The 2024 International Conference in Banking and Financial Studies

OVERVIEW

Following the success of 2023 edition hold at Capua (CE), we invite submissions for the 2024 edition of the International Conference in Banking and Financial Studies, scheduled to be held on 05-06 September 2024 at the University of Catania (Sicily), Italy. This conference serves as a dynamic platform for scholars, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to delve into the latest advancements, obstacles, and prospects within the realm of banking and finance. Through insightful debate and collaborative engagement, the conference endeavors to chart the course for navigating the complex landscape of contemporary financial systems. We welcome papers that delve into several pertinent topics, aiming to foster comprehensive discussions and shed light on the multifaceted nature of the banking and finance domain. These topics include, but are not limited to:

These topics include, but are not limited to:

Accounting, auditing, and taxation
Asset allocation and valuation
Banking regulation and financial services
Behavioral and experimental finance/economics
Big data in finance, artificial intelligence, and cyber security
Climate finance and sustainability
Corporate finance, IPOs, SEOs, M&A, and crowdfunding
Corporate governance
Country funds, sovereign funds, and hedge funds
Debt issues
Digital finance, cryptocurrency finance, and blockchain
Emerging markets finance
Energy finance and environment Issues
Entrepreneurial finance, venture capital, and private equity
Ethical finance, green finance, ESG and CSR
Financial accounting and regulation
Financial crises, contagion, integration, and global risks interconnection
Financial engineering and derivatives
Foreign currency issue
Global imbalances & sustainability
Household finance, real estate finance, and microfinance
Market behavior efficiency
Multinational financial management
Portfolio management and optimization
Risk management and compliance
Small business finance

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Prof. Steven Ongena, University of Zurich & the Swiss Finance Institute, Switzerland

Steven Ongena is a professor of banking in the Department of Banking and Finance at the University of Zurich, a senior chair at the Swiss Finance Institute, a research professor at KU Leuven, a research professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU Business School, and a research fellow in financial economics of CEPR. He is also a research professor at the Deutsche Bundesbank and a regular research visitor at the European Central Bank. Before moving to Zurich, he taught at CentER-Tilburg University and BI Norwegian Business School and was at the University of Oregon (PhD), SOR-BE (OF-1), University of Alberta (MA), and KU Leuven (MBA, Hir).

He is publishing in economics, finance, law and management journals. He co-authored, with Hans Degryse and Moshe Kim, the graduate textbook Microeconometrics of Banking: Methods, Applications and Results published by Oxford University Press.

He is currently a co-editor of Economic Inquiry, the International Journal of Central Banking, the International Review of Finance and the Journal of Financial Services Research, and an associate editor of the Journal of Financial Stability, Economic Notes, the Asian Review of Financial Research, and the Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions. In the past he has served as a co-editor for the Review of Finance and as an associate editor for the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Intermediation, the Journal of Financial Services Research, the European Economic Review and the Journal of Banking and Finance, among other journals.

In 2017 he received an ERC Advanced Grant lending, in 2012 an NYU-Fordham-RPI Rising Star in Finance Award and in 2009 a Wim Duisenberg Research Fellowship of the European Central Bank.

TOPICS

These topics include, but are not limited to:

Accounting, auditing, and taxation
Asset allocation and valuation
Banking regulation and financial services
Behavioral and experimental finance/economics
Big data in finance, artificial intelligence, and cyber security
Climate finance and sustainability
Corporate finance, IPOs, SEOs, M&A, and crowdfunding
Corporate governance
Country funds, sovereign funds, and hedge funds
Debt issues
Digital finance, cryptocurrency finance, and blockchain
Emerging markets finance
Energy finance and environment Issues
Entrepreneurial finance, venture capital, and private equity
Ethical finance, green finance, ESG and CSR
Financial accounting and regulation
Financial crises, contagion, integration, and global risks interconnection
Financial engineering and derivatives
Foreign currency issue
Global imbalances & sustainability
Household finance, real estate finance, and microfinance
Market behavior efficiency
Multinational financial management
Portfolio management and optimization
Risk management and compliance
Small business finance

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