NYSSA Presents 'The Burdens of Regulation: Are the U.S. Capital Markets Less Competitive?'.NEW YORK -- The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) will present "The Burdens of Regulation: Are the U.S. Capital Markets Less Competitive?" on February 15, 2007. Complaints about the burdens of over-regulation of the U.S. capital markets have increased since the adoption of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Are burdensome requirements driving companies from the domestic capital markets? The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation's November 2006 interim report spurred debate on this issue and is certain to shape changes to the current regulatory framework. Join an expert panel as they discuss how these changes will affect investors. Speakers include: Merritt Fox, PhD, JD, Michael E. Patterson Professor of Law, Columbia Law School Columbia Law School, located in the New York City borough of Manhattan, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League, and one of the leading law schools in the United States. ; Rebecca Todd McEnally, PhD, CFA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986) Signed into law in 1986, the CFA was a significant step forward in criminalizing unauthorized access to computer systems and networks. The Act applies to "federal interest computers" that include any system used by the U.S. , Director, Capital Markets Policy Group, CFA Centre for Financial Market Integrity; Charles D. Niemeier, JD, Member, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (or PCAOB) (sometimes called "Peekaboo") is a private-sector, non-profit corporation created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a 2002 United States federal law, to oversee the auditors of public companies. (PCAOB); Hal S. Scott, JD, Nomura Professor and Director of the Program on International Financial Systems, Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (colloquially, Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Law is considered one of the most prestigious law schools in the United States. ; Director, Committee on Capital Markets Regulation; and John L. Thornton John L. Thornton is Professor and Director of Global Leadership at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He is a former President and Co-COO of Goldman Sachs. In 1983, Thornton founded and developed Goldman Sachs' European mergers and acquisitions business. , Professor and Director, Global Leadership Program, Tsinghua University; Chairman, The Brookings Institution; Co-Chairman, Committee on Capital Markets Regulation. The program will be held on February 15, 2007, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at NYSSA, 1177 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor, NYC. The registration deadline is February 13, $75 NYSSA members, $115 nonmembers. No charge for press with credentials. A complete agenda is available at http://www.nyssa.org/Template.cfm?Section=conferences___seminars& template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=9455 (Due to the length of this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. , it may be necessary to copy and paste To copy files from one location to another or to copy text and images from one document to another. All modern operating systems and applications have a copy and paste capability that is typically selected from an Edit menu. See cut and paste and Win Copy between windows. it into your Internet browser's URL address field. You may also need to remove an extra space in the URL if one exists.) About NYSSA The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) is celebrating 70 years as a leading forum for the investment community. NYSSA's mission is to promote best practices and the highest professional and ethical standards in the industry. NYSSA is the largest of the more than 134 societies worldwide that make up CFA Institute, which has more than 88,000 members. |
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