This conference is about two important, world-wide initiatives in banking regulation since the financial crisis of ’07-’09. The first, as expressed in Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act, Financial Stability Board initiatives, and European Commission proposals, is to give authorities powers to resolve weak financial institutions in a preemptive and orderly manner so as to avoid government bailouts and prevent systemic crises. The second, as expressed in the Volcker Rule, the UK’s Independent Commission on Banking’s final report, and the Liikanen Report, is to separate core from non-core banking activities so as to protect deposit-taking entities, mitigate the need for bail-outs, and prevent contagion of financial stress.

There has been much debate about the merits of these two initiatives relative to policy alternatives, but resolution powers and structural reform are now a fixed part of the regulatory landscape. The challenge passes, therefore, to successful implementation. The purpose of this conference is to bring together regulators, finance and legal practitioners, and finance and legal academics, to discuss how the goals of resolution powers and structural reform can best be achieved in practice.


Conference Location:
NYU Stern School of Business
Kaufman Management Center, Room 2-60
44 West Fourth Street
New York, NY 10012

Registration: Attendance is by invitation only.
For more information, contact the Salomon Center (salomon@stern.nyu.edu)