Shifting Ground: The Changing Landscape in Financial Markets and Technology
Recent market volatility has highlighted the changing nature of financial stability. Rates are rising in the U.S. amidst global economic weakness while risk indicators in the debt market point to concerns over liquidity and credit quality. As banks benefit from rising rates, they also face heightened uncertainty about credit markets including commercial real estate and leveraged buyouts. The ongoing U.S. recovery continues to provide opportunities and pitfalls in these loan markets. Finally, the landscape of banking is changing rapidly and technology is unbundling many traditional financial services. Fintech – ranging from payments to credit – opens new perspectives on efficiency, security and funding sources.
The ninth annual Risk Conference, hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and DePaul University’s Center for Financial Services, explores these areas with an array of noteworthy speakers and panelists that include perspectives from industry professionals, academics and regulators.
Debt Markets
Recent market volatility has highlighted the changing nature of financial stability. Rates are rising in the U.S. amidst global economic weakness while risk indicators in the debt market point to concerns over liquidity and credit quality. This part of the conference will speak to these risks from the perspective of market constituents (bankers, institutional investors and rating agencies).
Commercial Real Estate and Leveraged Buyouts
As banks benefit from rising rates, they also face heightened uncertainty about credit markets. The next two panels of the conference will focus on risks in commercial real estate and leveraged buyouts. The ongoing U.S. recovery continues to provide opportunities and pitfalls in these loan markets. In addition to commercial banks, perspectives from private equity, mezzanine funds and developers will be featured.
Fintech
The landscape of banking is changing rapidly and technology is unbundling many traditional financial services. Fintech – ranging from payments to credit – opens new perspectives on efficiency, security and funding sources. In this final part of the conference, panelists and speakers representing Fintech platforms, investors, banks and regulators will discuss why Fintech has become more prominent and where these trends are headed.
