Central bankers go data driven: applications of AI and ML for policy and prudential supervision

CfP Deadline Date: February 21, 2022 Conference Event: May 12-13, 2022 Event Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands Organizer(s): De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) The field of Artificial intelligence and machine learning has entered the world of economics, finance and central banks. Massive amounts of data are collected by central banks and supervisors world-wide nowadays. These amounts lead[…]

10th Helsinki Finance Summit on Investor Behavior Conference Organized by the Finance Department of Aalto University

CfP Deadline Date: March 13, 2022 Conference Event: August 22-23, 2022 Event Location: Helsinki, Finland Keynote speaker(s): Uri Gneezy (Rady School of Management, University of California) Organizer(s): Finance Department of Aalto University The objective of this small conference is to present state-of-the-art academic research on topics related to investor behavior. There will be one track[…]

Oxford Financial Intermediation Theory Conference (OxFIT)

CfP Deadline Date: March 1, 2022 Conference Event: June 30- July 1, 2022 Event Location: Oxford, UK or Online Keynote speaker(s): Jean-Charles Rochet (University of Zurich) Giorgia Piacentino (Columbia University) Haoxiang Zhu (MIT) Organizer(s): Saïd Business School, Oxford You are invited to submit a paper for the tenth Oxford Financial Intermediation Theory Conference (OxFIT). The[…]

December 2021: BIS Quarterly Review – The rise of private markets

By Sirio Aramonte and Fernando Avalos The last two decades have seen the growth and consolidation of private markets. These revolve around funds gathered from institutional investors by “alternative asset managers”, typically private equity or venture capital firms that have subsequently expanded into credit. In an environment of light regulation, long investor horizons and low interest rates, the involvement[…]