Mr Meyer looks at the prospects for strengthening risk management for derivatives  Speech by Mr Laurence H Meyer, Member of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System, before the Derivatives Risk Management Symposium, Institute on Law and Financial Services, Fordham University School of Law, New York, on 25 February 2000.
*  *  *  It is a pleasure to be with you today. These conferences sponsored by the Institute on Law and Financial Services bring together a diverse group of individuals with interests in banking and financial markets, facilitating discussion of issues that cut across disciplines. This year’s program, which explores topics associated with risk management for derivatives, is no exception.