The movers and shakers of Europe's mortgage-lending industry are to attend an unprecedented conference that starts in Madrid on Sept. 22 in an effort to find solutions in light of globalization and ensuing difficulties they currently face -- including dilution within the financial services industry and "an ongoing battle for the survival of the fittest."
The four-day conference is the brainchild of Toni Moss, the founding partner of EuroCatalyst BV, based in the Netherlands.
"EuroCatalyst 2002 is a collective attempt on behalf of all European trade organizations, rating agencies, most large lenders, investment banks, third-party administrators, servicers, technology providers and media to build a definitive and distinct European mortgage-lending community to parallel the size, scale and scope of the United States," she said.