Fed Event: Distinguished Speaker Series - Monday, April 15, 2013

Distinguished Speaker Series, Center for Financial Policy

Jaime Caruana
General Manager, Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

"Shadow banking: issues and regulatory approaches"

Monday, April 15, 2013
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
1524 Van Munching Hall (Frank Auditorium)
Robert H. Smith School of Business
University of Maryland College Park

Register at http://ter.ps/caruana

The Center for Financial Policy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is pleased to announce a Distinguished Speaker Series event to be held on Monday, April 15, 2013, in Frank Auditorium in Van Munching Hall.

This event will feature a distinguished speech "Shadow banking: issues and regulatory approaches" by Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).

Registration for the talk will begin at 6:30pm. The talk will begin at 7pm, with a reception following afterwards.

To register for this event, click here.

Speaker bio:

Jaime Caruana took up the position of General Manager of the BIS on 1 April 2009. As the Bank's chief executive officer, he carries out the policy determined by the Board of Directors and is responsible to the Board for the management of the Bank.
Previously, Mr Caruana was Financial Counsellor to the Managing Director as well as Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department at the International Monetary Fund.

From 2000 to 2006, Mr Caruana was the Governor of the Bank of Spain, Spain's central bank, and in that capacity, served on the Governing Council of the ECB. He was also the Chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision from 2003 to 2006 and has been a member of the Financial Stability Forum (now the Financial Stability Board) since 2003. From 2004 to 2006, he chaired the Coordination Group, a senior group of supervisory standard setters from the Basel Committee, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) and the Joint Forum.

Prior to joining the Bank of Spain, Mr Caruana served as Director General of the Spanish Treasury and headed an investment services company and a fund management company for nearly 10 years.