Financial Markets Quality Conference 2020
The Center for Financial Markets and Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business is hosting its annual Financial Markets Quality conference virtually during the week of November 16, daily, at 12p.m. EST.
We believe that the financial services industry wants and needs to convene on the current societal issues facing all of us. FMQ 2020 will assemble policymakers, market participants, and scholars to discuss critical issues related to financial market quality and propose solutions for the future.
Monday, November 16
Fireside Chat with David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-executive chairman, The Carlyle Group
Moderated by: Reena Aggarwal, Robert E. McDonough Professor of Finance and director, Center for Financial Markets and Policy
Tuesday, November 17
Fireside Chat with Henry Fernandez, chairman and chief executive officer, MSCI
Moderated by: John Jacobs, executive director, Center for Financial Markets and Policy
Fireside Chat with Barbara Novick, vice chairman and co-founder, BlackRock
Moderated by: John Jacobs, executive director, Center for Financial Markets and Policy
Fireside Chat: Joe Amato, president and chief investment officer of equities, Neuberger Berman
Moderated by: Rohan Williamson, vice provost for education and Bolton Sullivan and Thomas A. Dean Chair in International Business
Wednesday, November 18
Fireside Chat with Waqas Samad, chief executive officer, FTSE Russell at London Stock Exchange Group
Moderated by: Patrick Steel, chief executive officer, POLITICO
Panel: Markets in Motion
A chance to hear from the leading global exchanges as they discuss the issues facing them in 2020, including market volatility, the economy, Brexit, market structure, and COVID-19.
Moderated by: James Angel, associate professor of finance
Tal Cohen, executive vice president and head of North American markets, Nasdaq
Chris Concannon, president and chief operating officer, MarketAxess
Bryan Harkins, executive vice president and head of markets division, Cboe Global Markets, Inc.
Nandini Sukumar, chief executive officer, The World Federation of Exchanges
Fireside Chat with Stacey Cunningham, president, New York Stock Exchange
Moderated by: Robert Steers, chief executive officer, Cohen and Steers
Thursday, November 19
Panel: Fintech and the Transformation of Financial Services
One of the leading drivers of change in financial services is fintech: both from a technology application standpoint as well as fintech organizations themselves. Fintech is transforming the front-end with the customer, the back-end with operations, and the middle with connectivity and networking.
Moderated by: Alberto Rossi, Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor of Finance, associate director, Center for Financial Markets and Policy
Mary Ellen Iskenderian, president and chief executive officer, Women’s World Banking
Kavita Jain, deputy associate director of Innovation Policy, Federal Reserve Board
Raj Khosla, founder and managing director, MyMoneyMantra
Melissa Koide, chief executive officer, FinRegLab
Panel: The Future of Digital Assets
This panel will discuss the future of digital assets including asset classes that will be converted from physical into digital, organized markets to trade digital assets, which sectors will digitize first, and policy implications.
Moderated by: Chris Brummer, professor of law
Perianne Boring, founder and president, Chamber of Digital Commerce
Zoe Cruz, strategic advisor, Ripple
Daniel Gorfine, founder and chief executive officer, Gattaca Horizons LLC
Sarah Olsen, CIB, Blockchain, executive director, J.P. Morgan
Friday, November 20
Fireside Chat: Robert Cook, president and CEO, FINRA
Moderated by: Guy Adami, director of Advisor Advocacy, Private Advisor Group, CNBC Fast Money
Panel: Regulation and Policy
Hear from two SEC commissioners on regulation and policy.
Moderated by: Michael Piwowar, former SEC commissioner (the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets)
Caroline A. Crenshaw, SEC commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Elad L. Roisman, SEC commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Panel: Post-Election and the Economy Discussion
Moderated by: TBA
Jason Furman, professor of the practice of economic policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Kevin Hassett, vice president and managing director, The Lindsey Group