The purpose of this conference is to stimulate an ongoing dialogue among academics, practitioners, and policymakers with mutual interests in financial markets. Chicago and London are unique in having large communities of scholars engaged in financial market research and practitioners working...

Areas of Interest: - Statistical significance and economic value of return and volatility predictability in asset returns (e.g. commodities, derivatives, equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, hedge funds and REITs) - Risk and return of trading strategies in novel derivative contracts:...

As investment in infrastructure is ramping up and the pressures on assets increase with demand, asset managers face the challenge of ensuring optimal return on new asset investments whilst extending the life of ageing assets. Taking a long-term view of capital planning and developing a better...

As convergence continues in the savings, investments and pension space, the retail financial sector is entering a new paradigm under a climate of increased market volatility and declining consumer confidence. Product providers and distributors face the challenge of developing increasingly...

The aim of the World Economy and Finance Research Programme is twofold. One is to advance our understanding of ways in which financial markets and financial policies influence major global issues such as poverty, development, growth and transition. The second is to analyse policy issues in an...

Building on the success of our financial services events, we are delighted to present a new conference that will address the challenges facing the cards and payments sector. The Future of Cards and Payments comes at a crucial time for an industry that is undergoing rapid and fundamental change:...

The aim of the Conference is to facilitate the exchange of research ideas and results across a range of fields, including the economics of the household, labour economics, public economics, demography, and health economics. Examples of research topics are: human capital investment, gender...

The organizers invite submissions for both empirical and theoretical papers relating to the Centre’s research agenda. Research at the centre aims at understanding the workings of capital markets and the social efficiency of allocations these markets achieve. The research departs from the...

The conference will focus on the interrelated areas of accounting, capital markets and corporate finance. In addition to conventional original research contributions, the editors also wish to encourage the submission of papers that focus on evaluating research methods in these areas and...

Topic: all areas of Finance related to Emerging Markets, and in particular on international investments.