3rd Contemporary Issues in Financial Markets and Banking

Welcome to IFMB!

The objective of the conference is to address the emerging gaps within the finance and banking scholarship. As an integral part of the Centre for Finance, Technology and Society in the Nottingham Business School, the annual conference seeks to highlight the latest developments which have the potential to change the finance and banking landscape.

Previous conference keynote speakers included: Professor Brian Lucey (Trinity College Dublin, Editor of International Review of Financial Analysis; 2023); Professor Dimitri Vayanos (LSE, Past Managing Editor of Review of Economic Studies); Professor Cheng-Few Lee (Rutgers University, Editor of Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting); Professor Douglas Cumming (Florida Atlantic University, Past Editor of Journal of Corporate Finance); Associate Professor Sofia Johan (Florida Atlantic University,

Associate Editor of British Journal of Management); Professor Michael S. Pagano (Villanova University, Co-Editor of The Financial Review); Associate Professor Tina Yang (University of South Florida, Co-Editor of The Financial Review); Associate Professor Muhammad Ali Nassir (University of Leeds, Associate Editor of Journal of Environmental Management).

Papers accepted for presentation in previous conferences were received from: Columbia University, University of Chicago, Imperial College, London Business School, Pennsylvania State University, Bank of International Settlement, Central Bank of Chile, McGill University, University of Turin, University of Texas (Rio Grande Valley), Laval University, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hiroshima University, KU Leuven, University of Florida, Bar Ilan University, University of West Attica, Boston College, Indian Institute of Management (Shilong), Warsaw School of Economics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Yeshiva University, Macquarie University, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Soochow University, various UK universities (Nottingham Trent, Leeds, Southampton, Reading, London South Bank, Cranfield, Roehampton, etc.)

About  NTU and Research at NTU:

NTU is proud to be recognised as an inspiring University with an outstanding reputation for teaching, research, and community engagement. The Nottingham Business School is proud to have achieved prestigious accreditations, gaining both EQUIS and AACSB accreditation.

REF 2021 is the UK’s system for assessing the excellence of research in higher education providers. The outcomes are used to inform the allocation of around £2 billion per year of public funding for universities’ research. NTU submitted a total of 39 impact case studies to this round of REF. Our impact case studies were highly rated: 86% of our research impact was rated as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent' in terms of quality.

Programme organisers:

Suliman Alshahmy, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

Padmi Nagirikandalage, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

Thong Dao, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

Thao Nguyen, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

Jeremy Cheah, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

Linzhi Tan, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

Sercan Demiralay, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

Mehmet Sahiner, University of Dundee, United Kingdom

Florian Biermann, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

Kenneth Baldwin, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

Yassine Essanaani, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

International scientific committee and collaborators:

Prof. Duc Khuong Nguyen, Ipag Business School, France

Prof. Tapas Mishra, University of Southampton, UK

Prof. Van Son Lai, Laval University, Canada

Prof. Paul McGuinness, University of Sheffield, UK

Prof. Osamah AlKhazali, American University of Sharjah, UAE

Prof. Sabri Elkrghli,  Libyan International Medical University, Libya

Prof. Serkan Cicek, Muğla Sitki Kocman University, Turkey

Prof. Jiguang Huang, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, China

Associate Prof. Sofia Johan, Florida Atlantic University, US

Associate Prof. Hung Do, Massey University, New Zealand

Associate Prof. Tam Nguyen, University of Nottingham, UK

Associate Prof. Shan Wu, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University, China

Dr. Mamata Parhi, University or Roehampton, UK

Dr. Toan Huynh, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

Assistant Prof. Destan Kirimhan, University of Texas El Paso, US

Assistant Prof. Maher Khasawneh, Hashemite University, Jordan

Prof. Alper Kara, Brunel University, UK

Prof. Ugur Soytas, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Associate Prof. Samet Gunay, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest

Dr. Erhan Kilincarslan, University of Huddersfield, UK

Confirmed Keynote Speakers:

Keynote speakers to be confirmed at a later date.

