Topic
Financial stability is a fundamental pillar for Argentina’s economic and social development. While financial systems across Latin America differ in size and complexity, stability remains a common regional goal. This workshop will address Argentina’s unique opportunities and challenges within that broader context, focusing on how to strengthen resilience while ensuring that financial deepening translates into tangible benefits for society.
Purpose
The workshop seeks to foster constructive dialogue among financial market participants, regulators, and academics. With expected growth in Argentina’s financial sector, new opportunities emerge alongside significant risks that require proactive responses. Our purpose is to anticipate future trends and ensure that stability is safeguarded through sound policies, rigorous oversight, and close cooperation between key actors. By drawing on best practices and past experiences, while exploring innovative approaches, the workshop aims to contribute to a more stable, resilient, and inclusive financial system in Argentina.
Driving Questions
- What opportunities and risks arise from financial deepening in Argentina?
- How can policies and regulations be designed to enhance resilience and public confidence?
- What lessons from Latin America and beyond can guide Argentina’s financial reforms?
- How can collaboration between regulators, practitioners, and academics improve oversight and innovation?
- What strategies can ensure that financial stability contributes directly to inclusive development?
Program
Panel 1: Regulation and Financial Stability – Global and National Perspectives
Description:
Topic
Financial stability is a fundamental pillar for Argentina’s economic and social development. While financial systems across Latin America differ in size and complexity, stability remains a common regional goal. This workshop will address Argentina’s unique opportunities and challenges within that broader context, focusing on how to strengthen resilience while ensuring that financial deepening translates into tangible benefits for society.
Purpose
The workshop seeks to foster constructive dialogue among financial market participants, regulators, and academics. With expected growth in Argentina’s financial sector, new opportunities emerge alongside significant risks that require proactive responses. Our purpose is to anticipate future trends and ensure that stability is safeguarded through sound policies, rigorous oversight, and close cooperation between key actors. By drawing on best practices and past experiences, while exploring innovative approaches, the workshop aims to contribute to a more stable, resilient, and inclusive financial system in Argentina.
Driving Questions
- What opportunities and risks arise from financial deepening in Argentina?
- How can policies and regulations be designed to enhance resilience and public confidence?
- What lessons from Latin America and beyond can guide Argentina’s financial reforms?
- How can collaboration between regulators, practitioners, and academics improve oversight and innovation?
- What strategies can ensure that financial stability contributes directly to inclusive development?
Program
Panel 1: Regulation and Financial Stability – Global and National Perspectives
Description:
This panel will address international trends in financial regulation, supervision, and systemic stability, analyzing how these experiences can be adapted to the Argentine context. Discussion will focus on the role of central banks and regulatory agencies in crisis prevention, risk management, and the promotion of sustainable financial development. The session will also consider lessons from Latin America and Argentina’s specific challenges in institutional credibility, dollarization, and policy coordination.
Coordinator: Mg. Iván Weigandi (Master in Economic Development, UNSAM; PhD Candidate in Economics, University of Leeds, UK).
Time: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Lunch: 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Panel 2: Macroeconomic Situation and Vulnerabilities of the Argentine Financial System
Description:
This session will analyze Argentina’s current macroeconomic conditions — inflation, fiscal dynamics, exchange rate, and interest rates — and their impact on the stability of the financial system. Panelists will discuss risks linked to macroeconomic volatility, credit structure, savings dollarization, and the financial system’s exposure to the public sector. The goal is to identify key sources of vulnerability and available policy space to strengthen stability in the short and medium term.
Coordinator: Dr. Facundo Malvicino (PhD in Economics, UNGS – UNRN-CIETES).
Time: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Coffee break: 4 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Panel 3: Proposals to Overcome the Crisis and Build a Resilient and Inclusive Financial System
Description:
This panel will bring together experts to discuss strategies aimed at recovery and the structural strengthening of Argentina’s financial system. Topics will include financial development policies, financial inclusion and access to credit, local-currency savings instruments, and mechanisms to channel savings into productive investment. The focus will be on outlining concrete proposals that combine macroeconomic stability, institutional trust, and sustained growth.
Coordinator: Dr. Pablo Wahren (PhD in Economic Development, UNQ – UNGS-IDEI).
Time: 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Format
The event will combine expert panels and interactive roundtables.
- Venue & Host Institution: Universidad Nacional de San MartÃn (UNSAM) – Escuela de EconomÃa y Negocios (ENyN)
- Location: Edificio Volta: Av. Roque Sáenz Peña 832 2° piso. Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Date: December 3rd, 2025
- Organizers: Observatorio de Coyuntura Económica y PolÃticas Públicas (OCEPP) – Escuela de EconomÃa y Negocios-UNSAM.
Registration link:
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