Financial Markets Quality Conference Discusses Critical Issues

Recent events continue to raise a number of questions about the quality of financial markets. On Oct. 10, the Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policy and the Financial Times hosted its fourth annual Financial Markets Quality conference on Tuesday, Oct. 10, at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business. The conference brought together policymakers, market participants, and scholars to discuss critical issues related to financial market quality and propose solutions for the future.

Keynote speakers included:

• Mark Makepeace, Group Director of Information Services, London Stock Exchange Group and Chief Executive of FTSE Russell (pictured above)
• Robert Cook, CEO, FINRA
• Mary Callahan Erdoes, CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management
• Adena Friedman, President and CEO, Nasdaq
• Commissioner Michael Piwowar, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Watch videos of conference keynote and panel sessions .