Financial Luminaries Offer Insights at University of Virginia Investing Conference

By Dave Hendrick


The recent University of Virginia Investing Conference brought together a host of key actors from the 2008 financial crisis, with regulators, bankers and academics reflecting on what went wrong, what steps ultimately saved the system and what the path forward should look like to avoid future calamity.

On the sidelines of the event, held at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, former Fannie Mae Chairman and CEO Franklin Raines discussed the mortgage giant’s role in the crisis, while John Dugan, comptroller of the currency from 2005–10 and incoming chair of Citigroup, discussed the reforms that he said have made large banks considerably safer.

Also, Professor Maureen O’Hara of Cornell’s SC Johnson Graduate School of Management discussed the potential and limitations of cryptocurrencies and blockchain.

Former Fannie Mae Chairman and CEO Franklin Raines Reflects on the 2008 Financial Crisis

John Dugan, Former Comptroller of the Currency, Discusses Post-Crisis Big Bank Reformations

Professor Maureen O’Hara Discusses the Current Limitations of Cryptocurrencies

 

About the University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business prepares responsible global leaders through unparalleled transformational learning experiences. Darden’s graduate degree programs (MBA, MSBA and Ph.D.) and Executive Education & Lifelong Learning programs offered by the Darden School Foundation set the stage for a lifetime of career advancement and impact. Darden’s top-ranked faculty, renowned for teaching excellence, inspires and shapes modern business leadership worldwide through research, thought leadership and business publishing. Darden has Grounds in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Washington, D.C., area and a global community that includes 18,000 alumni in 90 countries. Darden was established in 1955 at the University of Virginia, a top public university founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 in Charlottesville, Virginia.

 

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