The 33rd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference (AFBC) was held on 15-17 December 2020, held virtually. 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 275 delegates from 165 institutions and firms, representing over 29
countries. The world’s foremost leaders of thought from the financial community met and shared their research and interest in finance- related fields. A total of 150 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 were seven PhD students from top international business schools presented their work and received comments from eminent scholars.
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Keynote speakers included:
Professor Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago
Professor Allen Berger, University of South Carolina
Professor Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, The World Bank
Professor Anthony Saunders, New York University
Professor Darrell Duffie, Stanford University
Professor Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, UCLA
Keynote Addresses
In addition to the presentations delivered at the International Forum, the conference included keynote addresses by six international eminent academics
‘Socially Responsible Corporate Governance’
Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago
‘Relationship Banking During the COVID-19 Crisis’
Allen Berger, University of South Carolina
‘Banks and Covid-19: Banking sector performance during the Covid-19 crisis’
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, The World
‘Corporate Loan Spreads and Economic Activity’
Anthony Saunders, New York University
‘Still the World’s Safe Haven? - Redesigning the U.S. Treasury Market After the COVID-19 Crisis’
Darrell Duffie, Stanford University
‘Behavioural Finance: Recent Research and Future Challenges’
Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, UCLA