MFE Berkowitz Lecture Series

In memory of Michael Berkowitz, former Department of Economics chair and founder of the Master of Financial Economics program.

Year	Speaker	Speaker – Position	Berkowitz Lecture
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 21^st Century Monday, March 16, 2020 Lecture: 6:30 – 8:00 pm MFE Reception: 8 – 10 pm The Victoria College Chapel 91 Charles St W Toronto, ON M5S 2C7 [Map] RSVP 2020 Berkowitz Lecture
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