The Center for Financial Policy (CFP) co-hosted a two-day conference on systemic risk and data issues in partnership with the Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions at the NYU Stern School of Business, the Center for Financial Markets at Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business, and the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. The conference was inspired by the Dodd-Frank Act and the establishment of two new entities, the Office of Financial Center (OFR) and the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC).

MEDIA ALERT: September 22, 2011For finance, economic, and regulatory reporters, editors and producers UMD’S CENTER FOR FINANCIAL POLICY CO-HOSTS "SYSTEMIC RISK AND DATA ISSUES" CONFERENCEU.S. Sen. Jack Reed (RI), Rob Engle (NYU, Nobel Laureate), Andy Lo (MIT) to keynote

The Center for Financial Policy and the Mutual Fund Directors Forum co-hosted the Oversight of Derivatives Roundtable on September 9, 2011 at the Ronald Reagan Building in downtown Washington DC. The program explored the current issues facing fund directors in their oversight of derivatives. This event was made possible by the generous support of Ropes & Gray LLP.

The Center for Financial Policy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business opened a discussion on the bleak U.S. economic outlook and jobs market with a speech from Federal Reserve Board Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin, Sept. 26, 2011 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. The event was part of the center’s distinguished speaker series and drew government and business leaders, along with students and members of media to explore the timely topic.

The Center for Financial Policy (CFP) at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and the Professional Risk Managers' International Association (PRMIA) hosted an intimate dinner event for financial services industry leaders in New York City at A Voce Restaurant on April 21st. Sungard, one of the world’s leading software and technology services companies, sponsored this event. Participants engaged in a dialogue about risk and regulatory issues within the financial services sector.

On Monday, April 11th, the Center for Financial Policy at the Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted Frank Medina, Senior Counsel at the House Financial Services Committee. This talk was the first in a series of Congressional Briefings that will regularly host Capitol Hill staffers at the Smith School to speak about legislative issues related to financial policy. The Center for Financial Policy partnered with the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy and International Economic Policy Professor Phillip Swagel in hosting this event.

On Wednesday March 9th, the Center for Financial Policy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, in partnership with NYU’s Salomon Center, UC-Berkeley's Fisher Center and Carnegie Mellon's Center for Financial Markets, hosted a one day forum on systemic risk and data issues. A working group of academic, regulatory, and industry representatives discussed a wide range of issues to lay the groundwork for the larger conference that will be sponsored by the four partner university centers.

Risk was the hot topic at the Inaugural Smith School and IBM Business Analytics Workshop held in Van Munching Hall on Friday, March 4, 2011. Co-sponsored by the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and IBM, the day-long workshop consisted of topics ranging from Department of Homeland Security risk, to aviation safety, to fraud.

In an interview at University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, Executive-in-Residence of the Center for Financial Policy Bill Longbrake provided insight into the government’s debt imbalance and possible outcomes of the ensuing congressional deadline of March 4th to reach an agreement to continue funding the federal government.

The Center for Financial Policy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business partnered with the Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions at the NYU Stern School of Business for a daylong conference on “The GSEs, Housing & the Economy” on January 24, 2011, in Washington, D.C. The conference brought together leading academic experts and policymakers to address issues facing government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) and effects on the housing industry and the macro economy. Keynote speakers were Rep.