To Regulate or Not to Regulate During Financial Crisis?

Finance Experts Debate Merits of Capital Markets Regulation and Government Actions

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The New York Academy of Sciences’ Quantitative Finance Discussion Group, with sponsorship from Moody’s Corporation presents To Regulate or Not to Regulate, a discussion on the merits of regulation on capital markets and government actions during the financial crisis.

WHO:	Speakers:
	Pro-Regulation: Til Schuermann, Vice President, Financial Intermediation Function, Federal Reserve Bank
	Pro-Market: Allan Meltzer, Professor of Political Economy, Carnegie Mellon University
	Moderator:
	Rick Bryant, Executive Director of the Quantitative Finance Program, Carnegie Mellon University
WHEN:	Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009; 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
	A reception will follow the presentations and panel discussion.
WHERE:	NYAS, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St., 40th floor

Register and see speaker biographies at www.nyas.org/regulation

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