Posted 5/29/09
CALL FOR PAPERS
CHICAGO QUANTITATIVE ALLIANCE
16TH ANNUAL ACADEMIC COMPETITION
Chicago, Illinois, USA
September 16-17, 2009
The Chicago Quantitative Alliance (CQA) is proud to
announce its 16th Annual Academic Competition to be held at
the Fall Conference in September. Competitive papers are
invited from all non-tenured faculty and students who wish
to apply. Acceptable topic areas would include Asset
Allocation, Derivatives, Fixed Income, Equity, Financial
Engineering, or Security Valuation/Pricing Models. Past
paper topics may be found on our website:
http://www.cqa.org
in the Conferences Tab.
Only complete papers will be considered in this
competition. In addition, the primary author must be either
non-tenured faculty or a student. The top three submitted
papers will be asked to present their papers on Thursday,
September 17th at the CQA Fall Meeting held at the Mid
America Club in Chicago. Cash awards of $3000, $2000, and
$1000 will be given to the first, second, and third place
finishers in the competition. Criteria for awards will be
based on both presentation quality and content of interest
to practicing investment professionals. A $500 travel
allowance will also be provided.
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
Instructions for Contributors:
1. Please submit a Word or Adobe PDF version of your paper
to be received no later than June 30, 2009. E-mail the
papers to:
CONTACT: Melissa Allison
Email: MAILTO:melissa@cqa.org
If you have any questions, call Melissa at:
Tel: 708-246-6716
2. The cover page must have title, author(s),
affiliation(s), and phone/fax numbers, and e-mail
address. Also, please include a one page abstract.
3. On a separate page or cover letter, please provide
information addressing the following questions:
a) What is the tenured status of each author at his/her
respective institution?
b) To what publications or journals, if any, has the
paper been submitted for consideration?
4. Acceptance decisions only will be communicated to
authors by July 15, 2009.