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EFA 2026 Executive Committee Elections – Cast Your Vote

Dear EFA Member,

Voting is now open for the 2026 EFA Executive Committee elections.

The EFA Nominating Committee has nominated six candidates for three available positions on the Executive Committee, for a three-year term beginning on 1 January 2027.

As an eligible EFA member, you are invited to vote for up to three candidates.

Candidates

Please click on each candidate’s name below to view their professional biography:

  • Bo Becker – Cevian Capital Professor of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics
  • Catherine Casamatta – Professor of Finance, Toulouse School of Management
  • Hans Degryse – Professor of Finance, KU Leuven
  • Luigi Guiso – Professor of Household Finance, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance
  • David Thesmar – Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management
  • Margarita Tsoutsoura – Professor of Finance, Washington University in St. Louis

Cast your vote

Each EFA Member should have received a message with the link to vote.

If you have not received it please contact: info@efa-finance.org.

The deadline for voting is Wednesday, 11 November 2026, at 23:59 CET.

The ballot also provides an opportunity to suggest candidates for future EFA Executive Committee elections.

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Master+ in Banking and Finance 60 ECTS credits / 2 Semesters The Master+ in Banking and Finance

 

is a unique opportunity to follow a standard Master program combined with a specific training delivered by a well-established Research Center dedicated to banking studies, LAPE, in the Université de Limoges in France.

https://www.unilim.fr/lape/ 

Teaching staff are active scholars in Banking or Financial Risk practitioners. The program also hosts international visiting professors who are leading experts in their fields. This Master+ one-year program is fully taught in English. Applicants must provide satisfactory evidence that they have an adequate knowledge and understanding of written and spoken English. A minimum score of 90 on TOEFL IBT or 6.5 on IELTS is highly reccommended if the candidate does not hold an English-taught Bachelor degree.

How to Apply

Applicants from a country using the “Etudes en France” procedure Applicants from a country using the “Etudes en France” procedure (List of countries available at: https://www.campusfrance.org/en/application-etudes-en-france-procedure) must apply through the “Etudes en France” online platform or through the Campus France office of the applicant’s country or territory of residence. Please mention that the program is fully taught in English (French test not required). Application Submission Dates : From October 1 to December 15, 2026

More INFO

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Call for papers: Advances in Cost-of-Capital Regulation

The WU Research Institute for Capital Markets (ISK) organizes the workshop Advances in Cost-of-Capital Regulation, to be held at the WU campus (Vienna, Austria) on December 17, 2026. The workshop will feature a small number of high-quality papers.

Submission of papers

We welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions. Topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Innovations in estimating the cost of capital (e.g., methods, data, implementation in regulated settings)
  • Interactions between cost-of-capital regulation and asset prices
  • Real effects of cost-of-capital regulation on corporate decisions, in particular capital expenditures (CAPEX)
  • Green Transition and Cost of Capital Regulation
  • Geopolitical Risks and Cost of Capital Regulation

Submission site: https://www.conftool.net/cost-of-capital-regulation2026/

Deadline: June 15, 2026

Organizing committee

Klaus Gugler, Otto Randl, Josef Zechner

WU Vienna University of Economics and Business

Further information

There is no conference fee for presenters, discussants, and academic participants. Participants are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses.
Participants visiting Vienna in December may also enjoy the city’s cultural offerings and traditional Christmas markets.

Website: Advances in Cost-of-Capital Regulation – Events – Activities

Email: isk@wu.ac.at

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IFMR GSB (formerly IFMR)

at Krea University organizes its seventh edition of The Research Symposium on Finance and Economics (RSFE) 2026. The research symposium will be held virtually from June 17 to June 19, 2026. The objective of the research symposium is to invite researchers, academicians, doctoral scholars, practitioners, and policy makers in finance and economics across the globe to submit their papers. This research symposium will include keynote lectures, panel discussions, and technical sessions among renowned academicians across the world in the area of Finance and Economics. In the past three symposiums, more than 100 high-quality research papers from close to 20 countries were presented.

The speakers, who will deliver keynote lectures include Prof. Sumit Agarwal (Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor of Finance, Economics and Real Estate, National University of Singapore, Singapore), Prof. Amil Dasgupta (Professor of Finance, Director of Financial Markets Group, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK), Prof. Kose John (Charles William Gerstenberg Professor of Banking and Finance, Stern School of Business, New York University, US), Prof. Bin Srinidhi (Carlock Endowed Distinguished Professor of Accounting, the University of Texas at Arlington, US), Prof. Bart Frijns (Professor of Finance, Auckland University of Technology Auckland, New Zealand), Prof. Peter Szilagyi (Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School, France), Prof. Manju Puri (J.B Fuqua Professor of Finance, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, US), Prof. Gary Monroe (Professor of Accounting, University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia), Prof. Hariom Manchiraju (Associate Professor of Accounting, Indian School of Business Hyderabad, India), and Prof. Marcin Kacperczyk (Professor of Finance, Imperial College, UK).

