Kickoff Speaker Donald E. Powell, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
9:00 AM
Guest Speaker Honorable Michael G. Oxley, Chairman of the Committee on Financial Services, House of Representatives
9:30 AM
Panel One - The Roots of Financial Regulation: Needless Duplication or Healthy Competition
The U.S. system of financial regulation consists of a complex web of agencies with specialized areas of authority and overlapping jurisdictions. It has alternately been attacked as an anachronism and defended for its uniquely American approach to balancing competing goals and constituencies. Panelists will look at the fundamental goals of financial regulation, how the current system evolved to meet those goals - and how well the system works today.
Moderator:
Arthur Murton, Director, Division of Insurance and Research, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Panelists:
John. C. Dugan, Partner, Covington and Burling Camden Fine, President and CEO, Midwest Independent Bank Rick Lazio, President and CEO, Financial Services Forum Robert E. Litan, Vice President and Director of the Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution
10:45 AM
Break
11:00 AM
Panel Two - The Design of Financial Regulation and the Way Forward: Blueprints for Reform, Political Realities, and the Pathway to Change
The regulatory structure for the financial services industry should promote the key goals of ensuring financial stability, protecting consumers, promoting a vibrant and innovative financial industry, and operating efficiently. Panelists will examine the current system in light of these priorities, and offer ideas on how the financial regulatory structure could be improved. For years, the hopes of regulatory reformers have been dashed - not least perhaps because changes that impact important constituencies cannot be enacted absent a major crisis. Against the backdrop of today's realities, panelists will also consider the prospect for meaningful improvements in our system of financial regulation.
Moderator:
William F. Kroener III, General Counsel
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Panelists:
Sheila C. Bair, Distinguished Scholar, University of Massachusetts - Amherst Eugene A. Ludwig, Managing Partner, Promontory Financial Group Cantwell F. Muckenfuss III, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Gary H. Stern, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Invited)
