Call For Papers
Journal of Investment Consulting Academic Paper Competition

The Journal of Investment Consulting keeps investment management consultants and investment advisors abreast of new research findings in investments and private wealth management.

The Journal of Investment Consulting announces an academic paper competition on topics that examine recent research relevant to investment consulting and private wealth management. Papers are invited from non-tenured faculty and doctoral students. Papers should provide the development of theory and applied research on the chosen topic.

TOPICS: Topics include the following: alternative investments, asset allocation, currency management, extreme value theory and modeling tail risk, investment due diligence, manager search and selection, monolithic and flash trading, performance measurement, portfolio construction, regime-switching models, risk management, retirement planning, small-cap investing, stress-testing investment portfolios, and wealth management.

AWARD: IMCA will present one cash award of $5,000 to the winner of the competition. The Journal of Investment Consulting editorial advisory board will select the winner based on quality and relevancy of the research to investment management consultants and investment advisors. The Journal of Investment Consulting will publish the paper. Paper submission deadline is July 31, 2013.

FURTHER INFORMATION: For more information about the Journal of Investment Consulting, visit: http://www.imca.org/pages/journal-investment-consulting

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Please submit two versions of the paper (one with cover page identifying authors and one without cover page) via e-mail in either PDF or Word format to: Debbie Nochlin (dnochlin@imca.org), Managing Editor, Journal of Investment Consulting.