The Melbourne asset pricing meeting has a strong emphasis on building on existing research being undertaken by Australian based FIRN members. The program also includes a presentation by an international keynote. Program papers are selected in a variety of different formats each year depending upon the design of the program.
FIRN Melbourne Asset Pricing Meeting
The 11th Annual Melbourne Asset Pricing Meeting will be held in-person on the 21st October 2024 at the University of Melbourne.
Hosted by the University of Melbourne and FIRN, the meeting is a one-day conference to be held in person on 21st October 2024 at The University of Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia, and will include paper presentations and discussions, with a prize for best paper and best discussant.
We invite you to register (below) and join us at the Melbourne Asset Pricing Meeting on Monday 21 October starting at 9:30am (registration and coffee) or 10:00am (first session).
LOCATION: The University of Melbourne, Lecture Theatre 1 in the Melbourne Business School at 200 Leicester St, Carlton VIC
REGISTRATION: https://q.surveys.unimelb.edu.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Shuang Chen, Patrick Kelly, Bryan Lim, and Lucie Lu
or further information about the meeting please send an email to ap-meeting@unimelb.edu.au.
Zhi Da, the Howard J. and Geraldine F. Korth Professor of Finance at the University of Notre Dame
His research focuses on empirical asset pricing and investment. In recent papers, he studied the role of limited investor attention, the behavior of institutional investors, and cash flow risks of financial assets.
His papers have been published in the Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics among others. He is currently serving as an associate editor at several journals including Journal of Finance, Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Journal of Banking and Finance.
Zhi has received the 2017 JFQA William F. Sharpe Award for Scholarship in Financial Research, among other research awards and grants.
After gaining a BBA and an MSc from National University of Singapore, he worked at the interest rate and exotic derivative trading desk in DBS Bank. He subsequently earned a PhD in Finance from Northwestern University.