10.11.2019

Chicago Fed Names Financial Markets Group Head

10.11.2019

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago announced that Alessandro Cocco will join the economic research department on October 21 as vice president of the financial markets group. Cocco will report to senior vice president Sam Schulhofer-Wohl.

As head of the financial markets group, Cocco will lead a multidisciplinary team that analyzes public policy issues in global financial markets. The group’s research on financial market institutions, technology and infrastructure helps inform and foster stable and efficient national monetary, financial and payments systems. Cocco will play a key role in communicating the team’s findings to senior Federal Reserve officials, other regulators, industry leaders and the general public.

Cocco brings 25 years of legal, financial services and leadership experience to this position. Most recently, he served as managing director and associate general counsel at J.P. Morgan Chase, where he managed a wide range of efforts related to financial services regulation, futures, swaps, clearing, financial technology, and compliance. As global co-head of the legal team for J.P. Morgan’s investor services business, he led a group of more than 65 attorneys. He is qualified to practice law in the U.S., U.K. and Italy, and has wide-ranging international experience in financial markets and regulation in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

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