The FinReg experts are back to discuss settlement cycle reduction in depth, from the impending US move – and the most pressing matters in the build up – to the UK eyeing its own move and recent updates from Europe. A sprinkling of operational resilience, ESG and crypto are also added in for good measure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m…

Prometheum is the one firm that other crypto firms love to hate. This is because the firm’s founders and co-CEOs, brothers Aaron and Ben Kaplan, have consistently and publicly argued that most cryptocurrencies are investment contracts subject to SEC registration requirements. In this episode, Aaron Kaplan joins Lee to discuss the process Prometheum…

The FinReg experts are back for a new season, and what better way to kick things off than discussing the culmination of a theme that ran through our first four seasons – the Bitcoin ETF – and to quote Jamie Dimon at Davos, our FinReg experts are fully ready to “stop talking about this sh**”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati…

The FinReg experts are back for the last episode of series four where they discuss the most prominent regulatory themes through a game of ‘Santa or Scrooge’ plus highlight recent developments during a busy fourth quarter for updates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The FinReg experts catch up on a couple of months of finreg news, pointing out how the US SEC has been particularly busy, while checking in on digital assets, ESG and settlement cycles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well Fargo was an iconic and respected American Brand. But then, in September 2016, in a settlement with the City of Los Angeles, the OCC, and CFPB, it was revealed that approximately 5,300 Wells Fargo employees had been terminated between 2011 and 2016, for sales practice violations that included opening over two million unauthorized deposit and c…

James Wigginton has thought deeply about economic power and the role cooperatives can play in ensuring Web3 lives up to its stated potential of sharing ownership with users in digital networks. James joins Lee to discuss how cooperatives can be used by Web3 firms to engage with their users, strengthen digital networks, and remain compliant with sec…

The FinReg experts are back alongside a special guest – Ben Pott of BNY Mellon - to catch you up on the latest financial regulation news and dive into the discussion of regulatory divergence between the UK and EU. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alicia Seiger is a lecturer at Stanford Law and the managing director of Stanford’s Sustainable Finance Initiative. And Marc Roston is the founder of investment advisory firm MNR Capital and a senior research scholar at Stanford University’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance. In this episode, Alicia and Marc offer their perspective…

Tony McLaughlin is Managing Director for Emerging Payments & Business Development at Citi Treasury & Trade Solutions. In this episode, Tony offers his thoughts on the latest developments in payments, including stablecoins, central bank digital currency, and FedNow. He also breaks down an exciting new project he’s been working on, called the Regulat…

The FinReg experts get carried away talking about artificial intelligence, ETFs and research unbundling before turning their attention to ‘ESG month’ as the theme of this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There was a lot to unpack in the latest FinReg episode including CSDR refit, Bitcoin ETF applications, MiFID revisions, SEC no action expiration and, of course, more T+1 updates as the experts get into the timeline and its problems once again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

The FinReg experts are back to catch up on all the latest financial regulatory news, while also getting drawn into discussions over front-to-back-office servicing, AI, and the operational challenges facing buy-side firms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The FinReg experts are back to deliver some real talk to the T+1 conversation, where the challenges are appearing to be so significant that real concerns are beginning to arise. The FinReg specialists also discuss the recent Gary Gensler hearings and the latest on MiCA in Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

The FinReg experts are back to discuss all the latest goings on in the world of financial regulation, including updates from the SEC, the possible regulatory angles of the Credit Suisse-UBS deal and we talk regulating artificial intelligence as we test ChatGPT for the podcast itself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

The FinReg experts are back to discuss a whole suite of new regulations and updates which have occurred over the past two weeks including a swathe of announcements in the US, the regulatory impact of recent banking collapses, and we touch on T+1 in preparation for our upcoming deep-dive episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor…

The FinReg experts are back to discuss a whole suite of new regulations and updates which they deem to be far more impactful than any crypto developments, touching on operational resilience, proxy voting, settlement cycles and a swathe of changes coming out of the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

The FinReg experts are back for a new season to discuss the FTX saga and what it means for regulations within the securities world, institutional custody and incumbent service providers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The FinReg experts are back to discuss all the latest goings on in financial regulation over the summer as the SEC has been busy with over 30 open initiatives, the number of ESG regulations reaches an alarming height and Europe grapples with the notion of T+1 amid CSDR chaos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

