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 Official Program

Thursday, 25 October 2018

08:00 – 09:00: Registration & Coffee

09:00 – 09:30: Welcome and Opening Remarks

09:30 – 10:30 Keynote Address, by Professor Douglas Cumming, Ontario Research Chair in Economics and Public Policy, York University, Canada

10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 Parallel Sessions (A)

• A1: Corporate Finance I
• A2: Financial Markets, Institutions and Money I
• A3: Banking Regulation and Financial Services I
• A4: Dynamics of International Capital Markets

12:30 – 14:00: Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:30 Special Session on Cryptocurrencies: Technology, Risks, and Regulatory Framework

15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30 Parallel Sessions (B)

• B1: Corporate Governance I
• B2: Asset Pricing and Allocation I
• B3: Financial Econometrics and Applications I
• B4: Macro-financial Linkages I

19:30 – 22:00 GALA DINNER (Imperial Palace in Hue)

Friday, 26 October 2018 

08:00 – 09:00: Registration

09:00 – 10:30 Parallel Sessions (C)

• C1: Investor Sentiment, Cross-section of Returns, and Cost of Capital
• C2: Banking Regulation and Financial Services II
• C3: Emerging Markets Finance
• C4: Financial Markets, Institutions and Money II

10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 Keynote Address, by Professor Xavier Freixas, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Spain

12:00 – 13:30: Lunch Break 

13:30 – 15:00 Special Session on Central Banking and Regulation

15:00 – 15:30: Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:30 Parallel Sessions (D)

• D1: Corporate Finance II
• D2: Financial Econometrics and Applications II
• D3: Economics of Banking
• D4: Asset Pricing and Allocation II

Saturday, 27 October 2018 

08:00 – 09:00: Registration

09:00 – 10:30 Parallel Sessions (E)

• E1: Finance and Sustainability
• E2: Banking Regulation and Financial Services III
• E3: Competition, Risk-taking and Profitability in the Banking Industry
• E4: Financial Markets, Institutions and Money III

10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 Parallel Sessions (F)

• F1: Marco-financial Linkages II
• F2: Corporate Finance III
• F3: Central Banking Regulation and its Effects on Financial Markets