The purpose of the conference is to analyze the challenges facing the development of MMEs due to non-availability of IFS and studying the ways and means to develop the IFS and the related infrastructures with a view to enhancing the access of MMEs to financial services.

FOCUS: Credit Risk, Risk Management, Derivative Pricing, High Dimensional Quantitative Methods and other areas of Quantitative Finance

Topics: Consolidation of Banking and Financial Services Institutions; Valuation and Financial Modeling; Role of Technology Advancements; Cross-border M&As; M&As and Efficiency Studies; Economies of scale and scope associated with M&As; Basel II and Risk Management; Legal and Regulatory Aspects; Human...

Symposium Subareas: - Borderless innovation - Collaborative R&D for innovation - Idea generation and creativity - Innovation policy - Measuring and managing innovation - Methods and tools for innovation - Networks and clusters of innovation - Open innovation

The conference will provide a forum for presenting the latest advances in various empirical and theoretical issues. Possible topics include: - Financial market imperfections and business cycle fluctuations - Corporate finance and macroeconomic stability - Credit and the housing market - Banking...

Advancements in Information and Communication Technologies have paved the way to new business models, markets, networks, services, and players in the financial services industry. FinanceCom 2008 invites papers that help to understand, drive and exploit the associated systems, technologies and...

Theme: New Frontiers In International Entrepreneurship: Bridging the gaps between North & South and East & West The MIE 2008 Conference theme seeks to stimulate lively discussion of a number of issues and challenges facing the international entrepreneurship discipline. In particular, we invite...

The seminar introduces the participants to the methods, techniques and theories commonly used in their research area. It also offers possibilities for young researchers to get in contact with their peers, to explore new avenues of thinking, to learn collectively and to exchange ideas in a very...

Topics: - What are good approaches to measure the shortfall risk for individuals and pension plans? - What are appropriate models to measure long-run expected returns, volatilities, and correlations for retirement assets? - How good are individuals at saving for retirement and at managing their...

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:...