Financial Markets for Policy Professionals: 2015 Program

Understanding the Language of Finance

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
6 - 8 pm

"Accounting for Policy Makers"
Richard Rampell, CEO, Rampell & Rampell CPA


Framework for Understanding Financial Markets

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
8:30 am - 5 pm

Breakfast begins at 8:30 am

Morning Session
9 am - 12 noon
"Treasury Securities"
Charles Jones, Columbia Business School

Lunch break from 12 - 1:30 pm

Afternoon Session
1:30 - 5 pm
"Credit Markets"
Charles Jones, Columbia Business School

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
8:30 am - 5 pm

Breakfast begins at 8:30 am

Morning Session
9 am - 12 noon
"Mortgage Market"
Michael Johannes, Columbia Business School

Lunch break from 12 - 1:30 pm

Afternoon Session
1:30 - 5 pm
"Derivatives"
Michael Johannes, Columbia Business School


Industry Expert Presentations

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2015
8:30 am - 5 pm

Breakfast begins at 8:30 am

Morning sessions are approximately 45 minutes each,
and run from 9 am - 12 noon, with one mid-morning coffee break

“Private Equity”
David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Managing Director, The Carlyle Group

“For What It's Worth: Valuation and the Capital Markets”
Noah Gottdiener, CEO, President and Board Chair, Duff & Phelps

“The Finances of the State of New Jersey”
Thomas Byrne, Managing Director and Head of Equity Portfolio Management, Byrne Asset Management; Chair of the NJ State Investment Council

“Municipal Bond Markets”
R. J. Gallo, Head of Municipal Bond Investment Group, Federated Investors Inc.

Lunch break from 12 - 1:15 pm

Afternoon sessions are approximately 45 minutes each,
and run from 1:15 - 5 pm, with one mid-afternoon coffee break

“Financial Regulation”
Charles Yi, General Counsel, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

“The Securities and Exchange Commission”
Norman Champ, Former Director of the SEC's Investment Management Division

“Community Banking”
Marshall Lux, Senior Fellow, Harvard's Kennedy School

“Domestic and International Trading and Investing Demystified”
James Leitner, President, Falcon Management Corporation

“The International Dimension of Financial Markets: Where is Europe Heading?”
Anne-Laure Delatte, CNRS and CEPR​