The conference will focus on a range of theoretical and empirical issues in fund management and performance measurement, including: - Techniques of performance measurement - Performance of investment strategies - Persistence in performance - Style analysis - Hedge fund strategies and...

During the week, participants will study, during morning and afternoon sessions, the theoretical properties of stochastic discount factors, and the empirical asset pricing anomalies that result from this framework, market incompleteness, predictability of asset returns, mutual funds and...

Modelling and testing for structural changes and persistence in economics and finance has been an important research topic in time series econometrics, with noticeable recent developments in panel data. Related issues are the concepts bi- and multi-power variation and co-jumping in financial...

This INFER workshop provides an opportunity for everybody interested in bounded rationality in economics and finance to present their research and to exchange their ideas. It is an opportunity to bring together researchers and practitioners alike who are interested in theoretical aspects of...

Conference Themes: - Impact of Information on 21st Century Organisations - Collaboration and Communities - Information Discovery - Library Developments - Publishing - Enterprise Search - Information Developments and China - Opportunities for new Technologies and the Impact on Users -...

Private banks who are able to identify how the composition of the wealthy is changing and their evolving needs and adapt services accordingly will be afforded a critical advantage in an increasingly competitive market.

The topic of the second meeting will be "The Evolution Central Banks: Lessons for the Future". Its goal is to provide a systematic picture of the link between the emergence of central banks and central bank policies throughout the world. Topics may include, but are not limited to: the emergence...

Topics: · Challenges of measuring emigration and remittances · Challenges to implement the Migration section of the CES Recommendations for the 2010 Round of Population and Housing Censuses · Presentation of the new EC Regulation on Migration Statistics · The CES Work plan to improve...

Plenary Session: - The Need for a Philosophy of Green Economics Parallel Sessions: - The Aims of the Economy - Ethics and the Economy for the World - The Development of Issues, Schools and Tools in the Evolution of Green Economics Philosophy - Suggestions in Economic Philosophy - Towards a New...

The conference will have three main themes: 1. The Private Sector and Agriculture and Rural Development 2. Trade Links to the Private Sector and Poverty Reduction 3. Business, Finance and Poverty Reduction