Partner Jay Baris (New York - Investment Funds) will speak at the Security Exchange Commission’s (SEC) FinTech Forum on May 31. The SEC's Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub) will host the event, which will focus on distributed ledger technology and digital assets.
 
Jay’s afternoon panel will explore investment management issues involving blockchain and cyptocurrencies. The session will be moderated by Jennifer McHugh, Senior Special Counsel, Division of Investment Management, and feature additional panelists John D’Agostino (DMS) and Amy Steele (Deloitte).
 
A live webcast will be available on the SEC's main website and will be archived on the FinHub page on the SEC website for later viewing. The public is encouraged to follow the SEC on Twitter at @SEC News for live updates throughout the forum. The FinTech Forum hashtag is #SECfintech.
 
View the full agenda and speaker list for the forum.
 
Jay is a member of Shearman & Sterling’s FinTech Foundry, a program dedicated to supporting the FinTech-related activities of the firm’s clients and the wider global FinTech ecosystem consisting of financial institutions, FinTech start-ups, accelerators and incubators, venture capital and private equity investors and policymakers.