015 Chris Brummer| create + trade + regulate

CHRIS’ BIO

Chris Brummer is Williams Research Professor and Faculty Director of Georgetown’s Institute of International Economic Law. He serves on the Board of Directors of Fannie Mae and is the creator of DC Fintech Week, the largest conference in the world at the intersection of fintech, governance and government taking place Nov 6-8 in the nation’s capital. Prior to joining Georgetown’s faculty with tenure in 2009, Brummer was an assistant professor of law at Vanderbilt Law School. He has also taught at several leading universities as a visiting professor including the universities of Basel, Heidelberg, and the London School of Economics.

Professor Brummer recently concluded a three year term as a member of the National Adjudicatory Council of FINRA, an organization empowered by Congress to regulate the securities industry, where his work was praised as making a significant contribution to advancing investor protection. In 2016, Professor Brummer was nominated by President Obama to serve as a Commissioner on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Professor Brummer lectures widely on finance and global governance, as well as on public and private international law, market microstructure and international trade. Mr. Brummer is the author of several books, most recently Fintech Law in a Nutshell (2019). His current research examines how China’s internationalization of its currency is producing novel systemic risks for the global financial system.

Chris Brummer earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he graduated with honors, and he holds a Ph.D. in Germanic Studies from the University of Chicago. Before becoming a professor, he practiced law in the New York and London offices of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. In 2011, he joined the Washington offices of the Milken Institute where he is a senior fellow. Subsequently in 2012, he was awarded the C. Boyden Gray Fellowship for Global Finance and Growth at the Atlantic Council.

“Silicon Valley makes it, NYC trades it, DC regulates it”

EPISODE OUTLINE

(0:00) - Intro

(0:38) - Bio

(01:13) - The early years trajectory to this day

(02:43) - International finance law, crypto, blockchain

(03:44) - SBF, FTX, blow ups; failure points, fraud, fragility of trust

(05:12) - Make, trade, regulate; the intersection of innovation and regulation

(05:53) - Social media vs fintech; it’s different, issues pop up, guardrails

(07:23) - AI and the centers of power; some thoughts on Hollywood, airlines, biotech

(11:28) - Risk managing a $4 trillion balance sheet; housing, finance, macros

(15:43) - A little about DC Fintech Week; CEO’s + regulators locked in a room

(16:44) - Outro

CHRIS RELATED LINKS

About Chris & Fintech Beat via FiscalNote; Podcast

Video Gallery: Milken, EU Parliament, Brookings, etc…

Fannie Mae: Board of Directors, Corporate Governance

Cryptoassets: Legal, Regulatory and Monetary Perspectives (Book)

DC Fintech Week 2023

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