Financial Risk Day: Risk and Regulation – Past, Present and Future

Macquarie University’s The Financial Risk Day: Risk and Regulation – Past, Present and Future conference on 30 March 2012 will bring together academics and industry leaders to exchange ideas and research on the management of financial risk.

The focus will be on the interplay between the theory and practice of financial risk management, the exchange of information on contemporary financial risk topics, and prioritisation of research in the area.

The key speaker will be Sanjiv Das, Professor of Finance, Santa Clara University who will present on ‘Risk, Regulation and Restructuring of Distressed Mortgage Debt’. His presentation will cover the US housing crisis and the successful models he has built to restructure failed mortgages in an effort to bolster bank balance sheets and to keep borrowers in their homes.

His research will be of interest to lenders, borrowers, regulators and investors concerned about distressed mortgage debt.

Professor Das previously worked at Harvard Business School and UC Berkeley and is currently senior editor of the Journal of Investment Management. Prior to being an academic, he worked in the derivatives business in the Asia-Pacific region as a Vice-President at Citibank.

Professor John Jarratt, Head of Department of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies, Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University said “This event will bring together a broad range of practical experience and academic research to stimulate discussion around the topic of financial risk.”

“We have some excellent speakers coming together to share their ideas, experiences and insights in financial risk management,” said Professor Jarratt.

Details

Date: Friday 30 March 2012, 8.30am – 5pm

Where: Four Points Sheraton Hotel, Darling Harbour

Cost: $495

www.be.mq.edu.au/riskday2012

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