Broad themes of the conference are: a) Development and Livelihood b) Environment and Sustainability c) International Trade and Growth d) Recent Issues in Financial Economics e) Gender Discrimination, Social Exclusion and Development

The value derived for a business organization from intangible assets has considerably increased in the knowledge-based economy of the 21st century. The wide gap in the market-value and book-value of equity shares of most of the firms is a testimony to the fact that the traditional balance sheet...

Scholars and PhD students are invited to submit papers on the following themes: - Global imbalances and current world financial crisis; - System risks of banking and other financial institutions; - Causes, consequences and lessons of the current and past crises; - The rise of economic...

Key topics to be discussed: - An aircraft finance odyssey: Will the funding gap arrive in 2010? - Are LCC models faring better than the legacy carriers? - Liquidity management for airlines in a troubled world - How airlines managing through the downturn? - Is long term commercial bank financing...

Papers in all areas of risk management and derivatives are welcome.

The Program Committee invites the submission of abstracts related to the theory and practice of forecasting.

Key issues: - Hear airlines showcase their plans to deal with the hostile and volatile environment - Explore restructuring of distressed airlines and how the South Asia market will deal with distressed assets - Volatile fuel prices on top of high fuel taxes – how are airlines coping and what...

The conference invites unpublished empirical research papers on following themes: 1. Debt Market 2. Equity Market * Market Micro Structure * Market Efficiency 3. Derivative Market 4. Commodity Market 5. Financial Modeling and Asset Pricing 6. Financial Risk Management 7. Financial Reporting and...

Key issues to be discussed include: - China’s role as a global sourcing hub - Facilitating intra-Asia trade and expanding global trade flows - Export finance developments in Indonesia and Vietnam’s infrastructure sectors - The role of ECAs in supporting Asia’s growth - The increasing...

Topics to be covered at the conference include: - Corporates’ perspective: How has the recent market volatility affected borrowers’ access to financing? - Are ECA premiums set to rise on India anytime soon? How will this affect demand for ECA coverage in the region? - Challenges and...