders, Ignacio Galán and Seifi Ghasemi, the CEOs of Iberdrola and Air Products, respectively.
Finally, to conclude this year’s predictions events Breakingviews editors will sit down with two of the world’s most influential policymakers, Mary Daly, president and CEO of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank; and Margrethe Vestager, executive vice-president and European commissioner for competition in Brussels.
SERIES CALENDAR
TUESDAY JANUARY 25, 2022
16:00 – 17:00 CET (15:00-16.00 GMT)
Title: Opportunities and challenges in the energy transition
Panelist: Ignacio Galán, Iberdrola CEO; Seifi Ghasemi, CEO Air Products
The shift away from hydrocarbons to renewable energy sources will provide huge challenges to the global industrial system, but it also presents enormous opportunities for companies that can lead the way forward. Join Breakingviews for a live discussion with some of the top players in the green energy transition, including the chief executives of Iberdrola and Air Products.
TUESDAY JANUARY 25, 2022
12:00 – 13:00 EST (17:00-18.00 GMT)
Title: What’s ahead for Wall Street in 2022?
Panelist: James Gorman, Chairman and chief executive of Morgan Stanley
The architect of Morgan Stanley’s wealth management expansion since the great financial crisis will sit down with Breakingviews to discuss the outlook for corporate finance globally and how he plans to pull the investment bank further ahead of the Wall Street pack in the year ahead.
MONDAY JANUARY 31, 2022
14:00 – 15:00 CET (13:00-14.00 GMT)
Title: Banking in transition.
Panelist: Andrea Orcel, Group Chief Executive Officer of UniCredit Group
Commercial lenders are battling with persistently low interest rates and the challenges of green finance. Nimble digital rivals pose a further headache. How can universal banks successfully transition to a more profitable business model? UniCredit Chief Executive Andrea Orcel will discuss what’s in store for banks in Europe and beyond.
MONDAY JANUARY 31, 2022
08:30 – 09:15 PST (16:30-17.15 GMT)
Title: What will rising interest rates mean for growth?
Panelist: Mary Daly, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
The American central banker will join Breakingviews for a lively discussion that will tackle inflation challenges, the post-pandemic job market, and the U.S. economic outlook.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 3, 2022
15:00 – 16:00 CET (14:00-15.00 GMT)
Title: Antitrust and competition policy in the year ahead.
Panelist: Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President, EU Commissioner for Competition
Few commissioners have their 2022 agendas as jam-packed as Vestager, whose challenge is to balance the need for Europe to foster the creation of new businesses and startups while keeping emerging digital and industrial monopolies in check. She sits down with Breakingviews to set the stage for antitrust and competition policy in the coming year.