Lectures confront current issues in financial markets

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/IIROC09.jpg” caption=”George Curtis, associate professor of criminal justice and executive director of the Economic Crime Institute at Utica College, New York, speaks at the first IIROC-DeGroote luncheon lecture of 2009.”]Subprime mortgages, financial statement frauds, market manipulations, Ponzi schemes, and insider trading have created a need for greater investor protection George Curtis of Utica College told an audience of traders, practitioners, regulators and academics last week.

Curtis was the first lecturer in the 2009 IIROC-DeGroote Luncheon Lecture Series, which began its fourth season on Friday.

Curtis, associate professor of Criminal Justice and Executive Director of the Economic Crime Institute at Utica College, New York, said, “In an economic crisis, public policy favors investor protection. Anti-fraud efforts receive greater legislative support and there is more of a regulatory focus.”

The IIROC-DeGroote Luncheon Lecture Series began in 2006 with a gift from Market Regulation Services (RS). In 2008, RS joined with the Investment Dealers Association of Canada to form the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada. The lecture series brings leading experts in market structure and market integrity to Toronto to speak on current research. All lectures are held at the Toronto Board of Trade and begin at 12 noon.

The upcoming lecture series for 2009 is

Tuesday, May 26

Latency, Liquidity and Strategy

Dr. Joel Hasbrouck

Kenneth G. Langone, professor of business administration and professor of finance, Stern School of Business, New York University

Tuesday, June 23

Does Algorithmic Trading Improve Liquidity?

Dr. Terrance Hendershott, associate professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Tuesday, Sept. 29

A New Paradigm for the Regulation of International Capital Markets

Dr. Cally Jordan, associate professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne

Tuesday, Oct. 27

Short Selling and the Informational Efficiency of Prices

Dr. Ekkehart Boehmer, associate professor, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University

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[img_inline align="right" src="http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/IIROC09.jpg" caption="George Curtis, associate professor of criminal justice and executive director of the Economic Crime Institute at Utica College, New York, speaks at the first IIROC-DeGroote luncheon lecture of 2009."]Subprime mortgages, financial statement frauds, market manipulations, Ponzi schemes, and insider trading have created a need for greater investor protection George Curtis of Utica College told an audience of traders, practitioners, regulators and academics last week.<br />
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<p>Curtis was the first lecturer in the 2009 IIROC-DeGroote Luncheon Lecture Series, which began its fourth season on Friday.<br />
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<p>Curtis, associate professor of Criminal Justice and Executive Director of the Economic Crime Institute at Utica College, New York, said, "In an economic crisis, public policy favors investor protection.  Anti-fraud efforts receive greater legislative support and there is more of a regulatory focus."<br />
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<p>The IIROC-DeGroote Luncheon Lecture Series began in 2006 with a gift from Market Regulation Services (RS).  In 2008, RS joined with the Investment Dealers Association of Canada to form the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada.  The lecture series brings leading experts in market structure and market integrity to Toronto to speak on current research.  All lectures are held at the Toronto Board of Trade and begin at 12 noon.<br />
 <br />
<p>The upcoming lecture series for 2009 is <br />
<br />
<p>Tuesday, May 26 <br />
<br><b>Latency, Liquidity and Strategy</b><br />
<br>Dr. Joel Hasbrouck<br />
<br>Kenneth G. Langone, professor of business administration and professor of finance, Stern School of Business, New York University <br />
<br />
<p>Tuesday, June 23<br />
<br><b>Does Algorithmic Trading Improve Liquidity?</b> <br />
<br>Dr. Terrance Hendershott, associate professor, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley <br />
<br />
<p>Tuesday, Sept. 29<br />
<br><b>A New Paradigm for the Regulation of International Capital Markets</b><br />
<br>Dr. Cally Jordan, associate professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne <br />
<br />
<p>Tuesday, Oct. 27 <br />
<br><b>Short Selling and the Informational Efficiency of Prices</b> <br />
<br>Dr. Ekkehart Boehmer, associate professor, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University

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