Eleventh Annual Conference on Financial Market Regulation

The SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA), Lehigh University’s Center for Financial Services, and the University of Maryland’s Center for Financial Policy will jointly host the Eleventh Annual Conference on Financial Market Regulation. The goal of the conference is to bring together participants from academia, industry, government and the SEC for an exchange of views on topics of relevance to the Commission
The event will be held on May 9 - 10, 2024.
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NO NEED TO REGISTER IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE THE SEC INTERNAL WEBCAST
PROGRAM
THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2024
12:30-1:15 | Registration |
1:15-1:30 |
Opening Remarks |
1:30-1:45 |
Welcome |
1:45-3:15 |
Enforcement Track Detecting the Risk of Cross-Product Manipulation in the EUREX Fixed Income Futures Market Does High Frequency Market Manipulation Harm Market Quality? |
3:15-3:30 | Break |
3:30-5:30 |
SEC Research Track A Simple Role for Complex Options Detecting Informed Trading Risk from Undercutting Activity in Limit Order Markets Political Uncertainty and Capital Raising through Private Offerings |
5:30-6:15 |
Pre-Dinner Reception at The Monocle Restaurant |
6:15-8:15 | Dinner at The Monocle |
FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2024
8:00-8:40 | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:40-8:45 | Welcome |
8:45-9:00 | Opening Remarks Commissioner Jaime Lizarraga (SEC) |
9:00-10:30 |
Corporate Finance Track Bloated Disclosures: Can ChatGPT Help Investors Process Financial Information? Does Sustainable Investing Make Stocks Less Sensitive to Information about Cash Flows? |
10:30-11:00 | Break |
11:00-12:30 |
Market Microstructure Track Anticompetitive Price Referencing Learning from DeFi: Would Automated Market Makers Improve Equity Trading? |
12:30-2:00 | Lunch Keynote Address Commissioner Mark Uyeda (SEC) |
2:00-3:30 |
Financial Intermediary Track Catering through Transparency: Voluntary ESG Disclosure by Asset Managers and Fund Flows Intermediary Balance Sheet Constraints, Bond Mutual Funds’ Strategies, and Bond Returns |
3:30-4:00 | Break |
4:00-5:30 |
Asset Management Track Spreading Sunshine in Private Equity: Agency Costs and Financial Disintermediation The Dodd-Frank Act and Hedge Fund Operational Risk |
5:30-5:45 | Closing Remarks |
5:45-7:00 | Informal SEC Reception |
Last Reviewed or Updated: May 9, 2024