Based on the conference theme and underlying basic questions, the conference could be structured as follows: Session 1. Trends in Financial Services Innovation Session 2. Innovative Financial Services: Who Benefits? Session 3. Innovative Financial Services as an Entry Point into the Financial...

Die Themen und Highlights: - Die Zukunft der deutschen Assekuranz - Nachhaltige Wertschöpfung versus kurzfristigem EBIT - Erfolgreiche Kapitalanlagestrategien auf dem Prüfstand - Versicherungsvertrieb – Wandel zwischen den Welten - Kooperation / Fusionen / Übernahmen – Möglichkeiten und...

This event will address many of the most pertinent and interesting strategic issues surrounding the industry. How can margins be maintained in current conditions? Where are the growth markets? How are customer demands continuing to evolve? How can relationships be improved? What is the future...

We invite submission of empirical, theoretical and experimental papers on investment banking, market microstructure and asset pricing. We particularly welcome papers on: . Algorithmic trading . Competition between trading platforms . Liquidity . Post-trading . Security design and origination

Topics: - Have your say: participate in our new peer-to-peer discussions and then hear the opinions of industry leading speakers on your comments - Spotlight on Sovereign Wealth Funds: How great an opportunity are SWFs? - Structured products: delivering value in a bear market - The Investor...

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 ¨...

Theme: Perspectives for the Global Economy: The Aftermath of the Financial Shocks

With over 200 attendees last year, this is one of the largest and fastest growing infrastructure finance conferences that looks exclusively at the Latin American and Caribbean region. This year there is much to discuss as credit markets have faltered and the global economic outlook has worsened....

The organizing committee of this small, informal conference invites submissions of high quality theoretical or empirical research papers on banking and financial intermediation.

Specific topics of interest are: - Can market crashes be predicted? - What is the role of financial innovation and regulation? - What are the incentives for proper risk management and the management of systemic crisis prevention under the current regulatory framework? - Which type of crashes in...