Discussion with Fed Gov Waller on Economic and Monetary Outlook

The Center for Financial Stability (CFS) will host remarks and a discussion with Federal Reserve Board Governor Christopher J. Waller.  Governor Waller will focus on the economic and monetary outlook.

Prior to his appointment at the Board, Chris served as executive vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis since 2009.  In addition to his experience in the Federal Reserve System, he served as a professor and the Gilbert F. Schaefer Chair of Economics at the University of Notre Dame.

Date:  Friday, November 19, 2021
Time:  Program begins promptly at 10:45 a.m. and ends at 12:00 p.m.

Remarks and discussion will be live streamed and can be viewed later at: https://youtu.be/hQIA4bVFKXw

Bair on Finance for Kids

CFS Advisory Board Member Sheila Bair is now the author of a new series of entertaining children’s books about money called “Money Tales.”

She notes that “kids ‘get money’ at an early age, and we need to feed that inquisitiveness. Over 70% of student borrowers say they wish they had better information about debt and its burdens when they decided to borrow, and over half wish they had not borrowed at all.” She wants to make sure future generations of borrowers are better prepared.

Sheila has a hidden past as a children’s book writer. She was recognized by the Council on Economic Education, Association of Educational Publishers, JumpStart Coalition, and the Institute for Financial Literacy for her efforts to teach kids and their parents about money basics.

On September 15, the new Money Tales series will include:

Billy the Borrowing Blue-Footed Booby
https://www.amazon.com/Billy-Borrowing-Blue-Footed-Booby-Money/dp/0807508128
Princess Persephone Loses the Castle
https://www.amazon.com/Princess-Persephone-Loses-Castle-Money/dp/0807566470

Her first two books, Rock, Brock and the Savings Shock and Isabel’s Car Wash, published 15 years ago, continue to sell well.

They are available for pre-order now on Amazon, for yourselves, your friends, or anyone you know with children or as donations to schools or libraries.

UK Invitation: Uncertainty, Risk Measurement and COVID-19 Challenges Conference

An important United Kingdom economics conference “Post BREXIT: Uncertainty, Risk Measurement and COVID-19 Challenges” is being held online on July 20-21.

CFS Director of Advances in Monetary and Financial Measurement (AMFM) Professor William A. Barnett will be delivering a keynote lecture “Is the BREXIT Bifurcation Causing Chaos in the United Kingdom?”

Other keynotes include:

  • David Aikman: Professor of Finance and Director of the Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance, King’s Business School, King’s College.
  • Jagjit Chadha: Director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).
  • Marcelle Chauvet, Professor of Economics, University of California Riverside.
  • Costas Milas: Professor of Finance at the Management School, University of Liverpool.
  • Patrick Minford: Professor of Applied Macroeconomics at Cardiff University.
  • Federica Romei, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Oxford

The full agenda is available at
http://www.centerforfinancialstability.org/events/Post_Brexit_Conference_Programme.pdf

Attendance and registration are free of charge and available at
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/business/events/2021/post-brexit-conference.aspx

Congratulations to Professor Jane Binner, Chair of Finance at the University of Birmingham, and her colleagues for organizing a timely and impactful conference.

Rhodes on France / Promotion to the Rank of Commander, Legion of Honor

Congratulations to William R. Rhodes – CFS Advisory Board Chairman – for his promotion to the rank of Commander in the Legion of Honor by France.

As Bill notes, “France is our oldest ally, and the friendship between France and the United States has allowed our countries to achieve great things together and to affect the course of history and international relations.”

I was privileged to attend the ceremony and was moved by Bill’s perspective on French and American history as well as his personal engagement with France over the years.

Hence, I thought that you too might enjoy his remarks on receiving this prestigious award…
www.CenterforFinancialStability.org/speeches/William_Rhodes_Legion_of_Honor_Remarks.pdf

Charles Goodhart: lifetime achievement award

Congratulations to Professor Charles Goodhart for earning Central Banking’s lifetime achievement award.  Central Banking chronicles many of Charles’ monetary policy and financial stability achievements and work on:

– Monetary frameworks,
– Risk management,
– Hong Kong peg,
– Independence of RBNZ,
– FX research,
– “The Great Demographic Reversal: Ageing Societies, Waning Inequality, and an Inflation Revival” with Manoj Pradhan and
– Goodhart’s law.

