This conference aims to examine financial sector performance and risk post-crisis. The focus is on how the crisis has affected financial sector performance in terms of profitability, value creation, efficiency and risk management encompassing broad strategic developments.

Are microfinance programs financially sustainable so that they will be able to finance the poor in the near future? What role does the private sector, i.e. commercial banks, play in providing microfinance? What role does microfinance play in empowering women? What is the role of microinsurance...

We invite contributions from all areas of Netspar’s research program. Netspar - Network for Pensions, Aging and Retirement - stimulates innovative scientific research on all aspects of the social sciences related to ageing and retirement. Topics of interest are, among others, - Macroeconomic...

Topics: - Smart grids - Renewables - Retail competition - Carbon markets - Incentive regulation

The general topic of the symposium is “Liquidity and Asset Management”. Papers submitted to this year’s symposium can address but are not restricted to the following aspects of this general topic: • Liquidity risks and their measurement • Liquidity management • Liquidity constraints...

The financial system has experienced significant changes over the last decade such as deregulation, technological and financial innovations, and globalization. The recent financial crisis has shown that despite the improvements in the operational efficiency and management of banks and financial...

The Conference covers a wide range of topics related to financial engineering and banking, including but not limited to: Asset pricing; Asset-liability management; Liquidity risk; Credit risk modeling; Bank efficiency and performance measurement; Quality management in the banking sector; Issues...

Topics: Local interaction games on financial networks; Risk-sharing and contagion within financial networks; Analysis of banking networks; Implications of network theory for financial markets and banking regulation; Strategic financial network formation; Social networks in finance.

Topics: - Credit, asset prices and the transmission mechanism of monetary policy - Interactions between monetary and macroprudential policy - DSGE models with an explicit role for financial intermediation - Potential tradeoffs between price stability and financial stability - Endogenous asset...

The topics will include banking, corporate finance, asset pricing, market microstructure, insurance, securitization among others. Both theoretical and empirical papers are encouraged. It is anticipated that most of the participants will be from universities, central banks, regulatory agencies,...