Global Economics Group’s experts have played a major role in shaping reform outcomes through rigorous economic studies and analysis
CHICAGO, July 21, 2011 – Global Economics Group, an economic consulting firm with one of the world’s leading financial regulation practices, is holding a “virtual conference” on July 21st, the first anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Leading experts will analyze what has happened over the last year, what’s next, what’s good, and what’s bad. Click here to register.
The conference will consist of three panels led by key GlobalEcon experts:
– Banking regulation led by Douglas J. Elliott, a fellow at the Brookings Institution who is one of the major contributors to the debate on financial regulation.
– Consumer financial protection regulation led by Todd Zywicki, a professor at George Mason University School of Law who is one of the country’s leading authorities on bankruptcy and other consumer financial protection issues.
– Derivatives regulation led by Bob Litan, who is Vice President for Research and Policy at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and a fellow at the Brookings Institution. (This will be held on July 26th.)
The conference will be emceed by GlobalEcon Chairman David S. Evans, an economist and business advisor to the financial services industry who holds teaching positions at the University of Chicago Law School and the University College London.
The conference will be hosted by PYMNTS.com, which is the leading provider of information on what’s next for the payments industry worldwide. PYMNTS.com is a joint venture Market Platform Dynamics and Berkshire Hathaway’s Business Wire. The full conference program and schedule are available on PYMNTS.com.
GlobalEcon has one of the world’s leading financial services practices focused on regulation and litigation. The firm’s experts have been engaged by many of the foremost players around the world to provide assistance on financial regulation and legislation, as well as the implementation of new laws by regulatory authorities. Most recently, the GlobalEcon’s experts submitted several economic studies on behalf of large financial institutions to the Federal Reserve Board’s recently completed rulemaking concerning debit card fees. Their highly influential studies documented the adverse effects of very low price caps on debit card interchange fees on consumers and small businesses.
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