Finance Down Under Conference
Building on the Best from the Cellars of Finance 7-9 March 2024
The Department of Finance in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne is pleased to continue its annual conference series: Finance Down Under: Building on the Best from the Cellars of Finance. The conference will be held in-person and will take place in Melbourne, Australia, on March 7-9, 2024.
Overview
We invite submissions that embody the best in current empirical and theoretical research. We welcome papers in asset pricing, corporate finance and all other areas of finance. The general academic sessions will be comprised of papers from all areas. The conference selection committee includes eminent scholars in every facet of finance. With the help of the selection committee, we strive to provide a conference program that is internationally renowned for excellent presentations, discussions, and keynote speeches. A unique feature of the program is that we honour 'vintage' research that has inspired recent advances and withstood the test of time. In 2024, we will celebrate the body of work on corporate governance by Professor Kai Li of UBC. We are honoured to have Professor Li and Professor Jarrad Harford of the University of Washington as our keynote speakers.
In addition to the academic sessions, attendees can participate in a half-day tour of the local wine country following the Saturday morning session as well as a conference wine and food reception.
The CFAM-ARX Award
Jointly sponsored by the CFA Society of Melbourne (CFAM) and the Asia-Pacific Research Exchange of the CFA Institute (ARX), this award will be presented, with a prize of A$1,500, to a paper that has relevance to the Asia-Pacific region and/or to the asset management industry. To be considered for this award, authors need to select the option when submitting their papers.
FDU Organising Committee
Federico Nardari (Chair), Maurice McCourt, Garry Twite and Qi Zeng
Department of Finance
Faculty of Business and Economics
The University of Melbourne
Conference Sessions at a Glance
Day 1 - Thursday 7 March |
The Royal Society of Victoria, 8 La Trobe Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 |
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4:15pm - 7:00pm | Welcome Reception in Honour of Prof.Spencer Martin | |||||||
4:15pm - 4:45pm | Registration and Drinks | |||||||
4:45pm - 5:15pm | Opening Remarks: Federico Nardari (Chair of Organising Committee) CFA Society of Melbourne: Introduction by Winnie Wong | |||||||
5:15pm - 6:15pm |
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6:15pm - 7:15pm | A Selection of light canapes and drinks |
Day 2 - Friday 8 March |
The Views, Life Saving Victoria, 200 The Boulevard, Port Melbourne VIC 3207 Map |
Time | Session | ||||||||||||
9:00am - 10:00am |
International Women's Day Breakfast - Bayview 1 (Limited seats - ticket holders only) Presentation by Michelle Lowry, Drexel University | ||||||||||||
10:00am – 10:45am | Registration and Morning Tea | ||||||||||||
10:45am – 12:00pm |
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12:00pm – 1:30pm | Lunch | ||||||||||||
1:30pm - 2:45pm | Keynote Address - Jarrad Harford, University of Washington Venue: Ian Potter Room | ||||||||||||
3:00pm – 4:15pm |
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4:15pm - 4:45pm | Afternoon Tea | ||||||||||||
4:45pm – 6:00pm |
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Day 3 - Saturday 9 March |
The University of Melbourne - Woodward Conference Centre, Law Building, 10th Floor, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton VIC 3010 Map |
Time | Session | ||||||||||||
8:45am - 9:30am | Morning Tea | ||||||||||||
Plenary Sessions - Level 10, Woodward Conference Centre | |||||||||||||
9:30am - 11:15am | Do firms mitigate climate impact on employment? Evidence from US heat shocks Tuomas Tomunen; Boston College Carroll School of Management Irreplaceable Venture Capitalists Denis Sosyura; Arizona State University Consumers' Reactions to Corporate ESG Performance: Evidence from Store Visits Tinghua Duan; IESEG School of Management | ||||||||||||
11:15am - 12:30pm | Keynote Address - Kai Li, University of British Columbia | ||||||||||||
12:30pm - 1:45pm | Lunch | ||||||||||||
1:45pm - 2:00pm | Presentation of Awards | ||||||||||||
2:00pm - 10:00pm |
Social Activity - Wine Tour and Dinner
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End of Program (Please note program is subject to change) |
Registrations are now closed
Conference Locations
Thursday 7th March 2024
The Royal Society of Victoria, 8 Latrobe Street, Melbourne, 3000
Friday 8th March 2024
The Views, Life Saving Victoria, 200 The Boulevard, Port Melbourne 3207
Saturday 9th March 2024
The University of Melbourne, Woodward Conference Centre, Law Building 10th Floor, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton 3054
