The Forum will focus on the topic of accounting for intangible assets. We encourage researchers to contribute evidence on intangible assets from a variety of perspectives. Particular areas of interest include: - Recognition and measurement (Internally generated assets , Internally generated vs...

The conference proceedings will focus on: - Nigeria and the Global Economic Downturn: The public and private sector response - Establishing a Coherent Naira Market - Weathering the Volatility Storm: The Outlook for Equities - Infrastructure: Finding Financing in an Uncertain World - Insurance:...

Session I. - Volatility in Equilibrium: Asymmetries and Dynamic Dependencies - Inference on Sets in Finance - How Useful are No-Arbitrage Restrictions for Forecasting the Term Structure of Interest Rates? Session II. - High Frequency Statistics with Irregularly Spaced Observations - Dissecting...

The Symposium will focus on Risk Management in Financial Institutions Issues. Topics suitable for Symposium include, but are not limited to, the following: . Market, credit, operational, liquidity and integrated risk management, Investment management and hedge fund risk, Energy and commodity...

We invite submission of empirical, theoretical and experimental papers on investment banking, market microstructure and asset pricing. We particularly welcome papers on: . Algorithmic trading . Competition between trading platforms . Liquidity . Post-trading . Security design and origination