Oct 14, 2022

Financial Markets Quality Conference 2022

The 2022 Financial Markets Quality Conference was held on Friday, October 14.

Watch FMQ 2022 Highlights

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  • About the Conference
  • About the Conference
  • About the Conference

    • On Tuesday, October 14, the Georgetown Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy hosted global experts and financial leaders at the annual Financial Markets Quality (FMQ) Conference on the Georgetown University campus.

    This year’s conference theme was Transformation of Financial Markets. Policymakers, industry professionals, and scholars convened to discuss today’s pressing financial issues. Financial markets are undergoing transformational change with focus on mitigating risk of global financial markets; digital assets; cross-border republic; and climate risk.

    This year’s keynote speakers included Gary Gensler, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; David Schwimmer, LSEG; Robert Cook, FINRA; U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kirsten Gillibrand; and more.

    Agenda

    October 14, 2022

    8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

    Registration, Breakfast, and Networking

    9:00 – 9:15 a.m.

    Welcome Remarks

    Reena Aggarwal, Director, Georgetown Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy, and Robert E. McDonough Professor of Finance, Georgetown University

    9:15 – 9:45 a.m.

    Virtual Fireside Chat

    Gary Gensler, Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

    Moderated by Reena Aggarwal, Founding Director, Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy and Robert E. McDonough Professor of Finance

    9:45 – 10:15 a.m.

    Fireside Chat

    David Schwimmer, Chief Executive Officer, LSEG

    Moderated by Gillian Tett, Editorial Board and Editor-at-Large, US of the Financial Times

    10:15 – 11:00 a.m.

    Panel Discussion: Market Structure

    Jim Angel, Associate Professor of Finance, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

    Hope Jarkowski, General Counsel, New York Stock Exchange

    Brian Shroder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Binance

    Nandini Sukumar, Chief Executive Officer, World Federation of Exchanges

    Moderated by Stacey Cunningham, Board Member, New York Stock Exchange

    11:00 – 11:15 a.m.

    Break

    11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

    Panel Discussion: ESG & Climate Disclosure

    Joe Amato (B’84), President and Chief Investment Officer of Equities, Neuberger Berman

    Sam Hodas, Managing Director, Head of Enterprise ESG Strategy, TIAA Nuveen

    Ananth Madhavan, Managing Director, BlackRock

    Moderated by Afsaneh M. Beschloss, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, RockCreek

    12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

    Lunch

    1:00 – 1:30 p.m.

    Fireside Chat

    Robert Cook, President and Chief Executive Officer, FINRA

    Moderated by Rohan Williamson, Vice Provost for Education, Professor of Finance, and the Bolton Sullivan and Thomas A. Dean Chair of International Business, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

    1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

    Regulatory and Policy Roundtable

    Christy Goldsmith Romero, Commissioner, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

    Mark Uyeda, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

    Moderated by Michael Piwowar (MBA’94), Executive Director, The Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets and Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (former)

    2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

    Panel Discussion: Digital Assets

    Zoe Cruz, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Menai Financial Group

    Susan Friedman (L’04), Head of Policy, Ripple

    Neal Kumar, Partner in Corporate and Financial Services Department, Willkie, Farr, & Gallagher LLP

    Anna Paglia, Global Head of ETFs, Invesco

    Moderated by Mark Makepeace, Chief Executive Officer, Wilshire

    3:30 – 4:00 p.m.

    Break

    4:00 – 4:30 p.m.

    Fireside Chat

    Rostin Behnam (C'00), Chair, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

    Moderated by Reena Aggarwal

    4:30 – 5:00 p.m.

    Video Fireside Chat

    Cynthia Lummis, U.S. Senator (WY)

    Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator (NY)

    Moderated by Tim Massad, Chair, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (former)

    5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

    Closing Remarks and Networking Reception

    Keynote Speakers

    Gary Gensler

    Gary Gensler

    Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
    David Schwimmer

    David Schwimmer

    Chief Executive Officer, LSEG
    Prior to his role at LSEG, Schwimmer spent 20 years at Goldman Sachs in a number of senior roles, most recently as Global Head of Market Structure and Global Head of Metals & Mining. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, he practiced law at Davis Polk & Wardwell.
    Robert Cook

    Robert Cook

    President and Chief Executive Officer, FINRA
    Rostin Behnam (C’00)

    Rostin Behnam (C’00)

    Distinguished Fellow, Psaros Center
    Rostin Behnam served as the chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission after serving as both acting chairman and a commissioner from 2017 through 2025. As chairman of the agency, Commissioner Behnam focused on transitioning the CFTC from the rule-writing era that dominated the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act to an agency that moves in lockstep within its mandate to address the issues presented by the rapidly evolving derivatives markets. With technology as a predominant driver of change, he has worked to implement rules and dedicate resources to enhance risk management and resilience, strengthen customer protections, promote efficiency and innovation, improve reporting and data policy, and promote international comity.

