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:...

This year's two day conference will examine the latest trends and key issues affecting the private banking sector, offering focused debate and discussion from top-level speakers across the wealth management industry.

The speed with which nuclear energy has reestablished itself in the developed world as a credible option in helping to address the twin challenges of secure and environmentally acceptable energy supplies is remarkable. After twenty years in which new orders more or less dried up outside the...

The main aim of the workshop is to discuss and evaluate what makes effective teaching of economics, including lectures; seminars and small-group teaching; assessment and feedback; e-learning; module/unit design; classroom experiments and games. There will also be time at the end of the workshop...

Following last year's successful event in London, the Institute of Economic Affairs and Marketforce are excited to bring you the sixth annual The Future of Consumer Finance this autumn. Speakers at last year's event tackled many issues that have since gone on to dominate newspaper headlines and...

Since being established in 2001, The Future of General Insurance has grown in stature year on year and is now the leading industry event, attracting senior level delegates and speakers from across the industry.

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 main aim of the workshop is to discuss and evaluate what makes effective teaching of economics, including lectures; seminars and small-group teaching; assessment and feedback; e-learning; module/unit design; classroom experiments and games. There will also be time at the end of the workshop...

The energy sector faces considerable challenges in both the short- and long-term. The rise in retail supply prices, compounded by a soaring commodities market, has precipitated a renewed focus on the consumer. Security of supply remains a critical issue in the gas and electricity markets....

The conference theme "The New Energy Challenge: Security and Sustainabilit"