The Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy brings in top tier speakers focused on addressing urgent financial market issues of today. Speakers cover topics ranging from blockchain management, AI’s growing role in investments, the effect of politics on financial market behavior, crypto, fintech innovation, ESG, and more.
Previous Financial Markets Quality Conference Speakers
FMQ Keynote Speakers
- Afsaneh M. Beschloss, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Rock Creek Group
- Arne Staal, Group Head of Benchmarks and Indices and Chief Executive Officer, FTSE Russell, London Stock Exchange Group
- David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman, The Carlyle Group
- Henry Fernandez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MSCI
- Barbara Novic, Vice Chairman and Co-Founder, BlackRock
- Joseph V. Amato, President and Chief Investment Officer of Equities, Neuberger Berman Group LLC
- Waqas Samad, Chief Executive Officer, FTSE Russell at London Stock Exchange Group
- Stacey Cunningham, President, New York Stock Exchange
- Robert Cook, President and CEO, FINRA
- Robert Greifeld, Chairman, Virtu Financial Inc.
Additional FMQ Speakers
View from the Exchanges
- Chuck Mack, Head of Equities, Nasdaq
- Nandini Sukumar, Chief Executive Officer, World Federation of Exchanges
- Kevin Tyrrell, Head of Research, New York Stock Exchange
Regulation and Policy Update
- Commissioner Allison Herren Lee, SEC Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Commissioner Hester Peirce, SEC Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw, SEC Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Commissioner Elad L. Roisman, SEC Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Future of Digital Assets
- Daniel Gallagher (C’94), Chief Legal Officer, Robinhood
- Sarah Olsen (C’09), CIB, Blockchain, Executive Director, JP Morgan
- Haimera Workie, Head of Financial Innovation & Senior Director, FINRA
- Perianne Boring, Founder and President, Chamber of Digital Commerce
- Zoe Cruz, Strategic Advisor
- Daniel Gorfine, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Gattaca Horizons LLC
Crypto ETFs
- Simeon Hyman, Head of Investment Strategy, ProShares
- David LaValle (C’99), Global Head of ETFs, Grayscale
- Anna Paglia, Managing Director and Global Head of ETFs and Indexed Strategies, Invesco
ESG Disclosure and Ratings Panel
- Remy Briand, Head of ESG, MSCI
- Granville Martin, Director of Policy for the Americas, the Value Reporting Foundation
- Laura Segafredo, Global Head of Sustainable Research, ETF and Index Investments, BlackRock
- Anne Simpson, Interim Managing Investment Director, Board Governance and Sustainability, CalPERS
Markets in Motion
- Tal Cohen, Executive Vice President and Head of North American Markets, Nasdaq
- Chris Concannon, Director, President and Chief Operating Officer, MarketAxess
- Bryan Harkins, Executive Vice President, Head of Markets Division, Cboe Global Markets, Inc.
- Nandini Sukumar, Chief Executive Officer, World Federation of Exchanges
Fintech and the Transformation of Financial Services
- Mary Ellen Iskenderian (F’81), President and Chief Executive Officer, Women’s World Banking
- Kavita Jain, Deputy Associate Director, Innovation Policy, Federal Reserve Board
- Raj Khosla, Founder and Managing Director, MyMoneyMantra
- Majd Maksad, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Status Money
Post Election Discussion
- Jason Furman, Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Former 28th Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers- Obama Administration, Harvard Kennedy School
- Kevin Hassett, Vice President and Managing Director, 29th Chairman of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers- Trump Administration, The Lindsey Group
Additional Previous Psaros Center Event Speakers
The Psaros Center hosts a wide range of speakers throughout the year.
