Bank of Canada Deputy Governor to speak on Building Trust in the Financial System

Publication Date

17-3-2014

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News Article

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Bank of Canada Deputy Governor to speak on Building Trust in the Financial System

Timothy Lane to deliver Osgoode Distinguished Speakers’ Series lecture at Schulich

Toronto, March 17, 2014 – Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Timothy Lane will speak on “Building Trust in the Financial System” as part of the Osgoode Distinguished Speakers’ Series at York University’s Schulich School of Business on Monday, March 24.

One of Canada’s foremost experts on monetary policy and financial system stability, Lane joined the Bank of Canada in 2008 after spending 20 years at the International Monetary Fund and several years as an economics professor.

In his speech, Lane will highlight the importance of good governance in the financial system and the economy. His talk will also focus on how confidence in financial benchmarks such as LIBOR has recently been undermined, why that matters and what is being done to restore it. A short Q&A will follow.

WHAT: Osgoode Distinguished Speakers’ Series lecture on “Building Trust in the Financial System” by Timothy Lane, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada

WHERE: Robert R. McEwen Auditorium, Schulich School of Business at York University. Take York Boulevard off Keele Street and turn left at James Gillies St. (Building 42 on map. Park at Building 84 on map.)

WHEN: Monday, March 24, 2014 from 12:20 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. The lecture will be followed by an audience Q&A session.

The event is sponsored by the Distinguished Speakers’ Series Organizing Committee of Osgoode Hall Law School, Hennick Centre for Business and Law, JD-MBA Students’ Association, Schulich School of Business and York University.

*A copy of Lane’s speech will be available to accredited media, subject to an embargo, prior to delivery. The speech will also be posted on the Bank of Canada’s website at 12:15 p.m. on March 24 (http://www.bankofcanada.ca/press/media-advisories/).

For media accreditation or more information, please contact:

Beth Marlin

Media and public relations

Schulich School of Business

Cellphone: 905-717-6278

Email: bmarlin@schulich.yorku.ca

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