Conference on Capital Requirements for Financial Firms
April 12–13, 2012
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
This conference will cover issues related to capital requirements for financial firms. Academics, policymakers, and market participants will be present to discuss regulatory reform and the future of the financial system. A mix of theoretical and empirical papers will be presented. The agenda will be posted shortly, but likely topics include:
- Basel III capital and liquidity requirements
- The procyclicality of capital requirements
- Stress testing and capital planning
- The social and private costs of equity capital
- Subsidies for leverage
- Fair value accounting and other measurement issues
- Capital buffers and prompt corrective action
- Contingent capital and bail-ins.