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12 December |
2nd Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies International Distinguished Lecture
Proudly sponsored by 
Dr. Robert Joss, President of Stanford Business School and former Westpac CEO
(Presentation: click to download) |
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07 December |
Finance forum: Determinants of credit availability and capital structure at small firms: Evidence from the National Surveys of Small Business Finance
with Rebel Cole, Associate Professor of Finance. Department of Finance, DePaul University
(Paper 1), (Paper 2) |
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05 December |
Finance forum: Insights from Hedge Fund Registration, and Alpha from Hedge Fund Due Diligence?
with Stephen J. Brown, David S. Loeb Professor of Finance, NYU Stern School of Business
(Paper 1), (Paper 2) |
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26 November |
Finance forum: Value Investing and the Search for Value
with George Athanassakos, Professor of Finance, Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario (Canada) and Ben Graham Chair in Value Investing
[Email to Prof. Athanassakos]
[More info about Value Investing Seminars]
[Note: Please register with MCFS your interest in a) attending b) hosting such a seminar if they are ever conducted in Australia. info@melbourencentre.com.au] |
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16 October |
Seminar Series:Modern Finance - Insights from Academia
“Estimating the Cost of Capital: CAPM variants and alternatives"
with speakers:
Associate Professor Alastair Marsden, The University of Auckland (Presentation)
Associate Professor Michael Dempsey, MonashUniversity (Presentation)
Associate Professor John Handley, University of Melbourne (Presentation) |
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12 October |
Joint Event - Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies, the Centre for Actuarial Studies of the
University
of
Melbourne
and the
Institute
of
Actuaries
of
Australia
Early exercisable derivatives: using
Monte Carlo
to obtain tight bounds
with Mark Joshi, Centre for Actuarial Studies, University of
Melbourne
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24 - 25 September |
12th Finsia-Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies Banking and Finance Conference
:: Program and Registration |
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21 September |
Workshop: Correlations and Copulas - Pushing the boundaries of risk management
Joint with FIRN and Melbourne Derivatives Research Group |
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20 September |
MCFS-AMSI Financial Mathematics & Statistics Conference
kindly sponsored by Victorian Funds Management Corporation |
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19 September |
Design and Manufacture of Financial Regulation Conference
(by invitation only)
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7 September |
Finance Forum: The History and Application of Stochastic Portfolio Theory: Risk Management and the Search for Alpha
with David Schofield, President, International Division, Enhanced Investment Technologies LLC |
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6 September |
Finance Forum: Hedge Funds Investing in an Uncertain Market
with Richard Tarvin, Investment Director, The Fortune Group |
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29 August & 5 September |
Academic Seminar: " Credit Risk Transfer via Collateralised Debt Obligations (CDOs)"
with Dr. Harald Schedule, Dept of Finance, Faculty of economics and Commerce, University of Melbourne |
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20 August |
Finance Forum: Venture Capital Investing in South Korea
with Perry Ha, Manager Director – DFJ Athena (Korea venture capital fund)
:: Presentation |
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12 July |
Academic Seminar 2
Insights for Investors from Behavioural Finance Research
with Terrance Odean, Willis H. Booth Professor of Banking and Finance at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, USA
:: Presentation |
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10 July |
Finance Forum:
Innovations in Housing Finance: Reverse Mortgages and More
with Mark Brennan, Over 50 Group
:: Presentation |
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6 July |
Finance Forum: Extreme Value Theory
(in association with PRMIA)
with Associate Professor Frank Ashe, Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre
:: Presentation |
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29 May |
Finance Forum:
An Introduction to Stochastic Portfolio Theory: The Importance of Diversity
with Dr Adrian Banner, Director of Research, Enhanced Investment Technologies, LLC
:: Presentation |
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25 - 26 May |
12th Melbourne Money and Finance Conference
Papers are available to download |
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16 May |
Finance Forum:
Measuring Carbon Value-at-Risk and Value-of-Gain
By Dr Geoff Wells, Joint Managing Director, ImperativePlus Pty Ltd
:: Presentation |
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13 April |
Finance Forum:
Governance of Superannuation Funds: Searching for an Ideal Model
By Jane Neville, Trustee Development Manager, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees
:: Presentation |
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5 April |
Luncheon Forum: New Market Wizards
by Jack Schwager |
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28 March |
Symposium: Governance of financial Institutions - The Impact of Market Structure
by Prof. Andy Mullineux, Professor of Global Finance, Department of Accounting and Finance, The Birmingham Business School, The University of Birmingham
:: Presentation
 Financial Sector Convergence and Corporate Governance
Creating an EU Retail Banking Market? – The Future of Retail Banking in the EU (Presentation at Monash University on March 27)
The Corporate Governance of Banks
Asymmetric Effects Of Interest Rate Changes: The Role Of The Consumption-Wealth Channel
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27 March |
Finance Forum:
European Venture Capital: Some recent experiences of a State development bank
By Roger Bendisch, the IBB-Beteiligungsgesellschaft
:: Presentation |
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19 March |
Finance Forum:
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs): As Good as Gold?
by R. Mark Holberton, Gold Bullion Securities
:: Presentation
:: More Information |
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1 March |
Finance Forum:
Carbon Trading: It's already happening. The Story So Far
by Ken Edwards, Next Generation Energy Solutions
:: Presentation (click to download) |
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27 February |
MCFS-IAESR-UoM Finance Symposium: The Future Fund: Getting Down to business
:: Registration
:: Presentations:
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31 January |
Finance Forum:
The advantages and Disadvantages of Investing in Hedge Funds "A practical solution to mitigating risk and maximising return"
by Richard Tarvin, The Fortune Group |
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19 January, 2007 |
Luncheon Discussion: “Reflections on Establishing a Central Bank in a transition country” By Peter Nicholl of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
