The conference will focus on a range of theoretical and empirical issues in fund management and performance measurement, including: - Techniques of performance measurement - Performance of investment strategies - Persistence in performance - Style analysis - Hedge fund strategies and...

Private banks who are able to identify how the composition of the wealthy is changing and their evolving needs and adapt services accordingly will be afforded a critical advantage in an increasingly competitive market.

The topic of the second meeting will be "The Evolution Central Banks: Lessons for the Future". Its goal is to provide a systematic picture of the link between the emergence of central banks and central bank policies throughout the world. Topics may include, but are not limited to: the emergence...

The conference will have three main themes: 1. The Private Sector and Agriculture and Rural Development 2. Trade Links to the Private Sector and Poverty Reduction 3. Business, Finance and Poverty Reduction

A suggestive list of categories may be: - market regulation - market structure (sectoral/inter-sectoral, labor/product) - governance - role/implication of the public sector - fairness, justice, distribution - labor market regulation and welfare systems - financial sector - international context...

Some of the topics: - The choice between alternative sources of financing for innovative firms and their impact on strategic decision in entrepreneurial firms; - The determinants of knowledge-based entrepreneurship; - Venture capital, its contribution to the knowledge-based economy; - Economics...

Note that papers and panels on other topics from all areas of comparative economics are also welcome. - Comparative economics - Economic Development - The Enlarged EU - EU Candidates - EU and its Neighbourhood - The Lisbon objectives - Privatisation and governance - Finance and Monetary Issues -...

This INFER Workshop provides an opportunity for all involved in research in Monetary Economics to exchange their ideas. Researchers are invited to submit theoretical and applied papers broadly in line with the theme of the workshop: “Monetary Policy in Emerging Countries”.

Topics at the conference are: - Bond market liquidity and microstructure - Relationship between derivatives and cash markets - Monetary policy, Fiscal Policy and Bond Markets - Corporate bond markets - Default risk - Integration of European bond markets - Public debt management - Links between...

The theme for the conference is: Multilateralism, Bilateralism and Development. This theme was chosen because this is the first time that the conference is being hosted in Africa and several countries in the region are putting a lot of effort into bilateral, multilateral and regional trade...