How to (and not to) Regulate Crypto
Date: Friday, September 29, 2023
The Donald E. Armstrong Building, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, 3420 Rue McTavish, Montréal, QC H3A 0E2, Canada
$395.00 – $495.00
Save the date to join GIC in our return to Montreal on September 29, 2023!
Event Detail
How to (and not to) Regulate Crypto
Save the date to join GIC in Montréal on September 29, 2023! The Global Interdependence Center is partnering with the Desmarais Global Finance Research Centre at the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University for the upcoming Desmarais Global Finance Lecture.
This conference aims to bring together thought leaders and decision-makers from academia, public policy circles, and the business world, with the goal to promote thought exchange, dialogue, and the exploration of solutions to global challenges in finance and economics. For this year, Professor Christine Parlour, Sylvan C. Coleman Chair of Finance and Accounting at Berkeley Haas, is confirmed as a Keynote speaker. Watch this page for updates as GIC is building an exciting one-day program that includes additional speakers from academia, the policy/regulatory environment, as well as the business community.
We are pleased to offer Continuing Education (CE) credits for this program. Please email [email protected] for more information on how attendees can receive credit from the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (4.5 CE credit hours).
8:30 | Registration and Coffee
9:00 | Welcoming Remarks
- Yolande E. Chan, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management
- Kathleen Stephansen, GIC Chair Emeritus
9:15 | Opening Presentations
“The State of Crypto Regulations Around The World”
- Ananya Kumar, Associate Director, The Atlantic Council
“Systemic Risk and Financial Stability in the Age of Crypto”
- Nobuyasu Sugimoto, Deputy Division Chief, Financial Supervision and Regulation Division, IMF
10:00 | Coffee Break
10:15 | Paper Session 1: “On the Fragility of DeFi Lending”
- Presenter: Kathy Yuan, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Discussant: Thomas Rivera, Desautels Faculty of Management
- Moderator: Katrin Tinn, Desautels Faculty of Management
11:00| Paper Session 2: “Learning from DeFi: Would Automated Market Makers Improve Equity Trading?”
- Presenter: Katya Malinova, McMaster University
- Discussant: Alfred Lehar, University of Calgary
- Moderator: Katrin Tinn, Desautels Faculty of Management
11:45 | Lunch at the McGill Faculty Club
1:00: Keynote Address: “The Future of Tokenization”
- Christine Parlour, Sylvan C. Coleman Chair of Finance and Accounting, University of California at Berkeley
1:45 | Coffee Break
2:00 | Panel Session: Approaches in Canada & Beyond
- Laurent Féral-Pierssens, Managing Partner, BlockZero Advisors
- Pascale Toupin, Director, Oversight of Intermediaries, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
- Elizabeth Côté, Director, Digital Innovation Impact Hub at Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
- David Adler, Partner, McCarter & English, LLP
- Moderator: Kathleen Stephansen, GIC Chair Emeritus
2:45 | Coffee Break
3:00 | Panel Session: Global Perspectives on Regulating Crypto
- Nobuyasu Sugimoto, Deputy Division Chief, Financial Supervision and Regulation Division, IMF
- Franca Ciambella, Senior Consultant, Global Law Alliance
- Miguel Diaz, Director, BIS Innovation Hub Toronto
- Shaun Martinak, Portfolio Manager, Coinbase Asset Management
- Moderator: Ananya Kumar, Associate Director, The Atlantic Council
3:30 | Closing Remarks
- David Schumacher, Associate Professor, Director of the DGFRC
- Peter Guay, PWL Capita
Event Location
Address:
The Donald E. Armstrong Building, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Room 370
3420 Rue McTavish, Montréal, QC H3A 0E2, Canada
Speakers
David Adler
Partner, McCarter & English, LLPDavid Adler’s practice encompasses bankruptcy and other insolvency proceedings. He represents a broad range of clients, including debtors, creditors’ committees, trustees, secured creditors, indenture trustees, unsecured trade creditors, equipment lessors, landlords and purchasers of assets.
Yolande E. Chan, Ph.D.
Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill UniversityDr. Yolande E. Chan joined McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management as Dean and James McGill Professor in August 2021.
Franca Ciambella
Desautels International Advisory and Advancement Board; CEO-Riau (Canada) Inc. and Lawyer/Advisor, Global Law AllianceFranca is a highly qualified lawyer, mediator and advisor with an excellent business background and acumen, and a solid track record operating at top levels in large global firms and multinational organizations. She has held prestigious board, committee and other leadership positions in business, social, government and private institutions. Able to easily navigate between sophisticated and developing economic ecosystems worldwide, she is a personable, passionate, and effective individual who is driven by values, contribution, innovation, entrepreneurship and a sense of duty.
Elizabeth Côté
Elizabeth Côté is the acting Managing Director of the Digital Innovation Impact Hub at the Office of Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI). Working in close collaboration with other Canadian and international regulators, she leads a team responsible to develop a regulatory and supervisory response to potential risks posed by digital innovations, including cryptocurrencies, open banking, […]
Miguel Díaz, Ph.D.
Head of Toronto Centre, BIS Innovation HubMr. Díaz has guided the development, operation, analysis and regulation of financial market infrastructures in Mexico, including the modernisation of the country's primary payments system.
