March 27, 2017 | District of Columbia Bar Association (DC Bar)
Diana moderated a DC Bar panel discussion on the new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Rule on Investment Company Liquidity Risk Management Programs. Topics included requirements for assessing liquidity risk management, treatment of derivatives…
September 27, 2016 | Women in Housing & Finance (WHF)
Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) had a conversation with Diana about the Senator’s work and views on developments in Housing and Finance. They discussed the Senator’s role as a member of the Senate…
January 12, 2016 | District of Columbia Bar Association (DC Bar)
After Commissioner Bowen’s formal remarks about speculative position limits for derivatives, Diana engaged in an off-the-record dialog with her. Topics they discussed included ongoing challenges from implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act swaps clearing and trading mandates, anti-manipulation laws, governance, cross-border swaps regulation, substituted compliance, cybersecurity, algorithmic trading, and liquidity in the swaps markets.
July 23, 2015 | District of Columbia Bar Association (DC Bar)
Following Chairman Massad’s formal keynote address, Diana provided informal commentary related to some of the topics mentioned in his remarks. The speech focused on implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act, including the clearing mandate and clearinghouse resilience, oversight of swap dealers, swap execution facility trading, data reporting, cross-border harmonization, and next steps.
July 15, 2014 | Women in Housing & Finance (WHF)
Women in Housing & Finance (WHF) issued a press release to announce its new leadership and Board of Directors for 2014-2015. WHF is a premiere non-partisan, nonprofit forum for business and policy experts to share their views and insights. Since 1979, WHF has provided outstanding opportunities to learn about housing and financial services developments, network with other professionals in the field, and meet with regulators and other government officials. Diana joined the WHF Board in 2011 and continues to serve as a member of the Board.
October 25, 2013 | American Bankers Association (ABA)
The ABA petition seeks exemptive relief and interim no-action relief for bank and savings and loan holding companies of the banks and savings and loans that are eligible for the end-user clearing exception. Specifically, the petition seeks to treat the holding company the same as the end-user banks and also be eligible for the clearing exception. The CFTC granted no-action relief on January 8, 2016.
