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Email: joverdahl@deltastrat.com
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PhD in economics, Iowa State University
BA in economics, St. Olaf College
James Overdahl is a leading expert in securities and finance. He is a Partner at Delta Strategy Group (DSG), a full-service government affairs firm that provides advisory services on regulatory matters for clients including exchanges, energy and agribusiness companies, trade groups, financial services firms, investment funds, and Fortune 500 companies.
Prior to joining NERA, Dr. Overdahl was Chief Economist and Director of the Office of Economic Analysis for the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He served as principal economic advisor on policy, rulemaking, and litigation support and supervised the SEC's economics program. From 2002 to 2007, Dr. Overdahl served as Chief Economist and Director of the Office of the Chief Economist for the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). In his positions at the SEC and CFTC, Dr. Overdahl testified before each Commission. He also testified before Congress on behalf of the SEC and CFTC and provided staff support and briefings for members of the President's Working Group on Financial Markets.
While serving as Chief Economist of the SEC, Dr. Overdahl advised the Commission on a wide range of policy matters, including credit default swaps and other OTC derivatives, OTC clearing, high-frequency trading and related market structure issues, securities lending, short selling, market data fees, credit rating agencies, structured financial products, Sarbanes-Oxley provisions regarding internal controls, and new products. He also advised the Commission and other government agencies on matters related to the financial crisis of 2008 and the Commission on investigation matters, enforcement proceedings, civil monetary penalties, disgorgement, and fair-funds distribution plans.
While serving as Chief Economist of the CFTC, Dr. Overdahl advised the Commission on policy matters related to exchange-traded futures and options, OTC derivatives (particularly energy derivatives), commodity price speculation, risk management and hedging, new products and markets, algorithmic trading, position limits, clearing, commodity index investing, hedge funds, and error trades. He also advised on enforcement matters related to commodity price manipulation, the alleged false reporting of natural gas transactions by several entities, and restitution and civil monetary penalties.
Dr. Overdahl also served as a Senior Financial Economist for the Risk Analysis Division of the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). He performed on-site assessments of risk measurement models employed by Tier 1 dealer banks and assessments of model validation procedures within the risk management units of money center banks, compliance with the Value-at-Risk requirements of the Basel Market Risk Capital Rule, and the effectiveness of hedging and risk measurement techniques used to manage market risk in securitization conduits.
Prior to joining the OCC, Dr. Overdahl served as a Financial Economist in the CFTC's Division of Economic Analysis and the SEC's Office of Economic Analysis. He taught as an Adjunct Professor of Finance at George Washington University, the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, Virginia Tech, and George Mason University. Dr. Overdahl also served as Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Texas at Dallas School of Management.
Dr. Overdahl has published extensively in leading economics and finance journals, including the Journal of Business, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Futures Markets, Journal of Derivatives, and Journal of Alternative Investments, and has contributed numerous chapters to published volumes on finance and economics. In addition, he has co-edited and co-authored, with Robert Kolb, four books in multiple editions, including “Financial Derivatives: Pricing and Risk Management” and “Futures, Options, and Swaps.”
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Implied Matching Functionality in Futures Markets | Published Article | By Dr. James Overdahl | ||
ETFs: Overview and Recent Issues | Brief | By Dr. Patrick Conroy, Dr. James Overdahl, and Robert Patton, et al. | ||
Economic Analysis in the Federal Rule-Making Process to Implement the Dodd-Frank Wall... | Working Paper | By Dr. James Overdahl | ||
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Dodd-Frank and the Future of Finance | 13 June 2013 | |||
The Best of NERA 2012 | 24 July 2012 | |||
Commodities Day Conference 2012 | 26 June 2012 | |||
Buying and Selling at the Speed of Light: Taking Stock of High Frequency Trading | 18 June 2012 | |||
2012 Conference on Current Topics in Financial Regulation | 07 June 2012 | |||
An Update on the Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act | 24 May 2012 | |||
National Organization of Investment Professionals Spring Conference | 16 April 2012 | |||
How I Became a Quant: Financial Engineers Give a Personal View of their Careers in Qu... | 13 February 2012 | |||
17th Annual Capital Markets Conference: The New Age of Capital Markets Supervision | 07 November 2011 | |||
27th Annual Futures & Options Expo | 10 October 2011 | |||
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NERA Securities and Financial Regulatory Expert Named Industry Affiliate | 19 August 2013 | Press Release | ||
High-Frequency Traders Seen Profiting at Small-Firm Expense | 04 December 2012 | Media Coverage | ||
High speed traders jolt U.S. grain trade | 19 November 2012 | Media Coverage | ||
US court throws out landmark commodity trading crackdown | 28 September 2012 | Media Coverage | ||
Opposing view: Fast trades aid market quality | 26 September 2012 | Media Coverage | ||
Government regulations choking U.S. manufacturing output, report | 21 August 2012 | Media Coverage | ||
NERA Conducts Analysis of the Macroeconomic Impact of US Federal Regulations; Study C... | 21 August 2012 | Press Release | ||
Rules Reduce U.S. Manufacturing by $500 Billion: Study | 21 August 2012 | Media Coverage | ||
The Cost of Federal Rules on Manufacturing | 21 August 2012 | Media Coverage | ||
Regulations a rising economic burden to manufacturers, report says | 20 August 2012 | Media Coverage | ||