Maria da Graça Carvalho participated in the meeting with Douglas J Flint CBE, Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings, which took place in the European Parliament .
Achieving Europe's 2020 goals and long term growth needs long term investment in both industry and infrastructure. Douglas Flint provided his perspective on the following topics:
What barriers are there to long term invesment in the European economy?
How does this compare to investment opportunities in Asian and Emerging economies?
How do we achieve a stable financial system that feeds both the European and global economies?
What lessons are there for policy makers in industry, energy and financial services leglsiation?
HSBC is the world's second-largest banking and financial services group. It is a leading player in European, Asian and US markets with operations in 87 countries. It is also the largest international bank in mainland China. As such, Douglas is in a unique position to comment on global investment flows.