CFS is grateful to Charles for serving as a senior distinguished Advisory Board member since inception, engaging in roundtable discussions, as well as actively guiding CFS Bretton Woods working conferences over the years.

To view the full article:
https://www.centralbanking.com/awards/7807336/lifetime-achievement-charles-goodhart

Post BREXIT Risk Conference / Call for Papers

An important United Kingdom economics conference “Post BREXIT: Uncertainty, Risk Measurement and COVID-19 Challenges” is being held online on June 22-23.  Call for Papers information is below.

CFS Director of Advances in Monetary and Financial Measurement (AMFM) Professor William A. Barnett will be delivering a keynote lecture “Is the BREXIT Bifurcation Causing Chaos in the United Kingdom?”

Other keynotes include:

David Aikman: Professor of Finance and Director of the Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance, King’s Business School, King’s College.
Patrick Minford: Professor of Applied Macroeconomics at Cardiff University.
Professor Jagjit Chadha: Director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).
Professor Costas Milas: Professor of Finance at the Management School, University of Liverpool.

The Call for Papers at the U. of Birmingham is at:
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/business/events/2021/post-brexit-uncertainty-risk-measurement-covid19-challenges.aspx

If you would like to submit a paper, the Call for Papers contains a link to another online page providing more details about the conference and instructions about deadlines and how to submit.  The conference will produce special issues of two journals (Economic Modeling, and European Journal of Finance).

The conference is open to the public with no registration fee.  The Call for Papers contains a link to the registration page.

M. Shafik Gabr Joins CFS Distinguished Advisory Board

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE CENTER FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY
APPOINTS M. SHAFIK GABR TO DISTINGUISHED ADVISORY BOARD

(New York, New York – December 10, 2020)

The Center for Financial Stability (“CFS”), today, announces the appointment of M. Shafik Gabr to its distinguished Advisory Board.

Mr. Gabr is a renowned leader in international business, innovation, investment and one of the world’s premier collectors of Orientalist art, and an accomplished philanthropist.

During his career, Mr. Gabr established over 25 companies plus three investment holding companies including ARTOC Group for Investment and Development which, established in 1971, is a multidisciplined investment holding company with businesses in infrastructure, automotive, engineering, construction and real estate, over the past three years focusing on investment in technology and artificial intelligence.

“I am pleased to join such a distinguished institution as the Center for Financial Stability,” Shafik Gabr said. “I have much respect and admiration for Chairman Bill Rhodes and the ten years of accomplishments and innovations at the CFS.”

William R. Rhodes, the Chairman of the Advisory Board stated, “Shafik’s experiences in finance, international affairs, and the Middle East represent welcome additions and complements to our senior distinguished Advisory Board.” He added that “a shifting landscape in the Mid-East, United States, and the world more broadly requires effective dialog and intellectual engagement – areas where Shafik has so actively and effectively led over the years.”

“Shafik’s ‘East-West: The Art of Dialogue’ is inspirational. His knowledge of the investment and policy landscape is extraordinary. We are thrilled and honored to have him on the CFS Board,” said Lawrence Goodman, President and Founder of the Center for Financial Stability.

Mr. Gabr is the Chairman and a founding member of Egypt’s International Economic Forum, member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum, and Board Member of Stanhope Capital. Mr. Gabr is Member of the Metropolitan Museum’s International Council and serves on the Advisory Board of The Middle East Institute and the Global Advisory Council of the Mayo Clinic.

Mr. Gabr was previously the Chairman of COMESA (Common Market for East and South Africa) Business Council and a member of the Executive Board of the International Chamber of Commerce (Paris), and served on the advisory boards of Zurich Financial Services and The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Furthermore, Mr. Gabr was a founder of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt in 1982, serving as its first Egyptian President from 1995 until 1997. He was a Founding Member of the Wilson Global Advisory Council.

Mr. Gabr ranks among Arabian Business and The Middle East magazines 2012 “Most Influential Arabs” and “Our Top 50 Arabs”. In 2009 Mr. Gabr was presented with the Foreign Policy Association’s (FPA) award for Corporate Responsibility. In June 2014 Mr. Gabr was awarded the Meridian Global Citizen Award and in November 2014 the Middle East Institute’s Visionary Award. In March 2015 Mr. Gabr received the American University in Cairo’s Global Impact Award in New York. In May 2016 Mr. Gabr was awarded the College of Mount Saint Vincent’s Saint Vincent de Paul Award and the Drew University’s Peacebuilder Award. In September 2017 Gabr received the Policy Direction and Leadership Award from the London Center for Policy Research.

Through the Shafik Gabr Social Development Foundation, Mr. Gabr is helping to improve elementary-school education in Egypt, introducing students to arts and culture and promoting sports and physical fitness for youth. In the area of higher education, Mr. Gabr is a major supporter of the American University in Cairo. The Foundation also developed a free medical-care system by providing “Medical Caravans”, for residents of underprivileged areas of Greater Cairo. The Foundation has established its first Medical and Social Development Center in Mokattam, Cairo, offering free medical and health services. In 2012 Mr. Gabr established in the US the Shafik Gabr Foundation which supports educational and medical initiatives plus launched in November 2012 the ‘East-West: The Art of Dialogue’ initiative (see www.eastwestdialogue.org) promoting exchanges between the US and Egypt with the purpose of cultural dialogue and bridge building.

Mr. Gabr holds a BA in Economics and Management from the American University in Cairo and an MA in Economics from the University of London.

CFS is an independent, nonpartisan think tank focused on financial markets – with business lines presently segmented into the future of finance, data and analytics, policy, and technology. The Center for Financial Stability was created before financial stability became widely recognized in the private sector as an essential factor in central banking and policy. CFS has successfully and consistently anticipated future financial market trends over the years with an ahead-of-their-time approach to the early identification of financial risks. CFS has developed data and analysis to improve the study of financial markets. CFS maintains a global reach with participants from over 187 of the 195 countries in the world. CFS prides itself on integrity, long-term relationships, and independence.

View the press release at http://www.centerforfinancialstability.org/news/Gabr_press_release_121020.pdf.

Joyce Chang joins CFS Distinguished Advisory Board

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE CENTER FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY
APPOINTS JOYCE CHANG TO DISTINGUISHED ADVISORY BOARD

(New York, NY – November 24, 2020) The Center for Financial Stability (“CFS”), today, announces the appointment of Joyce Chang to its distinguished Advisory Board.

Ms. Chang is the Chair of Global Research for J.P. Morgan’s Corporate and Investment Bank. J.P. Morgan’s Global Research team of over 900 professionals study all sectors in which the firm does business, including equities, fixed income, currency and commodities, emerging markets, derivatives and structured finance. She has been named as one of Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance by American Banker since 2012 and was included in Barron’s inaugural 2020 list of the 100 Most Influential Women in Finance. In 2014, she was inducted into the Fixed Income Analyst Society Hall of Fame.

“CFS is at the forefront of analyzing the paradigm shifts underway in global financial markets,” Joyce Chang said. “The organization has been a leader in research, providing insightful and innovative coverage of evolving financial markets dynamics, unconventional monetary policies, and a better understanding of sources of financial instability.”

William R. Rhodes, the Chairman of the Advisory Board stated, “Joyce is extremely well known internationally and is highly regarded in official and financial circles throughout the world. Her engagement will be especially meaningful for the future of our Advisory Board.”

“Joyce’s intellectual bandwidth and energy are legendary,” said Lawrence Goodman, President and Founder of the Center for Financial Stability. He added that “at a time when global risks and forces impacting markets are increasingly multipronged, we are especially delighted that she joins us now.”

Ms. Chang began her career as an Emerging Markets Strategist, where from 1997 through 2012, she held top rankings in Institutional Investor surveys for Emerging Markets research, earning 25 #1 individual rankings. She was a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch and Salomon Brothers prior to joining JPMorgan Chase & Co. in 1999.

