The theme of this year’s conference is “Investing in International Markets”. We invite academic paper submissions for the conference that examine the decision to invest in international markets by corporations, institutional or retail investors. As in past years, we aim to bring together a...

This 11th annual Darden International Finance Conference seeks to address international issues concerning risk. We expect both corporate finance and investments papers to be on the final program. Managing risk, be it political, financial regulatory, etc, is a major challenge to firms, market...

Possible sessions could include, but are not limited to, the following: - International capital flows - International portfolio allocation - International portfolio diversification - Global flight to quality - Liquidity and capital flows - Investing in emerging economies - Capital market...

This 9th annual Darden International Finance Conference seeks to address international issues concerning access to capital. In all types of economies, households and firms are at times constrained in their ability to attract outside capital. The conference will explore country- and...

Topics: - Sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds and private equity ¨ The effect of governmental and non-governmental institutions on public policy, financial markets, and business strategy ¨ Design and impact of capital market institutions and securities exchanges ¨ Institutional investing ¨...

Topics: - Portfolio management and security pricing - The role of institutional investors, hedge funds, and private equity firms - Capital market liberalization and financial development - Capital flows and global imbalances, flight to quality - Corporate governance, transparency, and...