US Treasury issuance and its implications for market functioning
Speakers
Richard Berner
Director, Office of Financial Research (2013-17)
Treasury
Richard Berner
Director, Office of Financial Research (2013-17)
Treasury
Richard Berner is clinical professor of management practice and finance at the NYU Stern School of Business. He is also co-director of the Volatility and Risk Institute. Previously, he served as the first director of the Office of Financial Research and was counsellor to the Secretary of the US Treasury. He has also chief economist at Morgan Stanley, Mellon Bank, Salomon Brothers, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. He is a current member of the Market Risk Advisory Committee at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Milken Fintech Advisory Committee and the Bretton Woods Committee.
James Sweeney
Head of Economics for Fundamental Fixed Income
BlackRock
James Sweeney
Head of Economics for Fundamental Fixed Income
BlackRock
James Sweeney is head of macro research and economics for fundamental fixed income at BlackRock. Prior to this, he held roles at Credit Suisse, such as chief economist, chief investment officer for the Americas, head of fixed income research and head of global fixed income strategy. He was also a member of Credit Suisse’s global investment committee, the Americas pension committee and the Americas global markets operating committee. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Nathaniel Wuerffel
Head of Domestic Markets (2018-23)
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Nathaniel Wuerffel
Head of Domestic Markets (2018-23)
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Nathaniel Wuerffel is head of market structure at BNY Mellon. In this role, he is responsible for BNY Mellon’s continued leadership in all aspects of market structure, including public-private efforts to improve financial market resiliency and navigating market structure changes. He was previously the head of domestic markets at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York where he was responsible for carrying out monetary policy trading in the Treasury, agency mortgage-backed securities and money markets.