The FinReg experts are back to discuss all the latest goings on in financial regulation in recent weeks including crypto dramas, ESG, the UCITS side-pocket situation, comment windows, PRIIPs KID, the UK/EU divergence and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe Davis is chief economist at Vanguard as well as the global head of Vanguard Investment Strategy Group. In this episode, Joe offers his thoughts on what’s driving inflation, how the Federal Reserve is likely to respond at their upcoming policy meeting and beyond, and how investors can insulate their portfolio from inflations pernicious effects. …

Ari Redbord is the head of legal and government affairs for the blockchain intelligence firm, TRM Labs. Prior to joining TRM Labs, Ari held public sector roles involving cryptocurrency and national security at the Department of Justice and U.S. Department of the Treasury. In this episode, Ari and Lee break down President Biden’s executive order on …

Barbara Haya directs the Berkeley Carbon Trading Project. Barbara joins Lee to explain what carbon offsets are and the considerations that must be addressed to ensure that offset credits entering into commerce reflect real, verifiable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Specifically, Barbara details why most offset programs issue more credits t…

The FinReg experts are back to discuss the SEC’s proposal to up its disclosure rules for private equity and hedge funds in a bid for greater fee and performance transparency, while the team also discuss CSDR and SupTech. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jeremy Kress is Assistant Professor of Business Law at Michigan Ross and Co-Faculty Director of the University of Michigan’s Center on Finance, Law & Policy. Jeremy joins Lee to discuss how policymakers’ long-standing approach to bank antitrust—premised on consumer welfare—has reduced the cost and availability of basic financial services and ignore…

Mike Bloomberg is the Public Infrastructure Fellow at the NewCities Foundation and a Visiting Researcher with the Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech. In this episode, he examines the dark side of U.S. cities embracing cryptocurrency. Mike and Lee discuss how MiamiCoin and NYC Coin actually work, the nebulous legal relationship between these coins and t…

Jay Brown and Kathleen Hamm are former board members of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or PCAOB. Jay and Kathleen join Lee to discuss the origins of the PCAOB and the ongoing challenges the agency faces. Specifically, they discuss the role of auditors in overseeing non-financial reporting such as ESG disclosure, the difficulty in ge…

On January 20th, the Federal Reserve released a discussion paper that examines the pros and cons of a potential U.S. central bank digital currency, or CBDC. In this episode, Marcelo Prates joins Lee to breakdown the paper’s findings and the future of CBDCs in the U.S. and elsewhere. Marcelo is a lawyer at the Central Bank of Brazil and a columnist …

Art Wilmarth is Professor Emeritus at The George Washington University Law School. In this episode, Art discusses his new paper, “It’s Time to Regulate Stablecoins as Deposits and Require Their Issuers to Be FDIC-Insured Banks.” Specifically, Art explains why he believes that stablecoin issuers and distributors should be required to become FDIC-ins…

Hilary Allen is a professor of law at the American University Washington College of Law and author of “Driverless Finance: Fintech’s Impact on Financial Stability.” In this episode, Hilary discusses the financial stability risks associated with the rise of crypto-assets, fintech payments, and machine learning; and why she believes regulators should…

The FinReg experts are back for season 3 with lots on the agenda! After discussion their New Year FinRegulutions, we dive into the upcoming settlement regulations in Europe, the SEC’s proposed securities lending reporting rules and regulatory spotlight being placed on cloud service providers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat…

Sara Greene is a sociologist and legal scholar whose research utilizes qualitative empirical methods to study the relationship between law, poverty, and inequality. In this episode, Sara discusses her recent paper “Stealing (Identity) From the Poor.” Sara discusses why low-income individuals are particularly vulnerable to identity theft, why the ex…

In this special look-back episode, Tim Swanson breaks down major developments in the cryptocurrency market in 2021. Tim is head of market intelligence at London-based blockchain company Clearmatics and is the founder and director of research at tech advisory firm Post Oak Labs. Tim’s Twitter: @ofnumbers GFMC’s Twitter: @DukeGFMC Lee’s Twitter: @lee…

Costas Stephanou and Matteo Aquilina from the Financial Stability Board (FSB) discuss the fragilities in the non-bank financial intermediation sector that were revealed in March 2020 with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the work of the FSB to address these risks. Non-bank financial intermediaries include money market mutual funds, other open…

