Kanjorski to Keynote NASAA Public Policy Conference

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) has announced that Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski (D-PA) will deliver the keynote address at NASAA's 24th Public Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. on April 28. Congressman Kanjorski chairs the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, which has jurisdiction over securities, exchanges, and most insurance matters. Among his legislative initiatives, Kanjorski introduced H.R. 6513, the Securities Act of 2008, which NASAA has supported as an effort to strengthen securities regulation.

NASAA also announced that this year’s conference will feature two panel discussions focusing on regulatory reform. The first panel will examine the challenges of restructuring our regulatory system and restoring investor confidence in the wake of the Madoff fraud and other financial scandals. The second panel will focus on systemic risk regulation and the need for greater transparency and regulation of hedge funds and derivatives.

Registration materials and a full conference agenda may be downloaded from the NASAA website.