The Berkowitz Annual Lecture Series is in memory of Professor Michael Berkowitz, founder of the MFE program and former Chair of the Department of Economics.
| Year | Speaker | Speaker – Position | Berkowitz Lecture Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Atif Mian | John H. Laporte, Jr. Class of 1967 Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance at Princeton University, and Director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the Woodrow Wilson School | Inequality, Credit and Indebted Demand: The Economic Challenges of the 21st Century
Date: September/October 2020 |
| 2019 | Jordi Mondria | Associate Professor of Economics and Co-Director MFE Program, University of Toronto | Investor In@ttention |
| 2018 | Tiff Macklem | Dean, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto | 10 Years Later: Seven Lessons in Crisis Management from 2008 |
| 2017 | Andreas Park | Associate Professor of Finance, Department of Management, University of Toronto Mississauga | Blockchain and Financial Economics |
| 2016 | Marlene Puffer | President & CEO Investment, Canadian National Railway Company | Long Horizon Investing: The Good, the Bad, and the Best |
| 2015 | Avery Shenfeld | Managing Director and Chief Economist at CIBC World Markets Inc. | Textbooks and Trading: Where Theory and Practice Diverge |
| 2014 | Jeffrey MacIntosh | Professor and TSX Chair in Capital Markets, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto | High Frequency Traders: Death or Salvation? |
| 2013 | David Rosenberg | Chief Economist & Strategist, Gluskin Sheff & Associates | Income Outcome |
| 2012 | Marco Petta | Special Director, OTC Derivatives – Market Initiatives, Bank of Canada | Reforming OTC Derivatives Markets |
| 2011 | José Viñals | Financial Consellor & Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF | Global Financial Stability Still at Risk |
| 2010 | Andrew Spence | Head of Rates and Foreign Exchange at TD Securities | Bretton Woods II: International Monetary Arrangement or Faustian Bargain? |
| 2009 | John W. Crow | Fifth Governor, The Bank of Canada | The Changing Role of Central Banks |
| 2008 | Jack Carr | Professor, University of Toronto | The Role of The Central Bank in the Face of the Sub Prime Mortgage Crisis |
| 2007 | Ralph Winter | Professor, University of British Columbia | The Finance-constrained Theory of Insurance Markets |
| 2006 | Angelo Melino | Professor, University of Toronto | The Equity Premium Puzzle: Where do we stand now? |
| 2005 | James Pesando | Professor, University of Toronto | Art as an Investment? What have we learned |