Thursday, April 16, 2009


NASAA Conference to Spotlight Regulatory Restructuring and Systemic Risk Regulation


The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) will feature panel discussions on financial regulatory restructuring and systemic risk regulation as part of its upcoming Public Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. on April 28.

Duke University law professor James Cox will moderate the first roundtable discussion, "Answering an Angry Public: Restructuring Our Regulatory System and Restoring Investor Confidence." The panel of experts will include Mark Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America; Matt Kitzi, Missouri Commissioner of Securities; and Donald Langevoort, Georgetown University School of Law.

The second panel discussion, "Risky Business: Rebuilding Market Integrity through Systemic Risk Regulation," will be moderated by Alabama Secuurities Commissioner Joseph Borg and will feature Monica Lindeen, Montana State Auditor; Sarah Bloom Raskin, Maryland Commissioner of Financial Regulation; and Dean Shahinian, Senior Counsel, U.S. Senate Banking Committee.

The conference opens with a keynote address by Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), who chairs the Senate Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises.

Conference registration forms and a full schedule of events may be downloaded from the NASAA website. Advance registration for the conference ends on April 20.