Past Annual Meetings

2022

March 10-12
Chicago, IL

Program brochure
Doctoral symposium and PhD travel grants
Best paper awards and committee

President

Hengjie Ai, Professor of Finance, Robert M. Steiner Chair, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Program Chair

Manuel Adelino, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Keynote Speaker

Andrea Eisfeldt, Laurence D. and Lori W. Fink Endowed Chair in Finance, UCLA Anderson School of Management

2021

March 18-21 (Virtual)

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Our Sponsors
Doctoral Symposium
Best Paper Awards

President

Gordon M. Phillips, Dartmouth College
Presidential Address: Finance and Competition

Program Chair

Nagpurnanand Prabhala, Johns Hopkins University

Keynote Speakers

Antoinette Schoar, Stewart C. Myers-Horn Family Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship, MIT
Keynote Address: The Impact of Covid-19 on Small Businesses and Their Owners

Wei Xiong, Trumbull-Adams Professor of Finance, Princeton University
Keynote Address: Data Privacy and Fintech

2020

August 6-8 (Virtual)

Conference Program
Presidential Address

Program Chair

Hengjie Ai, University of Minnesota

Keynote Speakers

Douglas Breeden, William W. Priest Jr. Professor, Duke University
Keynote Address: Stock and Bond Insurance Prices Implicit in Option Prices

Toni Whited, Dale L. Dykema Professor of Business Administration, University of Michigan
Keynote Address: Bank Market Power and Monetary Policy Transmission

Special Session

Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh: Can the Covid Bailouts Save the Economy?

2019

March 7-9, Chicago

Conference Program
Presidential Address

All conference events took place at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel.

Program Chair

Gordon Phillips, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

Keynote Speakers

Amit Seru, Steven and Roberta Denning Professor of Finance, Stanford University
Lubos Pastor, Charles P. McQuaid Professor of Finance, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Sponsors and Exhibitors

American Association of Individual Investors (AAII); Geoffrey A. Hirt, Ph.D.; the Quarterly Journal of Finance; Tippie College of Business (The University of Iowa); Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) (University of Pennsylvania); World Scientific; CRSP (Booth School of Business – University of Chicago); StockTrak.com; Tuck Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital, Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP); Palgrave Macmillan, S&P Global Market Intelligence

2018

March 1-3, San Antonio

Conference Program
Presidential Address
Outstanding Paper Awards

Keynote Speakers (view bios)

Jeff Korcheck, Sony Pictures Animation (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address)
Gikas Hardouvelis, Former Greek Finance Minister Kose John, New York University David Scharfstein, Harvard University

Sponsors and Exhibitors

AAII (American Association of Individual Investors); Geoffrey A. Hirt, Ph.D.; the Quarterly Journal of Finance; Sy Syms School of Business (Yeshiva University); Tippie College of Business (The University of Iowa); Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) (University of Pennsylvania); World Scientific Publishing Company; CRSP (Booth School of Business – University of Chicago); equitysym; Hewlett-Packard; StockTrak.com.

2017

March 1-4, Chicago

Conference Program
Outstanding Paper Awards

Keynote Speakers (view bios)

Todd Pulvino, Founding Principal, CNH Partners, LLC (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address)
Raghuram Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
Mitchell Petersen, Glen Vasel Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Sponsors and Exhibitors

Loyola University Chicago-Quinlan School of Business, University of Iowa Tippie College of Business, The Quarterly Journal of Finance, Professor Geoffrey Hirt – Paul Van Arsdell Award in Corporate Finance, AAII (American Association of Individual Investors), DePaul Center for Financial Services, Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS), World Scientific Publishing Company, Bloomberg for Education, Bureau Van Dijk, CBOE Options Institute, CRSP, Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), S&P Global Market Intelligence, thinkorswim Division of TD AMERITRADE, Inc.

