Research Topics of Interest: - Risk measurement and management in futures and clearing - Sources and determinants of liquidity - Market Making programs and volume development issues - Regulatory issues regarding stock lending and borrowing - VAR and other risk issues - Credit derivatives -...

Topics: - corporate bond valuation - corporate bond trading - distressed debt analysis - measuring and pricing default risk - credit derivatives and structured credit products - counterparty risk management - exchange rates, sovereign risk and emerging market debt - leveraged loan indices -...

Topics: 1. The Basics of Present Value Models, linearization, forward projections and a framework to integrate macroeconomics and finance 2. Models for the Term Structure 2.1 The Empirical Evidence on the Expectations Theory 2.2 No Arbitrage Models, Macroeconomic Factors and Risk Premium 2.3...

The focus of this year’s symposium is on “real assets” such as real estate, commodities, etc. In particular we invite empirical and theoretical research on: the risk-return characteristics of real assets, return prediction in real asset markets, alternative instruments and investment...

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Programme Wealth Creation and financial market developments in the new EU member states Session I Market Potential for Private Banking in Central and Eastern Europe New EU Member States Catching up: Is their Growth Sustainable? The Financial Structure in New Member States: An Overview Austria as...

The objective of this year’s symposium is to discuss new empirical and theoretical advances in research on hedge funds. We are particularly interested in research on new strategies for investment funds, analysis of alternative investments, style investing, and performance evaluation.