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March 26, 2012                                       Jen Scungio, 202-457-8759

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Forum President & CEO to Discuss Dodd-Frank Act Implementation Progress at U.S. Chamber’s Annual Capital Markets Summit

WHO: Financial Services Forum President and CEO Rob Nichols

WHAT: Panelist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness’ 6th Annual Capital Markets Summit, “Strengthening our Markets: Ensuring Capital for Main Street Businesses.”  Nichols’ panel, “Financial Regulatory Reform – Making the Grade?” will focus on how financial regulatory reform is proceeding.

WHEN: Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 2:15 p.m.

WHERE: Hall of Flags, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

              1615 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C.  

MORE DETAILS: The Summit will feature prominent speakers in government, public policy, and business who will focus on the changing regulatory environment and significant emerging trends. Topics will include the continued state of the Dodd-Frank Act, the changing regulation of the derivatives market, how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proceeding, and the importance of an efficient and effective regulatory structure to promote highly liquid capital markets for the U.S. economy.

Additional confirmed speakers include:

• The Honorable Richard Cordray, Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
• The Honorable Chris Coons (DE), United States Senate
• The Honorable Scott Garrett (NJ), U.S. House of Representatives
• The Honorable Gary Gensler, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• Thomas J. Wilson, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Allstate Corporation

For more information on the event, please visit: http://www.capitalmarketssummit.com/ 

The Financial Services Forum is a non-partisan financial and economic policy organization comprising the CEOs of 20 of the largest and most diversified financial services institutions doing business in the United States. The purpose of the Forum is to pursue policies that encourage savings and investment, promote an open and competitive global marketplace, and ensure the opportunity of people everywhere to participate fully and productively in the 21st-century global economy.

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