Ag Committee to Discuss Financial Reform
Senate is still working on reforming derivatives.
Compiled by staff
Published: Nov 27, 2009
The Senate Ag Committee will once again meet to hear testimony on the subject of Over the Counter Derivatives Reform and Addressing Systemic Risk. This hearing, next Wednesday, Dec. 2, will examine the Administration's proposed legislation on financial regulatory reform with Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner testifying on behalf of the Administration. The Committee will examine the proposal from various perspectives, and will also address suggested alternatives.
Other panelists include: Terrence Duffy, Executive Chairman of CME Group; Johnathan Short, Senior Vice President of the Intercontinental Exchange; Larry Thompson, Managing Director and General Counsel, The Depository Trust & Clearing Organization; Blythe Masters, Managing Director and Head of Global Commodities Group, JPMorgan Chase & Company; and Jiro Okochi, CEO, Reval.com, Incorporated.
Ag Committee Chair Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., will gavel the hearing to order at 9:30 a.m. in the Hart Senate Office Building.
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