Coordinating Financial Regulation Amongst Nations

Join the Business and Finance Law Program as they host William Coen, Secretary-General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

The Basel Committee has been the preeminent international forum for coordinating banking regulation since the 1980s. William Coen joined the Committee staff in 1999, becoming Secretary General in 2014. His vantage point during the 2006-08 financial crisis and the policy aftermath has been unparalleled. He now leads the international effort to ensure we do not see another banking crisis anytime soon. What has multilateral coordination done in the past decade? Are those achievements secure? What does the agenda ahead look like? Can current multilateral arrangements actually achieve what is needed? Join us for the chance to hear unique insights on the financial crisis and the extraordinary policy achievements since then.