Lord Eatwell presents his report on Iceland's macroeconomic position
As announced at the Open Creditors‘ Meeting on 23 October 2013, Lord Eatwell will present his independant report on macroeconomic balances and capital account liberalisation in Iceland, at an informal creditors´meeting at 14:30 (GMT) on 5 November 2013. The meeting is scheduled to end at 16:30 (GMT) and will include time for questions from the floor.
The meeting will be held at :
The Newgate Suite
The Mermaid Conference and Eventes Centre
Puddle Dock
Blackfriars
London, EC4V 3DB
United Kingdom
The meeting is open to creditors of Glitnir and the press amongst others and attendees are asked to register by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. A dial-in number will be provided for those not able to attend the meeting in person, and dial-in arrangements will be published closer to the meeting.
About Lord Eatwell
Lord Eatwell is an internationally acclaimed economist who has been engaged by the Winding up Board of Glitnir hf. to provide an independent view on Iceland's macroeconomic position in the context of the proposed composition of the estates of the insolvent Icelandic banks.
Lord Eatwell is President of Queens’ College, Cambridge, Emeritus Professor of Financial Policy, University of Cambridge and Professor of Economics, University of Southern California . He is the author of some 33 books and 70 scholarly articles on economics, economic policy and finance, including, most recently, The Fall and Rise of Keynesian Economics, (with Murray Milgate), 2011. He is a Member of the ESRC Centre for Business Research (CBR), Cambridge, adviser to E.M. Warburg Pincus & Co. International Ltd.and Palamon Capital Partners, LLP and a Commissioner at the Jersey Financial Services Commission. He was Economic Adviser to the Rt. Hon. Neil Kinnock M.P., Leader of the Labour Party from 1985 to 1992, a Member, Economic Program Group, European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity from 1993 to 2000, a Director and Independent Member of the Board, Securities and Futures Authority from 1997 to 2002 and a Member of the Regulatory Decisions Committee of the Financial Services Authority from 2001 to 2006.
For the Winding-Up Board of Glitnir hf.
Steinunn Guðbjartsdóttir, Supreme Court attorney
Páll Eiríksson, District Court attorney