Confirmed Meet the Editors Session Facilitators:

Meet the Editors Session Facilitators to be confirmed at a later date.

Journal collaboration: Special Issues/Sections/Collaborations

Details to be confirmed.

Registrations and paper submissions:

• Interested participants should register for the conference using the following form and then proceed with the process below:
• After registration, you should receive an email providing access to the conference SharePoint site. Once logged in, participants can submit their papers to be reviewed by the scientific committee.
• If the paper is accepted after review, participants will be informed of the outcome via email. The paper will be allocated a presentation slot (via Microsoft Teams) in the relevant session depending on the topic on the day of presentation. More details on the presentation will follow nearer the presentation dates.
• Participants will then proceed to make a payment of £50 for doctoral students or £75 for regular submission before they can attend or present at the conference. This payment will also grant access to all conference materials (e.g., submitted papers and recorded presentations) for one month after the conference.
• The conference is also open to anyone who wishes to access the presentations and papers but does not wish to submit any paper.
• The submission could be a fully developed manuscript or an extended abstract. We do not impose any style requirements.
• During the conference proceedings, we will also announce the Best Paper Award.

Important dates:

Deadline for paper submissions: 17 November 2024

Deadline for payment: 09 December 2024

Conference dates: 13 to 14 January 2025

Conference objectives:

1. To provide a network platform to bring early career researchers together to form links with experienced academics.
2. To establish supportive hubs to allow researchers to discuss the widespread effects of financial crises arising from Covid-19 and the role of sustainable sources of financing to confront current and future economic crises.
3. To create a scholarly network to examine the challenges of dynamic decision making in a business environment fit for the future.
4. To discuss the newer puzzles in finance and banking in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Topics:

The scientific and organizing committee welcome submissions in all areas of banking and finance presentation at the conference. Early submission is highly encouraged, and the decision is made as soon as the review is completed. The main topics of the conference include, but are not limited to:

Financial resilience; Green and sustainable finance; Decentralised finance and disruptive financial technologies; Theoretical asset pricing; Empirical asset pricing, liquidity and behavioural economics and finance; Risk management; Financial inclusion; Alternative investments; Crowd-funding; Islamic banking; Banking and financial sector stability and regulation; Financial (dis)integration and Brexit; Artificial intelligence, machine and deep learning applications in finance; Corporate finance and sustainable energy financing; Crisis investment and portfolio management; Corporate governance; International financial management and investment; Market microstructure; Household finance; Real estate and property markets; Metaverse and Blockchain technologies in finance. Intersection between finance and economic theory, especially financial applications of game theory, decision theory, and computational financial economics (including multi-agent models and econophysics); experimental economics with implications for financial theory and practice.

PhD Workshops with Parallel Sessions:

Will run concurrently with the parallel tracks.

For queries, please send an email to ifmb@ntu.ac.uk

FAQs:

Q: Is the conference online or onsite?

A: IFMB2024 is a totally online conference

Q: I am a Ph.D. student. Can I submit my work to the IFMB 2024 conference?

A: We welcome works from researchers, practitioners, academics and Ph.D. candidates

Q: What is an extended abstract?

A: An extended abstract is an approximately 500 words summary of the paper which includes brief literature reviews, methodology, and results.

Q: How do I submit and track my paper in SharePoint?

A: There is a section on the home page for you to submit/upload your paper for review. Please start there and follow the on-screen information.

Q: Can I appeal the outcome of my paper review?

A: All decisions from the review process are final.

Q: Can I present more than one paper at the conference?

A: No, you can’t present more than one paper at the conference

Q: What is my Paper ID?

A: There is a section on the SharePoint home page for you to track your submission. After your paper is uploaded, it should appear there with a Paper ID.

Q: Why can’t I access the conference materials?

A: The conference materials include all submitted papers and recorded presentations. Access will be available upon payment of the registration fee.

Q: In the case of cancellation, can I get a refund?

A: 50% of the conference fee will be refunded for withdrawal requests made prior to 11 January 2024. No refunds are available on or after that date.