International Conference on Finance
Dear
Guests:
The 2012
NTU International Conference on Finance, hosted by the Department of Finance,
National Taiwan University, convenes today. On behalf of the organizer of this
conference, I would like to extend my most sincere welcome to our distinguished
guests and fellow participants.
The NTU
International Conference on Finance was first held in 1995, and it has become a
premier international forum on finance in the Asia-Pacific region. This year, we
are honored to have three internationally renowned scholars as our keynote
speakers. Today’s keynote speakers are Professor
George G. Pennacchi and Professor Chung-Ming
Kuan.
Professor
Pennacchi is the
Investor in Business
Education Professor of Finance
at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on financial
intermediaries and the valuation of fixed-income securities and government
guarantees. Currently, he is the Managing Editor of the Journal of Financial
Intermediation. Professor Kuan is the
NTU University Chair Professor and Distinguished
Professor at Department of Finance, National Taiwan University. He is also an academician
of Academia Sinica. Currently, he serves as a Minister
without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan. His main research fields include
econometric theory, financial econometrics,
and macroeconomic forecasting.
Tomorrow’s keynote speaker is Professor David L. Yermack. Professor
Yermack is the Albert Fingerhut Professor of
Finance and Business Transformation at New York University Stern School of
Business. His primary research areas include boards of directors, executive
compensation, executive stock options, and law and finance.
In
addition to the keynote speeches, this year’s conference also features two
general sessions, five panel sessions, and eleven academic sessions. For
academic sessions, we received 202 submissions, and accepted 39 papers for
presentation in the conference. Among the accepted papers, we select five of
them for the Outstanding Paper Award. We hope to take this opportunity to foster
the exchange of ideas among academics, practitioners, and regulators on the
important issues we face.
To make
this conference possible, we need a lot of help. We want to express our
gratitude to all the participants of the panel sessions, and the authors and
discussants of the academic sessions. We also sincerely thank the academics both
locally and abroad who reviewed the papers in preparation for this conference.
For all of you who gather here today, thank you for your enthusiasm and support.
I would
also like to thank our key sponsors, Fubon Financial Holding and
Nan Shan Life Insurance, and all the other sponsors. Without your generous
financial support, this conference will not be possible.
Finally, I wish everyone here healthy and prosperous.
Sincerely,
Professor and Chairperson
Department of Finance, National Taiwan University
December 6, 2012
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