Banking, Corporate Finance and Intermediation, 5-8th June 2008

By: EconomyWatch   Date: 14 October 2010

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The conference on Banking, Corporate Finance and Intermediation is scheduled to be held from 5th June to 8th June, 2008 in Alaska, USA. The venue of the conference has been fixed at the Millennium Alaskan Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska. This conference will be organized by the Financial Intermediation Research Society, popularly known as FIRS. It is going to be the third of its kind organized by FIRS.

Objective of the Conference on Banking, Corporate Finance and Intermediation

This academic conference will focus on various issues of financial intermediation in the global context. There will be detailed discussions on the analytical and theoretical research papers on different contemporary issues of intermediation. The international scholars are expected to express their views on banking, corporate finance and intermediation in the parallel sessions of the conference. Among the various topics that will be discussed in this conference, market microstructure, insurance, asset pricing, and securitization are worth mentioning.


More on the Conference on Banking, Corporate Finance and Intermediation

Professor Anjan Thakor will act as the Program Chair in the conference. Goufu Zhou will be the Associate Program Chair. The Program Advisory Council consists of the following members:

  • Mark Flannery (University of Florida)
  • Franklin Allen (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Kose John (New York University)
  • Raghuram Rajan (University of Chicago)
  • Maureen O'Hara (Cornell Univeristy)

    The venue of the conference on Banking, Corporate Finance and Intermediation is quite easy to get to. Anchorage is easily accessible from all prime locations of US through regular flights. From the city airport, few minutes drive will take the participants to the conference venue.

    With the growing importance of financial intermediation as a field of research, this academic conference is going to be highly relevant in the context of present financial scenario. The topics that will be discussed in the different sessions are expected to be quite beneficial for the effective formulation of intermediation policies. The conference is expected to provide as great platform for the participants to share their experience and knowledge regarding the different aspects of banking, corporate finance and intermediation.


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