2016

March 2-5, Atlanta

Conference Program
Outstanding Paper Awards
Programs Track Chairs and Review Committee

Keynote Speakers

Annette Vissing-Jorgensen, Arno A. Rayner Chair in Finance and Management, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Gerald Garvey, Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc. (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address)

Sponsors and Exhibitors

CFA Institute, The Quarterly Journal of Finance, Professor Geoffrey Hirt – Paul Van Arsdell Award in Corporate Finance, AAII (American Association of Individual Investors), World Scientific Publishing Company, University of Toronto, Bloomberg Institute, CRSP, Conley Smith ePublishing LLC, Equities Lab LLC, StockTrak, S&P Capital IQ and SNL, thinkorswim Division of TD AMERITRADE, Inc.

2015

March 4-7, Chicago Conference Program Outstanding Paper Awards

Keynote Speakers

Randall Kroszner, Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Andrew Lo, Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor of Finance, MIT Patrick S. McGurn, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address

Sponsors and Exhibitors

Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business, Northeastern University D’Amore-McKim School of Business, CFA Institute, The Quarterly Journal of Finance, Professor Geoffrey Hirt – Paul Van Arsdell Award in Corporate Finance, AAII (American Association of Individual Investors), DePaul Center for Financial Services, World Scientific Publishing Company, CAIA Association, CRSP, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), StockTrak, Oxford University Press.

2014

March 5-8, Orlando Conference Program Outstanding Paper Awards

Featured Speakers (view bios)

Jay Ritter, Joseph Cordell Eminent Scholar in the Department of Finance, University of Florida David Longworth, Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada and John Weatheral Distinguished Fellow, Queen’s University (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address) Jeffrey Wurgler, Nomura Professor of Finance, New York University Andrew Karolyi, Alumni Professor in Asset Management, Cornell University

Sponsors and Exhibitors

Midwest Finance Education Foundation, Nasdaq/OMX Education Foundation, Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, CFA Institute, The Quarterly Journal of Finance, Professor Geoffrey Hirt – Paul Van Arsdell Award in Corporate Finance, AAII (American Association of Individual Investors), World Scientific Publishing Company, CRSP, S&P Capital IQ, StockTrak.

2013

March 13-16, Chicago, Illinois Conference Program

Keynote Speakers

Robert L. McDonald, Erwin P. Nemmers Distinguished Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Martin Fridson, FridsonVision LLC (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address) – View presentation slides

2012

February 22-25, New Orleans Conference Program

Keynote Speakers

Wayne Ferson, Ivadelle and Theodore Johnson Chair of Banking and Finance, University of Southern California Anat Admati, George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics, Stanford University – View presentation slides Rene Stulz, Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics, Ohio State University – View presentation slides Franklin Allen, Nippon Life Professor of Finance and Economics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania – View presentation slides Nicolas R. Perkin, Co-Founder and President, The Receivables Exchange (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address)

2011

March 2-5, Chicago

Keynote Speakers

Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Professor of Entrepreunership and Finance, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago Maureen O’Hara, Robert W. Purcell Professor of Finance, Johnson School of Management, Cornell University Robert C. Merton, Distinguished Professor of Finance, MIT Scot Warren, Managing Director, Equity Index Products, CME Group (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address)

2010

February 24-27, Las Vegas

Keynote Speakers

Josef Zechner, Professor of Finance, Vienna University of Economics and Business Richard Roll, Japan Alumni Chair in International Finance, University of California at Los Angeles Laura Starks, Charles E. and Sarah M. Seay Regents Chair in Finance, University of Texas at Austin Mark A. Lipparelli, Member, Nevada Gaming Control Board (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address)

2009

March 4-7, Chicago, Illinois

Keynote Speakers

John McConnell, Emanuel T. Weiler Distinguished Professor of Management, Purdue University Stephen Ross, Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics, MIT Jonathan Karpoff, Norman J. Metcalfe Endowed Professor in Finance, University of Washington Terry Duffy, Chairman, CME Group (James A. Gentry Distinguished Financial Executive State of the Industry Address)