Laurent Féral-Pierssens
Managing Partner at BlockZero Advisors, Founding Partner at True Global VenturesLaurent Féral-Pierssens is Managing Partner at BlockZero Advisors, Founding Partner at True Global Ventures, a business leader specializing in the evolution of financial and payment infrastructure. He has focused on blockchain innovation, digital assets and crypto-economy since 2016. Laurent helps organizations, financial institutions and governments design and build products and services based on digital asset […]
Peter Guay
Peter joined PWL Capital in 2004 to learn the business from the ground up. Eighteen years and many designations later, he is now a seasoned Portfolio Manager and Financial Planner working with families across the country. Peter’s approach to wealth management begins and ends with the client. From finding out what is important, to developing […]
Ananya Kumar
Ananya Kumar, Associate Director, Digital Currencies, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic CouncilAnanya Kumar is the associate director of digital currencies at the GeoEconomics Center. She manages the Center’s work on the future of money and coordinates research on central bank digital currencies, stablecoins, cryptocurrencies, and other digital assets.
Alfred Lehar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Finance, University of Calgary Haskayne School of BusinessAlfred is associate professor in the finance area. He has been teaching at the Haskayne School of Business since 2005. He received an undergraduate degree and a PhD from the University of Vienna. Prior to Joining Haskayne, Alfred held positions at the University of Vienna and the University of British Columbia.
Katya Malinova
Mackenzie Investments Chair in Evidence-Based Investment Management, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster UniversityKatya Malinova, a leading researcher in blockchain and fintech, is the DeGroote School of Business as the Mackenzie Investments Chair in Evidence-Based Investment Management at McMaster University. Professor Malinova specializes in financial market microstructure, with her empirical work focused on Canadian equity markets. Professor Malinova received her Ph.D. in Economics from University of Michigan. She […]
Shaun Martinak
Shaun Martinak is a Portfolio Manager at Coinbase Asset Management and leads the blockchain engineering team which is developing Onebridge, a set of connected smart contract applications for regulated institutional users. He has contributed to the creation of CBAM’s Ethereum staking fund, digital indices, token classification system, credit and opportunistic strategies. He serves as a […]
Christine A. Parlour
Sylvan C. Coleman Chair of Finance and Accounting, Haas School of Business at the University of California, BerkeleyChristine A. Parlour is the Sylvan C. Coleman Chair of Finance and Accounting at Berkeley Haas. Most of her work is in institutionally complex areas, such as market microstructure and banking.
Thomas J Riviera
Assistant Professor of Finance, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill UniversityThomas J Rivera is Assistant Professor of Finance at the Desautels Faculty of Management of McGill University. His research focuses on blockchain economics, decentralized finance, and topics in corporate finance. Professor Riviera received his PhD in Economics and Decision Sciences Department from HEC Paris.
David Schumacher, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Finance, Desautels Faculty Scholar, Director, Desmarais Global Finance Research Center, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill UniversityDavid Schumacher is an Associate Professor in the Finance Area at the Desautels Faculty of Management. His research is primarily concerned with themes in global investment management, including the portfolio choice and performance of international institutional investors, the financial market implications of the rise of large asset management firms as well as the overall industrial organization of the global investment management industry.
Kathleen Stephansen
GIC Chair Emerita, Senior Economist for Haver Analytics and Trustee of EQAT Trust FundsKathleen Stephansen is GIC Chair Emerita, Senior Economist for Haver Analytics and Trustee of EQAT Trust Funds. She is the former Chief Economist of Huawei Technologies, Chief Economist of the American International Group (AIG) and AIG Asset Management’s Senior Strategist and Global Head of Sovereign Research. Prior to joining AIG in 2010, Kathleen was Chief Economist at Aladdin Capital Holdings, Credit Suisse’s Head of Global Economic Research, and Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Securities Corporation’s co-head of Fixed Income economic research and Chief International Economist.
Nobuyasu Sugimoto
Deputy Division Chief, Financial Supervision and Regulation Division, IMFNobuyasu Sugimoto is a Financial Sector Expert in the IMF’s Monetary & Capital Markets Department. He contributed the insurance section of the recent Global Financial Stability Report. His recent work covers regulatory and supervisory issues for both insurance and securities. Before joining the IMF in October 2012, he worked for the Japan Financial Services Agency […]
Katrin Tinn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Finance, McGill University, Desautels Faculty of ManagementKatrin Tinn's research focuses on theoretical modelling, technological innovation, financial economics, information economics. Her most recent work is on FinTech: the role of crowdfunding and distributed ledger technologies (blockchain) in raising external capital and facilitating learning about future demand, and on central bank digital currency design.
Pascale Toupin
Director, Supervision of Financial Intermediaries, AMFPascale Toupin is Director of Supervision of Financial Intermediaries at AMF. The Autorité des marchés financiers, the AMF, regulates Québec’s financial markets and assist consumers of financial products and services. The AMF oversees areas of insurance, securities, derivatives, deposit institutions—other than banks—and the distribution of financial products and services.
Kathy Yuan
Professor of Finance, London School of Economics and Political ScienceProfessor Yuan has been Professor of Finance at London School of Economics and Political Science since 2009. Professor Yuan received her Ph.D. in Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Yuan’s research is in the area of developing new asset pricing theories with heterogeneous information and market frictions and testing their empirical implications. Her articles have […]
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