Berkowitz Lecture Series
In memory of Michael Berkowitz, former Chair of the Department of Economics and founder of the Master of Financial Economics program, each year a distinguished speaker is invited to give a talk about an important topic in Financial Economics. Listed below are past seminars and guest speakers.
| Year | Speaker | Job Title | Title of Lecture |
| 2012 | Marco Petta | Special Director, OTC Derivatives - Market Initiatives, Bank of Canada | Reforming OTC Derivatives Markets |
| 2011 | José Viñals | Financial Consellor & Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF | Global Financial Stability Still at Risk |
| 2010 | Andrew Spence | Head of Rates and Foreign Exchange at TD Securities | Bretton Woods II: International Monetary Arrangement or Faustian Bargain? |
| 2009 | John W. Crow | Fifth Governor of the Bank of Canada | The Changing Role of Central Banks |
| 2008 | Jack Carr | Professor, U of T | The Role of The Central Bank in the Face of the Sub Prime Mortgage Crisis |
| 2007 | Ralph Winter | Professor, UBC | The Finance-constrained Theory of Insurance Markets |
| 2006 | Angelo Melino | Professor, U of T | The Equity Premium Puzzle: Where do we stand now? |
| 2005 | James Pesando | Professor, U of T | Art as an Investment? What have we learned |