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Upcoming Event
From Wall Street to Brussels: Aligning Transatlantic Financial Markets for Growth & Innovation
| Thu. March 26, 2026 08:30 am - 10:30 am |
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EACCNY is organizing a fire-side discussion with Thomas P. DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller. In our conversation with him, we will connect New York’s financial power, public pension investment strategy, infrastructure oversight, and fiscal governance with broader EU–U.S. economic dynamics.
Discussion topics will include:
1. New York as a Gateway for European Investment
• Why New York remains the premier U.S. entry point for European companies
• Scale and global role of New York City as a financial and commercial hub
• European FDI footprint in New York State
• Sector strengths: financial services, life sciences, fintech, clean tech
• Post-pandemic re-shoring and “friend-shoring” trends
• Regional growth beyond NYC (Buffalo, Albany tech corridor, upstate manufacturing)
2. The Role of Public Pension Capital in Global Markets
(The Comptroller oversees the New York State Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest public pension funds in the U.S.)
• Investment exposure to European markets
• ESG standards and stewardship across EU and U.S. portfolio companies
• Shareholder activism and governance standards
• How U.S. public funds evaluate European regulatory regimes
• Sustainable infrastructure and green transition investments
3. Financial Markets & Transatlantic Capital Flows
• Capital markets integration between the U.S. and EU
• Comparisons between NYSE/Nasdaq and European exchanges
• Regulatory coordination post–financial crisis
• The role of New York in dollar liquidity and global capital markets
GUEST OF HONOR:
Thomas P. DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller
A life-long Long Islander, Tom was raised in a middle-class, union household and saw the value of hard work and stretching every dollar in the example set by his parents.
In 1986, he ran for the New York State Assembly and was elected to represent the 16th District in northwestern Nassau County for the next 20 years. Tom was elected State Comptroller on February 7, 2007, by a bipartisan majority of the State Legislature. He was elected Comptroller by New York's voters in 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022.
In his role, Tom fights waste, fraud and abuse in government and pursues officials who abuse their public positions or steal money from taxpayers. This has resulted in hundreds of arrests and tens of millions in restitution.
Under his leadership and during turbulent fiscal markets, the State pension fund remains one of the best-managed public pension funds in the nation.
Tom is taking bold steps to protect the State pension fund from the risks that climate change poses to investments, transitioning its portfolio to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 and divesting from companies that are not prepared to prosper in the growing low-carbon economy.
He monitors NYC's budget and has urged the city to build deeper rainy-day reserves and find more operational efficiencies to eliminate future budget gaps.
CONVERSATION PARTNER:
John Sinclair Foley, Head of the Lex Column, FINANCIAL TIMES
TIME:
8:30 – 9:00 AM Check-in | 9:00 – 10:15 AM Program | 10:15 – 10:30 AM Networking
Note: This program is offered as an in-person event and will not be live-streamed or recorded.
Registration is closing at 2pm ET on March 25th (Wednesday).
Location:
PWC Offices
300 Madison Ave, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Register Below: