Policy in Pieces

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Policy in Pieces

Join UT-Austin professor and Salem Center director Scott Bauguess as he breaks down active and important regulatory issues in financial markets with student co-hosts and special guests from government, industry, and academia. Texas Podcast Network is brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin.

  1. CFTC Regulation (with Brian Quintenz)

    31/12/2021

    CFTC Regulation (with Brian Quintenz)

    Recently departed CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz talks about his experience overseeing commodities markets, the political process governing regulation, and from his new role as an advisory partner at Andreesen Horowitz (A16Z), he discusses what he believes should be the future of crypto-asset regulation.

  2. An Academic in Government (with John Coates)

    08/12/2021

    An Academic in Government (with John Coates)

    Harvard Law School professor John Coates talks about his recent roles at the SEC, first as the head of the Division of Corporation Finance, and then as the Agency’s general counsel. For years he has studied financial regulation through the lens of a scholar, and he shares with us what it was like to put […]

  3. 29/11/2021

    The other NASA.A (with Melanie Lubin)

    You may not realize, but the SEC is not the only securities market regulator in the US. Melanie Lubin, the Maryland Securities Commissioner and current President of NASAA (North American Securities Administrators Association), joins this episode to explain ‘cops on the beat’ securities regulation at the State level, and how States coordinate with each other […]

  4. 12/11/2021

    Corporate Purpose and Profit (with Alex Edmans)

    London Business School professor Alex Edmans, a leading scholar on ESG related issues, and author of the recent book “Grow the Pie,” joins this episode to explain a new way to think about evaluating company performance, dispelling the common belief that corporate purpose and profit can’t co-exist.

  5. 04/11/2021

    Private Companies and Public Disclosures (with Allison Lee)

    SEC Commissioner Allison Lee joins this episode to discuss her recent remarks calling for greater transparency in private markets, the impact of the secular decline in the number of public companies on retail investors, and the push for additional disclosures, particularly related to climate risk.

  6. 21/10/2021

    Technology and the Future of Audits (with Wes Bricker)

    Wes Bricker, Vice Chair and co-leader of Trust Solutions at PwC and Chair of XBRL International, joins this episode to explain how technology is changing the corporate audit, the bumps in the road with the adoption of machine readable reporting, and what to expect with emerging ESG standards.

  7. 14/10/2021

    Finding Fraud (with John Griffin)

    John Griffin, a distinguished professor of finance at the University of Texas, talks about forensic finance, and how for the past decade he has dedicated his research pursuits to finding fraud. His most recent paper alleges that 1.8 million loans issued as part of the government’s COVID-19 relief program for small businesses, totaling $76 billion, […]

  8. 07/10/2021

    The Teenage Years of the PCAOB (with Jay Brown)

    J. Robert (“Jay”) Brown, legal scholar and recently departed member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, explains how this young regulator, created following the Enron accounting scandal, oversees audit firms. It’s still a teenager, and as Jay describes, there remains some work to do, to fulfill its mission.

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Join UT-Austin professor and Salem Center director Scott Bauguess as he breaks down active and important regulatory issues in financial markets with student co-hosts and special guests from government, industry, and academia. Texas Podcast Network is brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin.

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