The aim of this conference is to add to the debate on the political economy aspects of the ongoing global financial crisis, and to stimulate research in this area. Topics that will be discussed include: regulatory capture and lobbying, bailout negotiations, and consumer protection.

Topics: - Economic Foundation of Risk Dependence: term structure of dependence, contagion models, effects of cycles, links between real and financial factors, dynamic of demand, lapse and prepayment, long run factors such as longevity, global warming or demography, effect of life cycle for...

This academic meeting on Hedge Funds will take place in Paris next January. Academic sessions and a panel of practitioners will discuss the recent research and the future of the hedge fund industry. This year, we welcome all contributions on hedge funds, but also, more broadly, papers that...

Main Conference Themes: - Motivation for migration and return: social, cultural and economic implications - Consequences of financial and energy crisis: a quest for a balanced economical development - Intercultural knowledge managment and culture identity in relation to migration of ideas,...

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

As part of its activities, the Institute for Quantitative Investment Research (INQUIRE) Europe, organizes an annual symposium. A major part of the conference will be devoted to "Liquidity, credit and risk". Authors, both academics and from the financial industry, are invited to submit papers for...

The financial crisis has been a sore reminder of the relevance of liquidity. A fruitful dialogue has developed among central bankers and regulators, academic researchers, financial institutions and market participants. To contribute to the academic and policy research on those topical issues,...

The FFM Sientific Committee is composed of both academics and quantitative market professionals to ensure the methodological soundness of the selected contributions and also retain the practitioner's perspective at the same time. Over the years, the Committee has ensured that the presentations...