This 9th annual Darden International Finance Conference seeks to address international issues concerning access to capital. In all types of economies, households and firms are at times constrained in their ability to attract outside capital. The conference will explore country- and...

Main Topics: - Expanding access to finance to small businesses and households - The way forward for Tawarruq (monetisation) transactions - Sukuk: equity or debt instruments? - Investment accounts versus deposit accounts - Derivatives, yet again - Interbank money market operations - Issues on...

The conference will give priority to papers that further understanding of the factors that contribute to greater entrepreneurship and formal sector participation, the role of entrepreneurship in promoting growth, and the impact of related policy reforms. The conference is also interested in...

The organisers particularly encourage submissions of papers in the following areas: - Organisation and governance of the risk management and portfolio management functions at central banks and sovereign wealth funds. - General equilibrium considerations for public investors in the design and...

The goal of this one-day conference is to enhance the interaction among researchers interested in financial intermediation. The conference will consist of five to seven papers. Submissions on all areas of financial intermediation will be considered.

The IJCB is initiating two series of annual research conferences that will bring together leading economists from central banks and academic institutions to consider issues of critical importance for policymaking. Each spring conference will focus on topics related to financial stability; each...

This year, the keynote speakers and panel sessions will focus on the topic of “Causes and Consequences of Formality and Informality”. Papers dealing with developed countries and transitions economies are welcome if they prove to be relevant for the purpose of the conference and our...

Topics: - Sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds and private equity ¨ The effect of governmental and non-governmental institutions on public policy, financial markets, and business strategy ¨ Design and impact of capital market institutions and securities exchanges ¨ Institutional investing ¨...

We invite submissions of papers, both theoretical and empirical, on liquidity provision by central banks, with an emphasis on recently introduced tools.

The conference aims to bring together experts in inflation pricing and hedging, inflation-indexed issuer asset-liability management, and macroeconomics. Particular topics of the conference could include: welfare benefits of inflation-protected securities; estimation of the inflation risk...