Winery Tour and Dinner to follow at the Yarra Valley
Conference Fees
Attendee Type | Cost (AUD) |
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Invited participant (Keynote speaker, Session Chair, Discussant, Presenter) | Free |
Full-time academic - University of Melbourne | Free |
Full-time academic - other institution | $360.00 |
PhD student - University of Melbourne | Free |
PhD student - other institution | $160.00 |
Non-academic attendee | $410.00 |
Social Program
Wine Tour and Dinner (Limited places available) | Cost (AUD) |
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Conference attendee | $60.00 |
Partner/accompanying guest | $110.00 |
For any questions regarding registration, please contact fdu-conference@unimelb.edu.au
Accommodation
Finance Down Under Conference 2024 has negotiated a discounted accommodation rate for conference attendees at voco Melbourne Central. The hotel is moments away from Bourke Street Mall, Melbourne Central Station and the Emporium Shoppping Centre and approximately a 10 minute walk to The University of Melbourne.
Please click here to access the direct booking link which will offer 15% discount off the best available rate.
Dr Kai Li
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Canada Research Chair in Corporate Governance
W.Maurice Young Chair in Finance
Dr. Li holds the Canada Research Chair in Corporate Governance and W. Maurice Young Endowed Chair in Finance at the UBC Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Senior Fellow of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research, a Research Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, and a Research Fellow of the FinTech at Cornell Initiative. Dr. Li was Senior Associate Dean, Equity and Diversity between 2015-2021.
Dr. Li’s research focuses on the economic consequences of corporate governance mechanisms. Her current research projects explore: (1) gender and finance, (2) machine learning in finance, and (3) bond ownership and creditor governance. Her research has appeared in Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, Journal of International Business Studies, and many other leading journals in Finance and Economics.
She is the recipient of the UBC Killam Research Award, the Sauder School of Business Research Excellence Award (both junior and senior categories), and the Barclays Global Investors Canada Research Award. She is a Managing Editor of Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
She is on the Editorial Board of Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Financial Stability, and Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. She has also served on the Editorial Board of Review of Financial Studies, Review of Finance, Management Science, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, and Financial Management. Her research has been featured in Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, The Time Magazine, Reuters, CNBC, Bloomberg, Dow Jones Newswire, New Yorker, BBC, BNN, CBC National, CTV National News, National Post, Globe and Mail, U.S. News & World Report, Harvard Business Review, and Yahoo! Finance.
Professor Jarrad Harford
Professor of Finance and Business Economics
Chair of the Department of Finance and Business Economics
Paul Pigott-PACCAR Professor in Business Administration
Jarrad Harford is the Paul Pigott - PACCAR Professor of Finance and Chair of the Finance and Business Economics Department at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. He earned his PhD in Finance with a minor in Organizations and Markets at the University of Rochester. His teaching focuses on core finance and acquisition analysis.
Professor Harford currently serves as a Managing Editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and recently completed a 20-year term as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Financial Economics. In the past, he has served as an Associate Editor for the Review of Financial Studies and the Journal of Corporate Finance. His primary research areas are mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and payout policy, and he has published more than 35 papers on these topics in top finance journals. In 2023, Pearson-Prentice Hall published the sixth edition of a Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, co-authored by Prof. Harford.
2024 Award Winners
The Spencer Martin Best Paper Award | AUD$4,000 |
Denis Sosyura, Arizona State University |
CFAM-ARX Paper Award | AUD$1,500Jointly sponsored by the CFA Society of Melbourne (CFAM) and the Asia-Pacific Research Exchange of the CFA Institute (ARX), this award is presented to a paper that has relevance to the Asia-Pacific region and/or to the asset management industry. |
Fotis Grigoris, The University of Iowa |