This annual conference is the most significant finance and banking conference in the Asia Pacific region. The conference was sponsored by Australian Stock Exchange, BlackRock, Bureau Van Dijk, PwC, Reserve Bank of Australia, and SIRCA. The AFBC has become the most prestigious finance conference in the Asia-Pacific region. It is a gathering of over 296 delegates from 188 institutions and firms, representing over 32 countries. The world’s foremost leaders of thought from the financial community met and shared their research and interest in finance- related fields. Six categories of prizes were awarded, and a total of 158 papers were presented. See Appendix I for the conference proceedings. The conference also engaged with the finance industry and policy makers by hosting a major international business forum and launching a great International business Forum on Climate Change. The conference additionally offered a PhD Forum on 14 December where seven PhD students from top international business schools presented their work and received comments from eminent scholars.
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In 2021, similar to the previous year, a number of eminent scholars from the US, were its keynote speakers. The following keynotes were given at this conference, over and above a few major international fora with their own distinguished keynote speakers.
Toni Whited, University of Michigan
‘Relative Performance Evaluation and Strategic Competition’
Lubos Pastor, University of Chicago
‘Dissecting Green Returns’
Philipp Schnabl, New York University
‘The Financial Origins of the Rise and Fall of American Inflation’
At this conference, over 150 research papers were presented on various topics including the following issues:
- ESG Climate Finance
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Governance
- CEO Characteristics
- Cryptocurrencies
- Market Microstructure
- Young and Private Firms
- Financial and Decision Making
- Institutional Asset Management
- Global Banking
- Asset Pricing and Derivatives
- Market Venture Capital