15th Global Finance Conference, 18th-20th May 2008
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only.
The 15th Global Finance Conference is scheduled to be held from 18th to 20th May 2008 at Hangzhou in China. The theme for the 15th Global Finance Conference will be “Global Capital Markets & Risk Management”. The conference is scheduled to be hosted by the College of Business Administration, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.
In the last few years the Global Finance Conference has been held in countries like Germany, Ireland and the United States of America. The objective of the Global Finance Conference is to provide a platform for finance professionals around the world to gather at a place and exchange ideas, debate on certain issues and to promote the practice and learning of financial economics.
The yearly meetings of the Global Finance Conference are sponsored by the Global Finance Association (GFA). The editorial board of the Global Finance Journal (GFJ) published by the Global Finance Association (GFA) spent many planning for the Global Finance Conference. Innovative financial concepts and research papers will be taken up at the Global Finance Conference.
The major areas of discussion that will be taken up at the 15th Global Finance Conference are –
- Globalization of Capital Markets & Linkages
- Cross-country Movement of Intellectual Capital
- Exchanges and Sovereign Wealth Funds
- WTO and Financial Innovation and Trade Issues
- Advances in International Trade: Theories vs. Practice
- Currency valuation and related issues
- Globalization & Government Service Innovations
- BOP and Foreign Exchange Reserve Structure & Management
- Financial Market Integrations and Interest Rates
- Behavioral Finance
- Financial Support of the Technology Innovation
- Microfinance – Microcredit – Finance and Global Poverty
- Micro Structures and related issues
- Interest-Free Banking/Islamic Finance & Banking
- FDI and Cross Border M&As – Overseas Investment & Risks
- Corporate Governance/Ethics/Social Responsibility
- Emerging Markets and Privatization Issues
- Asset Allocation/Country Mutual Funds/Hedge Funds/ETFs
- Accounting Standards, Regulation; Tax Issues & SOX
- Chinese Stocks, Futures and Funds
- Valuation/Pricing/EVA and MVA
- Overseas Listing of Chinese Firms
- Red Chips and H-shares Return-Fund Investment
- Supervision and Governance of Listed Companies
- Rural Financial Innovation & Private Bank Development
- Financial Crises – Sub-prime Loan Crises & Implications
- Inflation and Macro Economic Control Issues
- Education/Curriculum/Distance Learning – e-Learning
- Entrepreneurship/Venture Capital
- Advances in Financial Engineering and Derivatives
- Insurance/Reinsurance – WTO and China Financial Service
- Legal and Regulatory Issues (SOX)
Some interesting innovations are expected to be undertaken for the 15th Global Finance Conference at Hangzhou, China. The proceedings of the conference will be presented in both English and Chinese languages. The best papers presented in the conference would receive certificates and prizes. Moreover these papers would also be published in a special edition of the Global Finance Journal (GFJ). The 15th Global Finance Conference, 2008 is expected to attract nearly 1000 participants from more than 40 countries around the world.