Chris Giancarlo served as the thirteenth Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. While leading the CFTC, Chris earned the nickname “CryptoDad” for his call on Congress to respect a new generation’s interest in cryptocurrency, an experience he details in his excellent new book “CryptoDad: The Fight for the Future of Money.” Chris …

Laura Parisi is team lead at the European Central Bank Climate Change Center and Spyros Alogoskoufis is a financial stability and stress test expert at the European Central Bank. Together, they spearheaded the ECB’s economy-wide climate stress test which was released in September. The exercise tested the impact of climate change on more than four m…

Ari Redbord is the head of legal and government affairs for the blockchain intelligence firm, TRM Labs. Prior to joining TRM Labs, Ari held public sector roles involving cryptocurrency and national security at the Department of Justice and U.S. Department of the Treasury. In this episode, Ari discusses the first time he encountered cryptocurrency a…

Winston Ma is the author of “The Digital War: How China's Tech Power Shapes the Future of AI, Blockchain and Cyberspace.” The book details the profound global implications as China's digital economy moves from a consumer-focused phase to an enterprise-oriented one, with a focus on the Internet of Things, AI, blockchain, cloud computing, and data an…

Liam Vaughan is a senior reporter with Bloomberg and Businessweek magazine in London. His article, ‘Most Americans Today Believe the Stock Market Is Rigged, and They’re Right,’ appeared on the October 4th cover of Bloomberg Businessweek. Liam is a returning guest to the podcast and joins Lee to discuss his new article that examines the disturbing b…

Alicia Seiger is Managing Director of the Stanford University Sustainable Finance Initiative and Lynn Schenk is Director at the Business and Environment Initiative at Harvard Business School. They both served on the California Climate-Related Risk Disclosure Advisory Group. In this episode, Alicia and Lynn discuss the advisory group’s recent report…

The FinReg experts are back to catch up on a busy month of regulatory action as ESMA outlines its priorities for 2022 and recommends a SDR buy-in delay, the CFTC takes action on reporting and settlement cycles continue to top the list of industry talking points. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

Tariq Fancy is Founder and CEO of The Rumie Initiative and the former Chief Investment Officer for Sustainable Investing at BlackRock. His recent three-part series, “The Secret Diary of a Sustainable Investor”, argues that ESG/sustainable investing is intellectually bankrupt and is damaging to the most important causes it purports to support. Tariq…

Pat Parkinson is a senior fellow at the Bank Policy Institute and project director for the Group of Thirty’s Working Group on Treasury Market Liquidity. In this episode, Pat discusses the Treasury market meltdown in March 2020 and the Group of Thirty’s recommendations to address key Treasury market fragilities. Specifically, Pat explains why the Fe…

The FinReg experts are back to catch up on a summer of regulatory announcements and whispers including Gary Gensler's stance on digital assets, SFDR, the move to T+1 settlement and more, while it's also one FinReg podcasters last episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mike Konczal is Director of Macroeconomic Analysis and Progressive Thought at the Roosevelt Institute. His recent article “Completing the Revolution in Macroeconomic Policy,” is part of a three-part series from Roosevelt Institute staff that lay out their agendas for the next Federal Reserve term across three different issues: corporate power, clim…

Art Wilmarth is Professor Emeritus at The George Washington University Law School. In this episode, Art discusses his new paper “The Pandemic Crisis Shows that the World Remains Trapped in a 'Global Doom Loop' of Financial Instability, Rising Debt Levels, and Escalating Bailouts.” Art explains the consequences of the Federal Reserve’s backstop of t…

Congressman Mike Levin is one of the leading voices on climate policy in the U.S. Congress. He serves on the House Committee on Natural Resources as well as the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, and in this episode, he talks about the findings from the latest UN climate report, the climate provisions he would like to see in the proposed…

Zach Neumann is the co-founder and executive director of the COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project in Denver, Colorado. Zach is also the co-author of a recent paper from the Aspen Institute titled “With Federal Moratorium Expiring, 15 million people at Risk of Eviction.” In this episode, Zach discusses the innovative model his organization developed to…

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a cooperative effort among 11 northeastern and mid-Atlantic states to cap and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector. In this episode, RGGI Vice Chair and Maryland Secretary of the Environment, Ben Grumbles, breaks down RGGI’s origins and what it takes for states to join the initiative…

The FinReg experts are back to discuss Gary Gensler’s new SEC team and their 49-point objectives covering everything from cryptocurrencies to ESG and T+1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.