TOPIC AREAS: 1 Asset Pricing 2 Banking / Financial Institutions 3 Financial Accounting 4 Financial Statement Analysis 5 Equity Valuations 6 Earnings Quality 7 Financial Economics 8 Financial and Economic Integration 9 Capital Markets 10 Corporate Finance 11 Corporate Governance 12 Derivative...

Key topics: · Linking Risk & Business Strategy – Balancing Risk tolerance & Business opportunities · Credit Risk Portfolio Management – Optimizing it to boost profitability · Transparency & Counterparty Risk Assessment – Performing robust credit evaluations · Liquidity Risk Management...

This practical workshop by Uwe Wystup covers the modeling, pricing, hedging and application of FX exotics for use in trading, risk management, financial engineering and structured products.

In this one day course the international expert Andrea Roncoroni will examine practical issues that arise in the area of Energy and Commodity Risk Management. The focus throughout will be on how to develop models for energy and commodity price processes, quantify associated risks, and price and...

Contributions on the following fields are welcome: I. International Financial Markets Stability II. Banking System and the Crisis III. Bond Issue and Debt Management IV. Monetary Policy and Markets Integration V. Money, Finance, and Life Satisfaction VI. Corporate Governance and Financial...

Recent events have created new doubts about the dollar’s prospects for remaining the leading international reserve currency. The crisis has not exactly enhanced the attractions of the United States as a producer of high quality financial assets. Yet incumbency is a strong advantage in...

This workshop aims at discussing how, why and to what extent the money market was affected by the financial turbulence and at assessing how and to what extent the non-standard measures had the intended effects while checking for a possible interference with market functioning. The workshop would...

The objective of the workshop is to improve the understanding of the intertwining between public finances and external imbalances in the euro area. The sessions of the workshop will cover the following topics: - Global imbalances and fiscal policy - Country experiences - The Ricardian hypothesis...

Cato's 27th Annual Monetary Conference--Restoring Global Financial Stability--will provide an in-depth discussion of alternative proposals for reforming the international monetary system and correcting global imbalances. In particular, leading experts will address the role of the government...

The submission of papers in the following areas is encouraged: • Global imbalances and the current crisis • Financial crisis, real crisis and the risks of depression and deflation • Paradigm shift in macroeconomics – the return of Keynesianism? • Economic policy reactions and the...