Topic: Public Policy & Advocacy

2016 Annual Symposium – Transformation in Financial Services: The Impact of Financial Technology (FinTech)

April 14, 2016 | Women in Housing & Finance (WHF)

The Women in Housing & Finance 2016 Annual Symposium will focus on the impact of the global and rapidly growing applications of financial technology (FinTech) on financial services providers and their customers and how the industry regulators are responding to this transformation of financial services. Diana will be moderating the panel on balancing innovation and regulation.

Public Policy Luncheon with Alexia Latortue, U.S. Department of the Treasury Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Development Policy

February 25, 2016 | Women in Housing & Finance (WHF)

Diana engaged in an off-the-record dialog with Ms. Latortue about her role at Treasury. Topics they discussed included Ms. Latortue’s work to support a new global framework for financing development, the recently approved sustainable development goals, the role of the multilateral development banks, infrastructure financing, and financial inclusion.

Commissioner Sharon Y. Bowen Remarks on Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Regulatory Developments

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.

Chairman Timothy G. Massad Remarks on Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Regulatory Developments

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.