The Institute of Global Finance is the organizer of the annual Australasian Finance and Banking conference. This annual conference is the most significant finance and banking conference in the Asia Pacific region. There have been a number of eminent and outstanding keynote speakers from leading US Business Schools at this conference’s annual event in 2024.The following keynotes were given at this conference.
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Keynote speakers included:
Agostino Capponi, Center for Digital Finance and Technologies, Columbia University
“From Promise to Progress: The Evolution, Challenges, and Future of Decentralised Finance (DeFi)”
Lin William Cong, Cornell University
“The Rise of E-Wallet Super-Apps and Buy-Now-Pay-Later”
Viral Acharya, Stern Business School, New York University
“Systemic Risk Measures: Taking Stock from 1927 to 2023”
Leonardo Gambacorta, Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
“Artificial Intelligence and the Financial Sector: Opportunities, Risks, and Regulatory Responses.”
Markus Pelger, Stanford University
“Do AI-Algorithmic Traders Lead to Market Instability? - A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Approach”
Baozhong Yang, Georgia State University
“Generative AI and Finance Research.”
Avanidhar Subrahmanyam (Subra), Anderson Business School, UCLA
Vikram Nanda, The University of Texas at Dallas
At this conference, over 170 research papers were presented on various topics including the following:
ESG
Climate Finance
Corporate Finance and Corporate Social Responsibility
Global Banking Stability
Cryptocurrencies and Digital Finance
Asset Pricing and Derivatives Market
Venture Capital
Global Financial Stability
Interconnectedness and Systemic Risk
Corporate Governance,
CEO Remuneration
Market Microstructure
Young and Private Firms
Institutional Asset Management
Hedge Funds
Promotion of Research on ESG and Climate Finance
The IGF has been pro-active in raising awareness about issues related to ESG and Climate Finance. The IGF has been working with senior researchers from various central banks and financial institutions who are engaged in the application of policies associated with ESG. In 2023, 22 research works were presented by researchers and regulators at an International Forum on ESG and another Forum on Climate Finance as part of the 36th Australasian Finance and Banking conference.