UMD's Center for Financial Policy Co-Hosts "Systemic Risk and Data Issues" Conference
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The Center for Financial Policy at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business will co-host a "Systemic Risk and Data Issues" conference, October 5-6, 2011, at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington, D.C. The Smith School has partnered with the Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions at the NYU Stern School of Business, the Center for Financial Markets at Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business, and the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. The conference will explore how systemic risk erupts in the financial sector, how to measure it, and possible solutions. Additional information, including a full agenda and a list of academic research that will be presented, is available at http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/cfp/events/2011/confSystemicRisk1011/index.a….
What: Conference on Systemic Risk and Data Issues - Inspired by the Dodd-Frank Act and the U.S. Treasury's newly established Financial Stability Oversight Council and Office of Financial Research, this two-day event brings together academics and major players from government and financial industry to collaborate and discuss cutting-edge research on systemic risk and data issues that could have big impact on policy.
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