India Finance Conference 2016

Deadline: 14 August, 2016

About the Conference:
The India Finance Conference 2016 (IFC 2016), the annual event of the Indian Finance Association,
invites papers for its sixth edition to be held at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad from 1821 December, 2016. The annual conference is jointly organized by the Indian Institute of Management
Ahmedabad (IIMA), Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), and Indian Institute of Management
Calcutta (IIMC). Academics, researchers, doctoral students, and practitioners are invited and encouraged
to submit research papers in all areas of finance.

Venue: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India

Date: December 19 21, 2016
Conference Themes:

Theoretical and empirical asset pricing

Corporate finance, capital structure and dividend policy
Asset allocation and investment management
Financial crises , systemic risk and macro-finance
Quality of financial reporting and adoption of IFRS
Corporate governance, executive compensation and ownership structure
Computational finance and financial econometrics
Financial risk analytics and management
Market microstructure and algorithmic trading
Financial policy choice, institutions and regulation
Financial literacy and financial education
About the Institutes
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has evolved from being Indias premier
management institute to a notable international school of management in just four decades. It all started
with Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and a few spirited industrialists realizing that agriculture, education, health,
transportation, population control, energy and public administration were vital elements in a growing
society, and that it was necessary to efficiently manage these industries. The result was the creation of
the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1961 as an autonomous body with the active
collaboration of the Government of India, Government of Gujarat and the industrial sectors.
It was evident that to have a vision was not enough. Effective governance and quality education were
seen as critical aspects. From the very start the founders introduced the concept of faculty governance:
all members of the faculty play an important role in administering the diverse academic and non-academic

activities of the Institute. The empowerment of the faculty has been the propelling force behind the high
quality of learning experience at IIMA. The Institute had initial collaboration with Harvard Business School.
This collaboration greatly influenced the Institutes approach to education. Gradually, it emerged as a
confluence of the best of Eastern and Western values.
For more information visit http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/

Established in 1973, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) today offers a range of postgraduate and doctoral level courses as well as executive education programs. IIMB has been recognized
as the No. 1 Business School in Central Asia by Eduniversal, a French Consultancy Group, for the last
three consecutive years. IIMB has also obtained the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS)
accreditation awarded by the European Foundation for Management Education (EFMD). IIMB Centres of
Excellence are engaged in adding value to their communities in the areas of Public Policy, Capital
Markets & Financial Management, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Public Policy, Software and
Supply Chain Management, to name a few. With a faculty body from amongst the best universities
worldwide, IIMB is fast emerging as a leader in the area of management research, education and
consulting.
For more information visit www.iimb.ernet.in or www.iimb.ac.in.

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, abbreviated as IIM Calcutta or IIMC, is a public business
school located in Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India. It was the first Indian Institute of Management to
be established. It is consistently ranked as one of the best business schools in India and the Asia-Pacific
region. Established in 1961, IIM Calcutta is a fully autonomous institution and offers several postgraduate
and doctoral programmes, in management, as well as a bouquet of executive education programmes. In
addition to its main academic programmes, IIM-C is also engaged in research, consultancy, seminars,
academic conferences and research publications.
IIM Calcuttas programs are accredited by AACSB and AMBA: it is the only Indian b-school with both
these global accreditations. It is the only Indian business school that is a member of the Global Alliance in
Management Education (CEMS). IIM-C is especially renowned for its finance-related courses, and is
widely considered to be one of the best business schools in the world for finance.
IIM Calcutta has set up a state-of-the-art Financial Research and Trading Lab (the Finance Lab) in
November 2008. The Finance Lab at IIM Calcutta gives an opportunity to students and faculty members
to test financial models with live information from the major markets of the world like Indias National
Stock Exchange, Multi Commodity Exchange, National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange, Bombay
Stock Exchange and Bloomberg. The lab is the only one of its kind in India, and has advanced industrystandard equipment and facilities including 78 trading terminals, trading simulators and Bloomberg
Terminals.

The Lab resources can be used to develop, test trading algorithms, identify market abuse, executive
education and in organising international and national conferences on finance. The laboratory gives
students a hands-on experience in financial market data analysis and modelling, and also helps in
advanced applied research in financial markets. Information on the Finance Lab is available
at http://financelab.iimcal.ac.in/.
For more information visit www.iimcal.ac.in.
Submission Deadline
The IFC 2016 invites full papers for conference presentations and poster sessions. The deadline for
submitting full papers under both categories through the conference website is 14 August, 2016.
Only full paper submissions would be considered.
Doctoral students and participants considering to present short papers/work-in-progress are encouraged
to submit their work under poster sessions. Guidelines for poster size/length, with an example, would
appear shortly on the conference website.
Submission Guideline
We leave the document format to you, but be nice to the reviewers and do it as you would for a journal
submission. PDF submissions are preferred. Anyone willing to submit a paper should complete
registration before the submission deadline i.e., on or before 14 August, 2016. For paper
submission, please visit http://indiafa.org/event/india-finance-conference-2016/?about=submit-paper
Review process
The manuscripts will be subjected to a blind review process. The decision of the reviewers will be final
and binding.
Pre-Conference Tutorials
Tutorial sessions will be conducted on 18 December, 2016 by eminent academicians from India and
abroad. Tutorials will be particularly useful for research scholars and academicians. Tutorial themes will
be announced along with the program schedule.
Best Paper Award
There will be three best paper awards given at the conference. These will be the Emerald IFC 2016
Best Paper awards. The papers will be chosen by a panel of experts from the papers presented at the
conference.
The Emerald IFC 2016 Best Paper awards will comprise of a cash award and a certificate and shall
be presented on the second day of the conference, i.e. on 20 December 2016.

Registration
In order to register for the Conference you need to visit http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/ifcr/ and complete the
online registration form. The registration fee is:
Pre Conference Tutorials, 18 December, 2016

Indian Participants INR 2000

Overseas Participants USD 50
Conference, 19 21 December, 2016

Indian Academics INR 5000

Overseas Academics USD 200
Industry Participants INR 15000

(IFA Members INR 4000)

(IFA Members USD 185)
(IFA Members INR 14000)

The deadline to register for the conference is November 30, 2016.

The registration fee for the event covers attendance, program kit, lunches, conference dinner and light
refreshments. Accommodation is not included.
In case of cancellation of registration up to 15 working days before the event, a refund of the registration
fee net of 10% processing charges shall be made. No refunds can be made for cancellations less than 15
working days prior to the event. All refunds will be processed after the conclusion of the conference.