FinReg21.com is an online media company that provides news, commentary and expert content on financial services regulation in the U.S. and around the world.

FinReg21.com
Founded2009
Headquarters,
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s)Market Platform Dynamics
Sift Groups
Key peopleDavid S. Evans
Editor
URLFinReg21.com

A joint venture between Market Platform Dynamics and Sift Groups, FinReg21 was founded in March 2009, in the wake of the 2007-08 financial crisis. David S. Evans[1] is the editor-in-chief.

Among the part of FinReg21's website are:

  • News (FinReg21 reporting plus content from Reuters, Business Wire, and PR Newswire)
  • Commentary (content from around the web, including from LinkedIn Group, Proposals for the Reform of the Financial Services Industry, Simon Johnson, Scott Sumner, Paul Krugman, and Daniel Kauffman)
  • Lombard Street (bi-weekly journal typically of five articles; topics include banking regulation and deposit insurance. Contributors include Richard Posner, Arnold Kling, Robert Litan and Viral Acharya)
  • Channel 21 (roughly weekly webcasts moderated by Evans with Emilios Avgouleas and Geoffrey Manne, including: Obama’s "White Paper" on Regulation Reform with Robert Litan, Peter Wallison and Lawrence White[2]; A Failure of Capitalism with Richard Posner[3]; Getting Off Track with John B. Taylor[4]; Is One the Right Number? with Wayne Abernathy.[5]
  • Podcasts: interviews that usually last about 30 minutes. Some experts that have been interviewed are Bill Isaac, John Reed, and Laura Tyson.
  • Profiles of important people in the financial services industry.
  • Library Book reviews, testimonies, and thought leadership about the financial services industry. Testimonies content is uploaded from the House Financial Services Committee and Books are updated with upcoming books.
  • Who's Who: aims to bring together experts in the industry to interact and network with one another. There are Organization Profiles as well as Individual Profiles on Who's Who.

References

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  1. ^ How Does an Economist Impact the Debate on Financial Regulatory Reform? http://www.americaspeakon.org/blog/read/730 Archived 2011-09-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Experts React to President Obama's Federal Reserve Plan via FinReg21.com Webinar". Retrieved 2009-08-06.
  3. ^ "Judge Richard Posner Leads Webinar on Financial Meltdown Hosted by FinReg21.com". Retrieved 2009-08-06.
  4. ^ "Professor John B. Taylor to Lead FinReg21.com Webinar on Government's Role in Financial Crisis". Archived from the original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
  5. ^ "Wayne A. Abernathy to Lead FinReg21.com Webinar on Single Financial Regulator". Retrieved 2009-08-06.