Henry . Hu
Securities and Exchange Commission
Henry T. C. Hu was appointed the first Director of the Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial
Innovation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in September 2009. He holds the
Allan Shivers Chair in the Law of Banking and Finance at the University of Texas Law School.
Interested in law and modern finance, Professor Hu has written on bank, derivatives, hedge fund,
and mutual fund regulation, corporate governance, debt and equity “decoupling,” global
“competitiveness” of U.S. derivatives markets, model risk, risk management, swaps and other
financial innovations, and Warren Buffett. The writings have appeared in law reviews (e.g.,
Columbia Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and Yale Law Journal),
specialist journals (e.g., European Financial Management, Journal of Applied Corporate
Finance, and Risk), and newspapers (i.e., The Financial Times, The New York Times, and The
Wall Street Journal). Most recently, his “decoupling” research has attracted attention, including
a lead front-page story in The Wall Street Journal and stories in The Economist, The Financial
Times, and The New York Times. He holds a B.S. (Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry),
M.A. (Economics), and J.D., all from Yale.
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