Ms. Chang serves on the Board of Directors of Trickle Up and Girls Inc. She is the Senior Sponsor for J.P. Morgan’s Corporate and Investment Bank Women on the Move Network, the network for employees of Asian heritage (AsPIRE) and Nonprofit Board Service. She holds an M.P.A. from Princeton and serves on its External Advisory Council for the Center for Public Policy, and has a B.A. from Columbia from where she was awarded the John Jay award for professional achievement and serves on its Board of Visitors

CFS is an independent, nonpartisan think tank focused on financial markets – with business lines presently segmented into the future of finance, data and analytics, policy, and technology. The Center for Financial Stability was created before financial stability became widely recognized in the private sector as an essential factor in central banking and policy. CFS has successfully and consistently anticipated future financial market trends over the years with an ahead-of-their-time approach to the early identification of financial risks. CFS has developed data and analysis to improve the study of financial markets. CFS maintains a global reach with participants from over 187 of the 195 countries in the world. CFS prides itself on integrity, long-term relationships, and independence.

View the press release at http://www.centerforfinancialstability.org/news/Chang_press_release_112420.pdf.

Sheila C. Bair Joins CFS Distinguished Advisory Board

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE CENTER FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY APPOINTS SHEILA C. BAIR TO DISTINGUISHED ADVISORY BOARD

(New York, NY – JULY 29, 2020) The Center for Financial Stability (“CFS”), today, announced the appointment of Sheila C. Bair to its distinguished Advisory Board.  Ms. Bair will also serve as a CFS Senior Fellow, contributing to research and policy offerings.

Ms. Bair has had a long and distinguished career in government, academia, and finance. Twice named by “Forbes” magazine as the second most powerful woman in the world, she is perhaps best known as Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) from 2006 to 2011, when she steered the agency through the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.  For her efforts to protect bank depositors and homeowners during the crisis, she received the Kennedy Library’s Profiles in Courage Award, and was named “the little guy’s protector in chief” by “Time” magazine.

“CFS has long been a thought leader in the area of monetary policy and financial system analytics.  The organization has been an influencer of influencers,” Sheila Bair said. “It is time to broaden the CFS footprint,” added Ms. Bair.

“We are thrilled that Sheila has joined us at CFS.  Her independence, courage, knowledge, and integrity fully reflect and amplify CFS values and principles,” said Lawrence Goodman, President and Founder of the Center for Financial Stability.

A former finance professor and college president, Ms. Bair has been nationally recognized for her innovative initiatives to make college more accessible and affordable. She is a frequent commentator and op-ed contributor on financial regulation and the student debt crisis, as well as author of the NY Times Best Seller, “Bull by the Horns”, her 2012 memoir of the financial crisis.

Ms. Bair currently serves on a number of corporate governing boards, including Host Hotels, Bunge Ltd., and Fannie Mae, and on the International Advisory Board to the Santander Group. She also serves on the board of Paxos, a blockchain technology trust company, and as an advisor to several fintech startups. She is a founding director of the Volcker Alliance, established by Former Federal Reserve Board Chair Paul Volcker to build trust in government and is the founding chair of the Systemic Risk Council, which advocates for financial stability. In addition, she is a Senior Advisor to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation on financial issues confronting young people.

William R. Rhodes, the Chairman of the Advisory Board stated, “CFS’ innovative and practical approach, programs, and research position the organization as one of the world’s leading think tanks and a vital resource for the New York and international financial communities.” He added that “Sheila will play an important role in our future.”

CFS is an independent, nonpartisan think tank focused on financial markets – with business lines presently segmented into the future of finance, data and analytics, policy, and technology.  The Center for Financial Stability was created before financial stability became widely recognized in the private sector as an essential factor in central banking and policy.  CFS has successfully and consistently anticipated future financial market trends over the years with an ahead-of-their-time approach to the early identification of financial risks.  CFS has developed data and analysis to improve the study of financial markets.  CFS maintains a global reach with participants from over 187 of the 195 countries in the world.  CFS prides itself on integrity, long-term relationships, and independence.

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New Chairman: CFS Names William R. Rhodes Chairman of the Advisory Board

PRESS RELEASE

THE CENTER FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY
NAMES WILLIAM R. RHODES CHAIRMAN OF ADVISORY BOARD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(New York, New York- June 29, 2020) 

The Center for Financial Stability (“CFS”), today, announced the appointment of William R. Rhodes as the first Chairman of the Organization’s distinguished Advisory Board.

