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MEDIA ADVISORY
3/23-3/24 Conference on Securities Markets Regulation
Launch of New Securities Markets Study at Columbia University Sets Agenda for 21st Century Market Reforms
Media Contact: Public Affairs, 212-854-2650 or [email protected]
New York, March 13, 2017—Leading securities experts, practitioners, and regulators will convene Thursday, March 23, and Friday, March 24, at Columbia Law School to set the agenda for national and global securities markets in the 21st century.
Securities markets in the United States and around the world have undergone extraordinary changes over the last 50 years. As a result of globalization, the emergence of innovative technologies, and decisions at the federal and international levels, modern markets represent a dramatically different environment for trade than the markets just a few decades ago. These significant market changes have generated gaps in existing knowledge of how markets operate.There is an urgent need for a comprehensive and systematic evaluation of securities markets and their effective regulation.
This conference marks the first phase of a multi-year project—the New Special Study of the Securities Markets—that promises a bold new vision for regulatory reform. Michael Piwowar, Acting Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Robert Cook, President and CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, will deliver keynote addresses.
The study responds to calls by past and current SEC commissioners and others for a new comprehensive study of the securities markets. It will culminate in a final report for federal financial regulators, the U.S. Congress, private practitioners, and the public, to guide the direction of financial regulation in the decades to come.
The conference and the study are led by the Program for the Law and Economics of Capital Markets, a joint program of Columbia Law School and Columbia Business School. The conference is co-sponsored by the Columbia Business School Program for Financial Studies.
What: Conference on securities regulation that will set the agenda for national and global securities markets in the 21st century. Eminent legal academics and economists will present papers, and lead discussions on, primary securities markets, technology and capital markets, trading markets, intermediaries, and globalization.
When: Thursday, March 23, and Friday, March 24, 2017
Where: Columbia Law School Jerome Greene Hall 435 W. 116th Street
New York, NY 10027
Who: A full list of speakers and commentators is available here.
PLEASE NOTE: Media must RSVP to [email protected] no later than noon on March 22 to reserve a seat. Changes might be made to the initial agenda, so please feel free to check in with us closer to the event.
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