Experts React to President Obama`s Federal Reserve Plan via FinReg21.com Webinar

Experts Dr. Robert Litan, Peter J. Wallison, and Professor Lawrence J. White to
analyze and discuss financial regulation reorganization articulated in
President`s white paper
BOSTON--(Business Wire)--
FinReg21.com, a newly launched online resource of commentary and news on
financial regulatory reform, today said it will host a live webinar on June 18th
featuring Dr. Robert Litan, Peter J. Wallison, and Professor Lawrence J. White.
In the online forum, the experts will express their reactions to President
Obama`s recently released white paper on remaking the powers of the Federal
Reserve. The webinar will feature a Q&A session to address attendee questions.

"Specific guidance from the Obama administration on how best to regulate the
financial industry has been long awaited," said David S. Evans, noted economist,
a FinReg21.com founder and the site`s Editor-in-Chief. "This webinar aims to
examine whether the Administration`s proposals are too little, too much, or just
right."

Discussing the pros and cons of the Obama Administration`s plan will be Dr.
Robert Litan, Peter J. Wallison, and Professor Lawrence J. White.

Dr. Robert E. Litan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and vice
president for research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation. An economist and
an attorney who has practiced law and taught banking law at the Yale Law School,
Dr. Litan is the author of numerous books and articles on financial
institutions, international trade, and regulatory issues.

Peter J. Wallison is the Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies and
co-director of AEI's program on Financial Policy Studies. As general counsel of
the U.S. Treasury Department he had a major role in the development of Reagan
administration proposals for financial services industry deregulation. He was
general counsel of the Depository Institutions Deregulation Committee and served
as White House counsel to President Ronald Reagan.

Lawrence J. White is the Arthur E. Imperatore Professor of Economics at New York
University's Stern School of Business and Deputy Chair of the Economics
Department at Stern. He served as a Board Member of the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board during the S&L crisis, as well as a Director of the Economic Policy Office
for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Professor White is
currently the General Editor of The Review of Industrial Organization and
Secretary-Treasurer of the Western Economic Association International.

The upcoming webinar is one in a series of online forums to take place regularly
on FinReg21.com. FinReg21.com encompasses original content, news, legislative
tracking, and other resources on financial regulatory reform. Its goal is to
pull together a community of people globally who are working on or are affected
by financial services reform, including officials working in the banking,
insurance, securities, and payments industries.

Media can subscribe for regular e-mail editorial update alerts from FinReg21.com
by visiting http://www.finreg21.com/.

Webinar Details:

Experts Weigh Benefits and Disadvantages of Obama`s "White Paper" on Regulation
Reform
Thursday, June 18, 2 pm EDT

A live roundtable discussion with Robert E. Litan, a senior fellow at the
Brookings Institution and vice president for research and policy at the Kauffman
Foundation, Peter J. Wallison, the Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy
Studies and co-director of AEI's program on Financial Policy Studies, and
Lawrence J. White, Professor of Economics at the Leonard N. Stern School at New
York University. David Evans, Executive Director of the Jevons Institute for
Competition Law and Economics at the University College London and Lecturer at
the University of Chicago Law School will moderate.

To register for the event, visit
http://www.finreg21.com/channel-21/pundit-pit#Web
If the link does not immediately take you to the Webinar registration, please
scroll down the page.

The webinar will be available for viewing on FinReg21.com after the live
broadcast.
For more information about the webinar, visit http://www.finreg21.com/channel-21

About FinReg21.com:

FinReg21.com is the only online community dedicated to the future of financial
services regulation and reform that captures the collective wisdom of the
world`s leading industry practitioners, regulators, policy makers, and scholars.
Provocative and cutting edge views are presented in an environment that supports
the mutual exchange of ideas via live webinars, expert blogs and podcasts.
Lombard Street, FinReg21.com`s twice-monthly e-journal, documents critical
thinking from experts who are at the heart of shaping and implementing reform.
Original reporting, real-time legislative tracking (coming soon) and breaking
news round out FinReg21.com`s unique mix in the critical debate over regulatory
reform in the 21st century.

For more information visit http://www.finreg21.com/.

For FinReg21.com
Elisabeth Hershman, 212-289-6734
ehershman@vpgllp.com

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