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Financial Markets Group Fall Conference

Agenda

Monday, 11/18/24

8:00 AM

Breakfast and Registration

9:00 AM

Welcome Remarks

Speaker

Austan Goolsbee, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

9:15 AM

Keynote Speech

Speaker

Nellie Liang, Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, U.S. Department of Treasury

9:45 AM

Panel 1: Clearing Mandate and Implementation Mechanics

Moderator

Cindy Hull, Vice President and Head of Financial Markets Group, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Panelists

Liz Kirby, Managing Director, Tradeweb

Laura Klimpel, Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income and Financing Solutions, Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation

Bill Martinez, Portfolio Manager, Short-Term Desk, PIMCO

Nate Wuerffel, Head of Market Structure, Bank of New York Mellon

11:00 AM

Break

11:20 AM

Fireside Chat

Moderator

Robert Steigerwald, Senior Policy Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Keynote Speaker

Haoxiang Zhu, Director, Division of Trading and Markets, Securities and Exchange Commission

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:15 PM

Panel 2: Market Structure Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Treasury Markets

Moderator

Ketan Patel, Policy Advisor and Head of Financial Markets Risk Analysis, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Panelists

Isaac Chang, Head of Central Trading and Strategy for Fixed Income and Macro, Citadel

Sean Downey, Chief Compliance Officer, Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Jennifer Imler, Managing Director, Debt Capital Markets, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

Marta Poleszczuk, Head of Fixed Income Trading for the Americas, Wellington Management Company

2:30 PM

Break

2:45 PM

Fireside Chat

Keynote Speaker

Randall Kroszner, External Member of the Financial Policy Committee and the Financial Market Infrastructure Committee, Bank of England

Moderator

Anna Paulson, Executive Vice President, Director of Research and Executive Committee Member, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

3:30 PM

Break

4:00 PM

Panel 3: More Clearing in More Places: Financial Stability Implications

Moderator

Gene Amromin, Senior Vice President and Director of Financial Policy, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Panelists

Paul Hamill, Intercontinental Exchange

Simonetta Rosati, Senior Market Infrastructure Expert in the Directorate General Payment System, European Central Bank

James Tabacchi, President and CEO, South Street Securities

Adam Tarr, Managing Director, Financial Institutions, BMO Commercial Banking

5:00 PM

Closing Remarks

Moderator

Cindy Hull, Vice President and Head of Financial Markets Group, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

5:15 PM

Reception

The Financial Markets Group's annual fall conference provided the opportunity for policymakers, central bankers, regulators, academics, and industry leaders to discuss key issues impacting the stability, integrity, and efficiency of the financial system.

The theme of the 2024 conference was U.S. Treasury Clearing: Opportunities, Challenges, and Financial Stability Considerations. It featured panel discussions that covered the U.S. Treasury clearing mandate and implementation mechanics, explored potential benefits and costs from this shift in market structure, and considered a range of financial stability implications related to central clearing in U.S. financial markets.

The recap for this conference is available, 2023 Financial Markets Group Fall Conference Recap.

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