    Panel Discussion: Market Structure

    Hope Jarkowski

    Chief Legal Officer, Broadridge
    Hope Jarkowski joined Broadridge as Chief Legal Officer in May 2024. She oversees the company’s legal, compliance, regulatory, and government affairs functions and serves as the primary legal advisor to senior management and the Board of Directors. Hope is an established leader with strong expertise in securities regulation, corporate governance, and regulatory affairs. Prior to joining Broadridge, she served as General Counsel at the New York Stock Exchange, where she provided legal counsel and regulatory strategy advice across the NYSE’s business segments. She also served as Head of Equities for the NYSE and as co-head of Regulatory Affairs for NYSE’s parent, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. Hope has held leadership roles at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, and prior to her government service, she practiced securities law at both a Fortune 100 law firm and FINRA.

    Brian Schroder

    Chief Executive Officer, Binance (former)
    Nandini Sukumar

    Nandini Sukumar

    Chief Executive Officer, World Federation of Exchanges
    Nandini Sukumar is the chief executive officer of the World Federation of Exchanges, the global association for exchanges and CCPs. The WFE represents more than 250 exchanges and clearing houses globally, educating stakeholders on the vital role played by market infrastructures in the real economy and as a standard setter, finding the consensus on issues among the global membership.
    James Angel

    James Angel

    Associate Professor of Finance, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

    Panel Discussion: ESG and Climate Disclosure

    Sam Hodas

    Managing Director, Head of Enterprise ESG Strategy, Nuveen

    Regulatory and Policy Roundtable

    Christy Goldsmith Romero

    Commissioner, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
    Mark Uyeda (B’92)

    Mark Uyeda (B’92)

    Commissioner and former Acting Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission & Vice-Chair of the IOSCO Board
    Mark T. Uyeda was sworn into office as a Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2022, after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate. He was sworn in for a second term as Commissioner on December 28, 2023, after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate for a five-year term expiring in 2028. He serves as vice chairman of the board for the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and also as vice chairman of the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) Corporate Governance Committee. Prior to becoming Commissioner, he served as an SEC detailee to both the legislative and executive branches, most recently as securities counsel to Ranking Member Pat Toomey on the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Commissioner Uyeda also served on detail as a policy advisor to senior leadership at the U.S. Department of the Treasury in 2017-2018 and the U.S. Department of Labor in 2020. Commissioner Uyeda has been with the SEC since 2006, serving as Senior Advisor to Chairman Jay Clayton, Counsel to Commissioners Michael S. Piwowar and Paul S. Atkins, and Assistant Director and Senior Special Counsel in the Division of Investment Management. Before joining the SEC, Commissioner Uyeda served as Chief Advisor to the California Corporations Commissioner (now known as the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation), the state’s securities regulator, having been appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2004. Earlier in his career, he worked as a corporate and securities attorney at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart (now K&L Gates) in Washington, D.C. and O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles. Commissioner Uyeda earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Georgetown University in 1992 and his law degree with honors from Duke University in 1995. He is the first Asian-Pacific American to serve as a Commissioner at the SEC.

    Panel Discussion: Digital Assets

    Zoe Cruz

    Zoe Cruz

    Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Menai Financial Group

    Susan Friedman

    Director, Brunswick Group

    Kari Larsen

    Partner and Co-chair, Willkie Digital Works

    Moderators

    Gillian Tett

    Chair of the Editorial Board and Editor at Large, U.S. Financial Times
    Stacey Cunningham

    Stacey Cunningham

    President, New York Stock Exchange (former) & Board Member, Psaros Center
    Stacey Cunningham has more than 25 years of experience at leading financial markets institutions including the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange, Bank of America, and Nasdaq. As president of the New York Stock Exchange, Cunningham oversaw the world's largest exchange, home to 2300 of the world's most influential and most innovative companies, and was a member of the Intercontinental Exchange executive management team.
    Rohan Williamson

    Rohan Williamson

    Vice Provost for Education Bolton Sullivan/Thomas A. Dean Professor in International Business and Professor of Finance, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
    Michael Piwowar (MBA’94)

    Michael Piwowar (MBA’94)

    Executive Director, Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy
    Michael S. Piwowar is the executive director of the Psaros Center. He was formerly the executive vice president of Milken Institute Finance. He was nominated by President Obama and unanimously confirmed by the Senate to serve as a commissioner for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 2013 to 2018. Piwowar was designated acting chairman of the Commission by President Trump.

    Mark Makepeace

    Chief Executive Officer, Wilshire Founder, FTSE Russell
    Timothy Massad

    Timothy Massad

    Chair, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (former)