Regulating Derivatives in the Wake of the Financial Crisis

A breakfast discussion featuring
Headstrong

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Ben Wolkowitz will be representing Headstrong in a invitation-only 20 member breakfast discussion on "Regulating Derivatives in the Wake of the Financial Crisis" on September 24th at the University Club of New York. The discussion will feature Edward H. Fleischman, former commissioner of the U.S. SEC and current chair of the International Securities Regulation Committee of the International Law Association. Also participating is Stephen Figlewski, Professor of Finance at New York University Stern School of Business and Editor of the Journal of Derivatives.

About the speaker

Ben Wolkowitz's career has been focused on finance and economics. He started out as an Assistant Professor at Tulane University where he taught economics and was a consultant with The Urban Institute. Deciding to get more involved in policy work he joined the Research Division of the Federal Reserve Board where he became a Section Chief in Financial Studies. In this capacity he directed a group of Ph.D. economists who studied the impact of regulation and monetary policy on the financial markets. Among his contributions Ben headed an interagency task force (Federal Reserve, OCC and FDIC) charged with drafting regulations governing the bank use of financial futures. After seven years at the Fed he wanted to get hands on experience on the other side of the table and went to Wall Street. He was at the New York Futures Exchange and Citigroup before joining Morgan Stanley where he was a Managing Director in the Fixed Income Division. Retiring in 2000 he set up a consulting company, Madison Financial Technology Partners. In that capacity he became a Senior Advisor to Headstrong, a position he holds currently. He is part of the team directing the company's compliance oriented offerings.

Ben has published and lectured extensively on finance and regulation, and he co-authored Bank Capital. He has a Ph.D. in economics from Brown University.

SPEAKER

Ben Wolkowitz
Headstrong