Call for Papers: 21ST AUSTRALASIAN FINANCE & BANKING CONFERENCE 2008

                           CALL FOR PAPERS

         21ST AUSTRALASIAN FINANCE & BANKING CONFERENCE 2008

                      Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney
                   16th, 17th & 18th December 2008


     The School of Banking & Finance in conjunction with the
     Australian School of Business at the University of New
     South Wales, Sydney, would like to invite all academics &
     practitioners to participate in the 21st Australasian
     Finance & Banking Conference.


     SPECIAL ISSUES OF:

     THE JOURNAL OF BANKING AND FINANCE
     On "Globalization, Financial Markets Integration and
     Financial Services" will include selected papers
     presented at the 21st AFBC. Authors who are pre-selected
     will be notified of the appropriate procedure for
     inclusion. And

     THE JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL STABILITY
     on "Markets and Institutions: Global Perspectives"
     will include selected papers presented at the 21st AFBC.
     Authors who are pre-selected will be notified of the
     appropriate procedure for inclusion.


     PRIZES:

     Authors who wish to be considered for prizes must specify
     so when initially making their submission in accordance
     with instructions on the conference website.


     BARCLAY'S GLOBAL INVESTORS AUSTRALIA RESEARCH AWARD:

     AUD$10,000 will be awarded to the best paper presented on
     Capital Markets/Funds Management/Mutual Funds.


     SIRCA RESEARCH PRIZE:

     AUD$2,500 for the best paper which has used SIRCA Data
     (this includes ASX, SFE, Reuters, Morningstar and Aspect
     Financial data). Note: Use of SIRCA data must be
     acknowledged in the paper.


     AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE PRIZE:

     AUD$1,000 will be awarded to the best paper presented on
     derivatives/quantitative finance.


     DEADLINES:

     The deadline for submitting papers and consideration for
     the special issues of the Journals and prizes is Monday
     25th August 2008. Contributors must follow the submission
     procedure outlined on the conference website:

             http://www.banking.unsw.edu.au/afbc


     TOPIC AREAS:

     1   Asset Pricing
     2   Banking/Financial Institutions
     3   Financial Accounting
     4   Financial Statement Analysis
     5   Equity Valuations
     6   Earnings Quality
     7   Financial Economics
     8   Financial and Economic Integration
     9   Capital Markets
     10  Corporate Finance
     11  Corporate Governance
     12  Derivative Instruments
     13  Financial Mathematics
     14  Funds Management/Mutual Funds
     15  International Finance
     16  Market Microstructure
     17  Quantitative Finance
     18  Real Estate Investment
     19  Risk and Insurance/Measures and Control
     20  The Emerging Markets
     21  Globalisation, Financial Markets Integration
         and Financial Services
     22  Markets and Institutions: Global Perspectives
     23  Others (please specify)


     REGISTRATION:

     (including conference proceedings CD-Rom)

     Early Bird Fee - MUST BE PAID PRIOR TO MONDAY 27 OCT 2008

     Non-Profit Organisations:  AUD$670 (incls GST/VAT)
     Others:                    AUD$720 (incls GST/VAT)
     PhD students:              AUD$570 (incls GST/VAT)

     Full Fee - PAYMENT RECEIVED AFTER 27 OCT 2008

     Non-Profit Organisations:  AUD$720 (incls GST/VAT)
     Others:                    AUD$770 (incls GST/VAT)
     PhD students:              AUD$620 (incls GST/VAT)

     Additional guest ticket to the conference dinner AUD$140
     each.


     FURTHER INFORMATION:

                    http://www.banking.unsw.edu.au/afbc

     CONTACT:       Conference Administrator
     Email:         MAILTO:bankconf@unsw.edu.au
     Tel:           (61 2) 9385 5867
Posted 1/24/08