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The 30th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference was held on 13–15 December 2017 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney. The PhD Forum was held on 12 December 2017.

Keynote speakers

  • Robert Hansen, Tulane University
  • Christopher Kent, Reserve Bank of Australia
  • Augusto LĂłpez-Claros, Georgetown University and The World Bank
  • Ronald Masulis, University of New South Wales
  • Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago
  • Keynote Speaker for PhD Forum
  • Xuan Tian, Tsinghua University

Prize winners

  • Awarded to the best paper presented at the PhD Forum

    Mutual Fund Benchmarking and Corporate Governance 
    Yijun Zhou, INSEAD

  • Awarded to the second best paper presented at the PhD Forum

    Leverage and Coverage Ratios 
    Alexandr Belyakov, University of Pennsylvania

  • Awarded to the third best paper presented at the PhD Forum

    Periphery Dealers in Over-the-counter Markets 
    Chutiorn Tontivanichanon, London School of Economics

  • Awarded to the best paper presented on Capital Markets / Funds Management / Mutual Funds

    December Doldrums, Investor Distraction and Stock Market Reaction to Unscheduled News Events 
    Sudheer Chava, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Nikhil Paradkar, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Awarded to the best papers in Banking

    Bank Liquidity Management and Bank Capital Shocks 
    Amine Tarazi, Université de Limoges
    Robert DeYoung, University of Kansas
    Isabelle Distinguin, Université de Limoges

    The Puzzle of Persistent Covered Interest Rate Parity Deviations: Does Monetary Policy Matter? 
    Ganesh Viswanath Natraj, UC Berkeley

  • Awarded to the best paper in Corporate Finance / Corporate Governance / Institutional Block Holders

    Leverage and Coverage Ratios 
    Alexandr Belyakov, University of Pennsylvania

    Selection and Incentive Effects of Incentive Pay: Evidence from Matching Model of Executives 

    Shuo Xia, Erasmus University of Rotterdam

  • Awarded to the best paper using data generated by SIRCA

    The Impact of Timing of the Release of Firm-Specific Announcements on Trade Initiation 
    Petko Kalev, LaTrobe University

  • Awarded to the best paper presented on Derivatives / Quantitative Finance

    Trader Positions and Marketwide Liquidity Demand 
    Esen Onur, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
    John Spencer Roberts, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
    Tugkan Tuzun, Federal Reserve Board

Further enquiries

For any further information or questions please email us at bankconf@unsw.edu.au