CFS is an independent, nonpartisan think tank focused on financial markets – with business lines presently segmented into the future of finance, data and analytics, policy, and technology.

“CFS’ innovative and practical approach, programs, and research position the organization as one of the world’s leading think tanks and a vital resource for the New York and international financial communities,” William Rhodes said.

Rhodes is an excellent choice to hold the distinct title, as he has been an active CFS participant over many years, leading roundtable discussions and moderating panels of prominent leaders.  He also delivered a seminal “Bretton Woods 2014 – Founders of the Future” keynote dinner address at the Mount Washington Resort in New Hampshire, which was exclusively available for the CFS conference, just as it was in 1944.  An invite-only, guest list which included world leaders from government, business, and academia in a working-group environment to focus on the future of finance and the international monetary system.

“We are thrilled that Bill is our first Chairman of the CFS Advisory Board.  His sustained leadership in finance and public policy is legendary – for his understanding of diverse interests across private institutions and nations as well as his ability to act.  At this time of global risks and crises, Bill’s insights and success will meaningfully magnify CFS’s work in risk management, crisis prevention, and policy,” said Lawrence Goodman, founder and President of the Center for Financial Stability.

William Rhodes is an American banker and philanthropist. He is former Chairman, CEO, and president of Citibank and senior vice chairman of Citigroup. He served in various senior executive positions at Citi from 1957 until his retirement from Citigroup on April 30, 2010. He gained worldwide reputation for international financial diplomacy in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000’s as a result of his leadership in helping manage the external-debt crises that involved developing nations and their creditors worldwide. During that period and in the 1990s, he headed the advisory committees of international banks that negotiated debt-restructuring agreements for Argentina, Brazil, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Nicaragua, and Iraq. In 1998, when the Republic of Korea experienced liquidity problems, he chaired the international bank group that negotiated the extension of short-term debt of the Korean banking system. In early 1999, at the request of the government of Brazil, he acted as worldwide coordinator to help implement the maintenance of trade and interbank lines by foreign commercial banks to Brazil. He has since served as a trusted advisor to governments, financial officials, and corporations worldwide.

He is the director of the Private Export Funding Corporation; chairman emeritus of the U.S.-Korea Business Council; vice-chairman of the National Committee on U.S. – China Relations; a director of the Korea Society;  a member of the Chairman’s advisory council and senior fellow of The Hudson Institute; a member of the Board at the Foreign Policy Association; and a former trustee of the Economic Club of New York.  He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, The Group of Thirty, and the Advisory Council of the Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Rhodes is a member of the Board of Directors of the Volcker Alliance, a member of the European-American Chamber of Commerce New York and a member of the Executive Committee, Bretton Woods Committee Board of Directors.  He is the first vice-chairman emeritus of the Institute of International Finance and Chairman emeritus of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas. He previously served as Chairman of the New York Blood Center, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade, and the U.S. Hong Kong Business Council.

William Rhodes is a life trustee of The New York-Presbyterian Hospital; a member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Business Committee and Chairman’s Council, and chairman emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Northfield Mount Hermon School. He has received decorations and honors from various governments and institutions, including an honorary doctorate in humane letters from his alma mater Brown University, where he established the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance; a member of Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University; Officer and Chevalier of France’s Legion of Honor; decorations from Poland, Korea, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and Jamaica; and multiple awards from not-for-profit organizations such as the Africa-America Institute, Arab Bankers Association of North America, the America-Israel Friendship League and Sciences Po Foundation, Pro Mujer, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boy’s Scouts Award in recognition of his contributions to international banking and finance.

He authored the book BANKER TO THE WORLD:  Leadership Lessons from the Front Lines of Global Finance.  The book is available in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, and a separate edition published by Tata in India and the Sub-continent. The book has two editions in English and Spanish.

The Center for Financial Stability was created before financial stability became widely recognized as an essential factor in central banking and policy.  CFS has successfully and consistently anticipated future financial market trends over the years with an ahead-of-their-time approach to the early identification of financial risks.  CFS has developed data and analysis to improve the study of financial markets.  CFS maintains a global reach with participants from over 187 of the 195 countries in the world.  CFS prides itself on integrity, long-term relationships, and independence. 

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