Capital Markets

After the Horses Have Left the Barn: The Future Role of Financial Gatekeepers

Program Overview

Brookings - Tokyo Club Research Conference
28 September 2005
Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.

PROGRAM

Welcome
Barry Bosworth and Robert Litan, Brookings Institution
Financial Gatekeepers in Japan
Yasuyuki Fuchita, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research
Tomoo Inoue, Seikei University
Commenter: Paul Stevens, Investment Company Institute
How and Why Credit Rating Agencies are Not Like Other Gatekeepers
Frank Partnoy, University of San Diego Law School
Commenter: Justin Pettit, UBS
Luncheon Speech
John Coffee, Columbia University Law School
The Future Role of Auditors
Maintaining the Value and Viability of Independent Auditors as Gatekeepers under SOX: An Auditing Master Proposal
Zoe-Vonna Palmrose, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
Commenter: Peter Wallison, American Enterprise Institute
Analyzing the Analysts after the Global Settlement
Lesli Boni, Anderson School of Management, University of New Mexico
Commenter: George Perry, Brookings Institution