Sydney, Australia
Wednesday 16 December - Friday 18 December, 2009
Call for Papers and Participation
The School of Banking and Finance at the Australian School of Business is pleased to launch the 2009 annual Australasian Finance and Banking Conference and would like to invite all academics and practitioners to participate. The conference is the most prestigious finance conference in the Asia-Pacific region, and brings together the world's foremost leaders of thought from the financial community.
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Deadlines
Put these dates in your diaries!
| Monday 24 August 2009 |
Submission Deadline |
| Mid-Late September |
Review Decisions |
| Monday 12 October 2009 |
Early bird registration cut-off. Register before this date for reduced rate |
| Monday 16 November 2009 |
Registration deadline for accepted authors. Authors who want their paper to be included in the schedule of the conference must have finalised and payed for their registration by this date. |
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Delegates wishing to attend but not participate may register until the conference date |
| Monday 16 November 2009 |
Changes to SSRN submission. Final paper version must be uploaded, as well as any changes to name/affiliations of authors.Information will appear in the program as it appears on SSRN at this date |
| Wednesday 16 December 2009 |
Day 1 - Business Forum and Official Conference Opening |
| Thursday 17 December 2009 |
Day 2 - Official Conference Dinner at Shangri-La Hotel. Prize announcement. |
| Friday 18 December 2009 |
Day 3 - Final Day of AFBC 2009 |
Journals and Prizes for presented papers
- Journal of Banking and Finance
A special issue of the Journal of Banking and Finance on '“Financial
Globalisation, Financial Services and Financial Market
Integration” will include selected papers presented at the
22nd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference.
Authors who are pre-selected will be notified of the
appropriate procedure for inclusion.
- Barclay’s Global Investors Australia Research Award
AUD$10,000 will be awarded for the best paper presented
on Capital Markets/Funds Management/Mutual Funds.
- BankScope Prize
AUD$2,500 will be awarded for the best paper in Banking.
Authors whose institutions subscribe to BankScope data
are eligible.
- SIRCA Research Prize
AUD$2,500 will be awarded for the best paper which has
used SIRCA Data (this includes ASX, SFE, Reuters,
Morningstar and Aspect Financial data). Note: use of
SIRCA data must be acknowledged in the paper.
- Australian Securities Exchange Prize
Awarded for the best paper presented
on derivatives/quantitative finance.
Submissions
The submission deadline is strictly Monday 24 August 2009. Following the link below you may also volunteer as a chairperson.
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One submission per person
Only one presentation may be made per person. If you would like to submit more than one paper please ensure that should this paper be accepted by the selection committee for presentation, a co-author is available and willing to present the paper at the conference and, where possible, submit the second paper in that co-authors name.
Discussants
All papers presented at the conference will be discussed. In turn, all authors accepted for presentation must discuss a paper. We thank you in advance for your willingness to share your opinions and expertise, and furnish the growth of your fellow delegate's research. Further information and discussant instructions will be provided at a later date.
Conference Proceedings
Only papers that are accepted and presented at the 22nd AFBC conference may be included in Conference Proceedings.
SSRN produces online post conference proceedings that are sent to all FEN subscribers. If you wish to be included in these proceedings, you must elect to have your paper on public view when submitting.
Independent Conference Proceedings will also be published online, however inclusion is optional.
Authors who wish to have their papers included in this document must specify so during the online paper submission process.
Selection Committee
The Chairman of the Selection Committee is Fariborz Moshirian from UNSW. Members of the Selection Committee include:
Allen Berger |
The Federal Reserve Board |
Michael Brennan |
University of California LA |
Stijn Claessens |
International Monetary Fund |
J David Cummins |
Temple University |
Asli Demirguc-Kunt |
World Bank |
Mark Flannery |
University of Florida |
Kenneth French |
Dartmouth University |
| Steven Kaplan |
The University of Chicago |
Larry H. P. Lang |
Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Florencio Lopez De Silanes |
EDHEC Business School |
Ike Mathur |
Southern Illinois University |
Ronald Masulis |
Vanderbilt University |
| Maureen O'Hara |
Cornell University |
Jay Ritter |
University of Florida |
Richard Roll |
UCLA |
Anthony Saunders |
New York University |
| Andrei Shleifer |
Harvard University |
Tom Smith |
Australian National University |
Bruno Solnik |
HEC School of Management |
Avanidhar Subrahmanyam |
UCLA |
Paul Wachtel |
New York University |
Registration
Registration will open in the coming months. Please check this website at a later date for registration instructions.
| Conference Fees |
| Early Bird Fee (payment received before Monday 12 October 2009) |
| Standard Registration: |
AUD$750 (incls GST/VAT) |
| PhD students: |
AUD$600 (incls GST/VAT) |
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| Full Fee (payment received after Monday 12 October 2009) |
| Standard Registration: |
AUD$800 (incls GST/VAT) |
| PhD students: |
AUD$650 (incls GST/VAT) |
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Presenting authors must be registered by Monday 16 November to facilitate scheduling
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| Additional guest ticket to the conference dinner AUD$140 each |
Conference Venue
The 22nd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference will be held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney.
Shangri-La Hotel
176 Cumberland Street
The Rocks, Sydney
NSW 2000 Australia
For further information on the Shangri-La Hotel please visit their website
Further Enquiries
For any further information or questions email: Conference Administration
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