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Date: 9 September 2026
Time: 09:30 - 15:00 CEST Followed by a networking reception
Venue: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Adickesallee 1, 60322, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Now in its 14th year, the bwf and ICMA Capital Markets Conference will return to Frankfurt on 9 September 2026.

150 market participants representing banks, investment firms, the fund industry, regulators, and legislators will gather to hear from industry experts on the regulatory issues facing capital markets with specific emphasis on the German perspective. Keynote speeches and panel sessions will discuss key topics including digitalisation, tokenisation and market integration.

Further details and speakers to be announced soon.

Admission: This event is free to attend and open to all interested market participants.

If you have any questions, please contact ICMA events.

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09:30		Registration
10:00		Welcome remarks
10:15		Keynote: European capital markets - innovation and stability Dr. Thorsten Pötzsch, Chief Executive Director Securities Supervision/Asset-Management, Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin)
10:35		Keynote: Global trend in capital markets innovation
10:55		Panel: Tokenisation and Bond Markets: hype, hope, or reality? Moderator: Andy Hill, Managing Director, Co-Head of Market Practice & Regulatory Policy, ICMA Michael Cyrus, Head of Short Term Products, Equity Finance & FX, DekaBank Christoph Hock, Head Tokenisation & Digital Assets, Union Invest Efthimia Kefalea, Director, Head of Derivatives Clearing Development & Digital Innovation, Eurex Clearing
11:40		Presentation: Die neuen WpI-MaRisk (the new minimum requirements for risk management for investment firms)
12:00		Lunch
13:00		Panel: Market integration Moderator: Michael Sterzenbach, Secretary General, bwf Rosa Armesto, Director General, Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) Urban Funered, Chief Executive Officer, Swedish Securities Markets Association (SSMA)
13:45		Presentation
14:00		Closing remarks Michael Sterzenbach, Secretary General, bwf
14:05		Networking reception
19:30		Event close

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