Global Financial Markets Center at Duke University School of Law

12/01/2021

NEW FinReg Pod podcast is out with Costas Stephanou and Matteo Aquilina from the Financial Stability Board (FSB). Listen as they discuss the fragilities in the non-bank financial intermediation sector that were revealed in March 2020 with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the work of the FSB to address these risks. Non-bank financial intermediaries include money market mutual funds, other open-ended funds, asset managers, non-bank corporate bond dealers, and derivatives central counterparties. The sector was on the bring of collapse in March 2020 before central banks took extraordinary and unprecedented action.

Fixing Non-Bank Financial Intermediation

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/31ijd9E
Apple: https://apple.co/3lmL1R5

11/02/2021

NEW FinReg Pod podcast is out with Ari Redbord, the head of legal and government affairs for the blockchain intelligence firm, TRM Labs.

Cryptocurrency and National Security

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3bzvS9T
Apple: https://apple.co/2Y7r0Wm

08/30/2021

NEW FinReg Pod podcast is out with Art Wilmarth, Professor Emeritus at The George Washington University Law School. Listen as Art explains the consequences of the Federal Reserve’s backstop of the corporate bond market during the pandemic, what history tells us about the Fed’s ability to taper their quantitative easing program, and how the Fed’s support for shadow deposits like money market funds and commercial paper has fueled the rise of new shadow deposits like stablecoins.

The Pandemic Reveals Financial Sector’s Fragility

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Dn47xY
Apple: https://apple.co/3gJh2kj

08/18/2021

NEW FinReg Pod podcast is out with Congressman Mike Levin. Listen as he discusses the findings from the latest UN climate report, the climate provisions he would like to see in the proposed $3.5 trillion dollar budget reconciliation package, and what other government agencies can do to help address the climate crisis.

Addressing the Climate Crisis in the U.S. Congress

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2XsNaBK
Apple: https://apple.co/3y8bLbX

08/09/2021

NEW FinReg Pod podcast is out with Zach Neumann, co-founder and executive director of the COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project in Denver, Colorado and also the co-author of a recent paper from the Aspen Institute titled “With Federal Moratorium Expiring, 15 million people at Risk of Eviction.” Listen as he discusses rental assistance fund distribution and how to slow evictions.

The Current State of Eviction Policy

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3s1CCF4
Apple: https://apple.co/3jxq6t2

06/21/2021

TODAY:

The Climate Risk Disclosure Lab published an executive summary of the full comment letter it submitted to the SEC last week in regards to their request for information on climate change disclosures.

The GFMC is proud to be a part of this effort, alongside the Nicholas Institute and the National Whistleblower Center, to provide investors and the public with consistent, reliable, and comparable climate risk information. We encourage everyone to read our summary and full comment letter:

SEC Climate Risk Disclosure Comment Letter: Executive Summary

Link:

Climate change poses serious risks to almost every aspect of the economy, and its impacts will have long-term disruptive effects on financial markets around the world. Currently, these risks are not adequately addressed by financial regulators in the United States. As a result, climate-related infor...

06/17/2021

NEW FinReg Pod podcast is out with Manuel Frey and Jane O’Brien. Listen in as they discuss the role of regulators in facilitating an orderly transition away from LIBOR, the strengths and weaknesses of regulators’ preferred alternative to LIBOR, and the potential for rival benchmarks to gain traction.

Bye Bye LIBOR

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5lUNYms5cBcCYTmpreCCt9?si=IPbWKfLjTdCzXCD_bvSIXA&dl_branch=1
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bye-bye-libor/id1483871507?i=1000525899892

04/26/2021

NOTICE:

The GFMC is hosting a virtual event, 'The Archegos Implosion: Can A Family Office Threaten Financial Stability?' (April 29th, 12:30PM). Duke Law faculty with discuss why Archegos failed, who got hurt, and what should be done about it.

Register at:https://bit.ly/3dZjO2A
More:https://law.duke.edu/events/archegos-implosion-can-family-office-threaten-financial-stability/

04/15/2021

NEW FinReg Pod podcast is out with Kerry Killinger, former CEO of Washington Mutual, and special guest host Patrick Rucker, writer for The Capitol Forum

What Happened to WaMu?

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Iwo5rWUXBCOuc9pE88fOG?si=YyCkzGemQYuzdbHUqSWrLw
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-happened-to-wamu/id1483871507?i=1000517261681

04/13/2021

NEW FinReg Pod podcast is out with Sara Myklebust from Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative and Patrick Woodall from Americans for Financial Reform

America’s Billionaire Landlords

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3mYbRm4iijGWL3rX7X7mFx?si=4SgFmeb5RgKobgAzCypu5Q
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-billionaire-landlords/id1483871507?i=1000516955427

03/25/2021

NEW FinReg Pod podcast is out with Joe Davis, Vanguard’s Global Chief Economist

Assessing Economic Stimulus

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/367rxvEEwOd3CdaksImJsf?si=gfsJxakPTg-1-Vj5gR9Fiw
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/assessing-economic-stimulus/id1483871507?i=1000514404417

03/23/2021

NEW FinReg Pod podcast is out with David Berger, partner at Wilson Sonsini in Silicon Valley

The Case for Inclusive Capitalis‪m

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/32K0PxSYQxExQzaHTEaTUf?si=6_azoyvMQeW1N48rlEARng
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-case-for-inclusive-capitalism/id1483871507?i=1000514099774