Topics: - Statistical significance and economic value of return and volatility predictability in asset returns (e.g. commodities, derivatives, equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, hedge funds, REITS,...) - How do Hedge Funds manage their risks? Hedge fund performance and risk measurement. -...

Topics: all areas of Finance related to International Real Estate Securities.

This forum provides an opportunity for senior human resource (HR) practitioners to work with others in the field on a number of issues which central banks face. The event will be structured to allow a mixture of external input, sharing of ideas and expertise, co-coaching and problem solving. It...

Submissions are welcomed on issues related to unconventional monetary policy. Suitable topics include, but are not limited to: - Theoretical analysis of unconventional monetary policy - Interactions with financial market frictions and imperfections - Impact on government and corporate yield...

Submissions are welcomed on issues related to unconventional monetary policy. Suitable topics include, but are not limited to: - Theoretical analysis of unconventional monetary policy - Interactions with financial market frictions and imperfections - Impact on government and corporate yield...

This conference is an annual event which showcases brand new ideas from leading thinkers in the world of hedge fund research.

The organizers welcome theoretical and applied papers from a variety of areas and disciplines. Potential topics include: - Heterogenous agent-based models of the financial sector - Network topology and financial stability - Models of expectation formation and herding - Integration of financial...

The following topics are likely to be covered: • an introduction to recent research on exchange rates, in particular market microstructure models, behavioural finance models as well as the new ‘open economy’ macroeconomic paradigm; • reserve currency issues and aspects of foreign...

Topics likely to be covered include: • the objectives of monetary policy and optimal policy under commitment and discretion; • methods for estimating policy rules and objective functions; • forecasting with and without endogenous monetary policy; • modelling the zero lower bound on...

Financial regulation is usually justified by pointing to market imperfections that regulation seeks to address. Yet all real-world markets are imperfect and the welfare costs arising from these imperfections create strong incentives for market participants to devise their own solutions....