Women’s History Month
- Renée B. Adams, Professor of Finance, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
- Lisa D. Cook, Professor fo Economics and International Relations, Michigan State University
- Mengxin Zhao, Financial Economist, Office of Corporate Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Mary Erdoes, Chief Executive Office of Asset and Wealth Management, JP Morgan Chase
- Afsaneh M. Beschloss, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Rock Creek Group
- Suzanne Donohoe, Partner & Global Head of Strategic Growth; Co-Chair, Inclusion and Diversity Council, KKR
- Rosemary Berkery, Former Chair and CEO, UBS Bank USA
- Jessica Bent (MBA’05), Group Head of Special Assets, Capital One
- Regina Lawrence Savage (MBA/MPP’04), Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
- Brooke Bollyky (MBA’11), Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group
- Isabelle Moses (MBA’07), Chief of Staff, Faith in Action
Global Virtual Seminar Series on Fintech
- Itay Goldstein, Joel S. Ehrenkranz Family Professor, Professor of Finance, Professor of Economics, and Coordinator of PhD Program, The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania
- Tarun Ramadorai, Professor of Financial Economics, Imperial College London
- Uday Rajan, David B. Hermelin Professor of Business Administration, Chair and Professor of Finance and Real Estate, Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
- Adair Morse, Soloman P. Lee Chair in Business Ethics, Associate Professor of Finance, Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley
- Kose John, Charles William Gerstenberg Professor of Banking and Finance, Stern School of Business, New York University
- Amit Seru, Steven and Roberta Denning Professor of Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- David Yermack, Albert Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transformation, New York University Stern School of Business
- Antoinette Schoar, Stewart C. Myers-Horn Family Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship, MIT Sloan School of Management
- Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- Maureen O’Hara, Robert W. Purcell Professor of Finance, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
- Manju Puri, J. B. Fuqua Professor, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Women in Finance Academic Seminar: Gender and Diversity Research
- Renée B. Adams, Professor of Finance, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
- Lisa D. Cook, Professor fo Economics and International Relations, Michigan State University
- Mengxin Zhao, Financial Economist, Office of Corporate Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Trading Apps Day
- Alessandro Previtero, Assistant Professor of Finance, Indiana University Kelley School of Business
- Stefano Giglio, Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management
- Enrichetta Ravina, Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Cybersecurity Day
- Michael Weber, Associate Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- Pat Akey, Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Toronto
- Tianyue Ruan, Assistant Professor of Finance, National University of Singapore Business School
AI in Asset Management Day
- Turan Bali, Robert S. Parker Chair Professor of Business Administration and Finance Area Coordinator, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
- Markus Pelger, Reid and Polly Anderson Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor of Management Science & Engineering, Stanford University
- Bryan Kelly, Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management
Natural Language Processing Day
- Dacheng Xiu, Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- Marina Niessner, Visiting Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management
- Xiaofei Zhao, Associate Professor of Finance, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
Man vs Machine Day
- Jules van Binsbergen, The Nippon Life Professor in Finance Professor of Finance, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School
- Joseph Pacelli, Assistant Professor in Accounting, Indiana University Kelley School of Business
- Xiang Zheng, Job Market Candidate, Boston College Carroll School of Management
Social Finance Day
- Will Mullins, Assistant Professor of Finance, UC San Diego Rady School of Management
- Ha Diep-Nguyen, Assistant Professor, Purdue University Krannert School of Management
- David Hirshleifer, Distinguished Professor of Finance Merage Chair in Business Growth, University of California at Irvine
Robo-Advising Day
- Alberto Rossi, Associate Professor of Finance Associate Director for Center for Financial Markets and Policy, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
- Michael Rehner, Assistant Professor of Finance, UC San Diego Rady School of Management
- Agostino Capponi, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University in the City of New York
Fintech Apps Day
- Wenlan Qian, Associate Professor of Finance Dean’s Chair, National University of Singapore
- Francesco D’Acunto, Assistant Professor Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellow, Boston College Carroll School of Management
- Michaela Pagel, Roderick H. Cushman Associate Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
Data Privacy Day
- Huan Tang, Assistant Professor, London School of Economics
- Ansgar Walther, Assistant Professor, Imperial College London
- Hongjun Yan, Professor of Finance Richard H. Driehaus Chair in Behavioral Finance, DePaul University
Machine Learning Day
- Lin William Cong, Associate Professor Rudd Family Professor of Management, Cornell University SC Johnson College of Business
- Svetlana Bryzgalova, Assistant Professor of Finance, London Business School
- Léa Stern, Assistant Professor of Finance and Business Economics, University of Washington Foster School of Business
Crypto Day
- Amin Shams, Assistant Professor of Finance, The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business
- Richard K. Lyons, Chief Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Officer Professor & Former Dean, William & Janet Cronk Chair in Innovative Leadership, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
- Ganesh Viswanath Natraj, Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Warwick Business School
- Tao Li, Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Florida Warrington College of Business
- Donghwa Shin, Assistant Professor of Finance, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School
- Baolian Wang, Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Florida Warrington College of Business
Twitter CFO Lecture
- Ned Segal, Chief Financial Officer, Twitter
The New Gold Rush: a discussion on the Institutionalization of Digital Assets
- Jack McDonald (F’88, L’93), Chief Executive Officer and Board Member, PolySign, Inc.
- James Koutoulas, Chief Executive Officer, Typhon Capital Management
- Michael Moro (B’00), Chief Executive Officer, Genesis
- Tim McCourt, Managing Director and Global Head of Equities and Alternative Products, CME Group
Retail Investors Shake Up Wall Street, What’s Next?
- Chester Spatt, Pamela R. and Kenneth B. Dunn Professor of Finance, Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business
- Guy Adami (B’86), Director of Advisor Advocacy, Private Advisor Group, CNBC
- Jim Angel, Associate Professor, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
- Albert “Pete” Kyle, Charles E. Smith Chair in Finance and Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business
- Reena Aggarwal, Robert E. McDonough Professor of Finance, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
Webinar on ETF Performance: From the Flash Crash to COVID-19
- Ananth Madhaven, BlackRock
- Reginald Browne, GTS
- Laura Flores, MorganLewis
- David LaValle, Alerian
- Andrew Chanin, ProCure Funds
- Dan McCabe, Precidian