Understanding the Language of Finance
Wednesday, 9/6/17
Room 399, Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building
5:40 - 6:00 pm (Pizza and salad will be served)
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Accounting for Policy Makers
Donal Byard, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College
Framework for Understanding Financial Markets
All sessions will be held in Bowl A17, Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building
Thursday, 9/7/17
8:30 - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Treasury Markets
Charles Jones, Columbia Business School
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Credit Markets
Charles Jones, Columbia Business School
Friday, 9/8/17
8:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Mortgages & Derivatives
Michael Johannes, Columbia Business School
12:00 noon – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Mortgages & Derivatives
Michael Johannes, Columbia Business School
3:00 - 3:15 pm Coffee break
3:15 – 5:15 pm
Financial Crisis
Wenli Li, Senior Economic Advisor and Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Industry Expert Presentations
Saturday, 9/9/17
8:30 - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 am
Municipal Bond Markets
RJ Gallo, Senior Portfolio Manager, Senior Vice President, Head of Municipal Bond Investment Group, Federated Investors, Pittsburgh, PA
10:00 - 10:45 am
Private Equity
David Rubenstein, Co-founder and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group
10:45 - 11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45 am
Two to Tango: Private Equity’s Partnership Model
Noah Gottdiener, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Duff & Phelps
11:45 am - 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Global Economic and Financial Fault Lines
Ashoka Mody, Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor, Princeton University
2:00 - 2:45 pm
Domestic and International Trading and Investing Demystified
James Leitner, President, Falcon Management Corporation
2:45 – 3:00 pm Coffee Break
3:00 – 4:00 pm
Financial Regulation
Justin Schardin, Former Director of the Financial Regulatory Reform Initiative, Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Fintech, Its Promise and Regulation
Dana Foarta, Assistant Professor of Political Economy, Stanford Business School, Visiting Associate Research Scholar, JRCPPF, Princeton University
5:00 - 5:15 pm - Wrap-up