Symposium Registration link: The registration link w.r.t research symposium is mentioned below:

https://krea-edu-in.zoom.us/meeting/register/_IZoOsD0SQ2xk5aid9if2g

Symposium Paper Submission: Paper submissions to the research symposium should be sent to gsb.research_symposium2026@krea.edu.in

Important dates

  • Submission of full paper starts: Dec 15, 2025
  • Submission of papers closes: April 15, 2026
  • Acceptance notification: May 15, 2026
  • Registration for symposium starts: Dec 15, 2025
  • Registration for symposium closes: May 25, 2026
  • Symposium dates: June 17-19, 2026

Note: There is no paper submission fee and no registration fee for the research symposium.

Submission guidelines

Full research papers with a title page, abstract, keywords, main text, tables, figures, references etc. should be submitted.

Use Times New Roman with 12-point font size and double spaced.

During your paper submission, you will have to indicate whether your paper should be included under Finance area or Economics area.

You are expected to submit two versions of the paper in PDF format. In the first version, you will have to include the names of authors, affiliation of authors, complete address of affiliated institution, and email address of each author in the paper. In the second version, all author-identifying information must be removed before submission, which we will use for blind review process.

Depending upon whether you would like to consider your paper under Finance area or Economics area, you will have to name your paper, which is in PDF format, as follows:

For Finance: Finance_Title of the paper

For Economics: Economics_Title of the paper

You will have to mention the details of the presenting author during your paper submission to research symposium.

All email submission should have the following subject line

For Finance: RSFE 2026 Submission Finance

For Economics: RSFE 2026 Submission Economics

The submitted papers should not be accepted for publication in journals at the time of submission of paper to symposium.

Contact Details:

Prof. Praveen Bhagawan M

Area Chair (Accounting, Finance, and Quantitative Finance)

Chair, Research Symposium on Finance and Economics (RSFE) 2026

Deputy Chair, Ph.D programme

IFMR GSB, Krea University, India

https://krea.edu.in/ifmrgsb/research-symposium-finance-and-economics/

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PhD Program in Banking and Finance

The PhD Program in Banking and Finance offered at the University of Limoges in France, aims at training a selected group of students for a career as economists in academic institutions or in research departments of international organizations, financial institutions, and governments.

How to Apply:

The duly completed application package: /UserFiles/PhD Application Form 2026-RevRT.pdf must be submitted by email as an attachment, with “PhD Program in Banking and Finance 2026 – Your name” as the subject heading.

The email address: lape-phdbankingandfinance@unilim.fr

Deadline: May 28, 2026

More Information: https://www.unilim.fr/lape/master-and-phd-programs/phd-program/.

The PhD Guidelines are available at: https://www.unilim.fr/lape/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2025/12/2025Guidelines-and-Recommendations-to-PhD-students.pdf.

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PhD PROGRAM IN FINANCE

The Doctoral Program is offered on a full-time basis.

We offer up to 4 PhD scholarships/research positions to outstanding students from all nationalities. The scholarships cover 80%-100% of the tuition fees and pay approximately €14000 per year before the Comprehensive exams and approximately €16000-18000 per year after the Comprehensive exams, depending on performance.

Applicants must hold:

  • A Master’s degreefrom an accredited university with at least “Very Good” / Upper Second classification.
  • Priority is given to candidates with First-Class Honours in both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.

More info: Ph.D. Programme – Department of Accounting and Finance

Applications: APPLY NOW – Graduate School

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Assistant Professor Position (Maître de Conférences) – Section CNU 05

Aix-Marseille School of Economics – Aix-Marseille Université (France)

Aix-Marseille Université invites applications for a Maître de Conférences (Assistant Professor, Section CNU 05) position affiliated with the Aix-Marseille School of Economics.

  • Research profile: Macroeconomics / Finance (macro-finance, international finance, asset pricing, sustainable finance).
  • Teaching profile: Courses in macro-finance, international finance, and financial markets at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Candidates are expected to demonstrate strong research potential and the ability to publish in international peer-reviewed journals, while contributing to the research activities of the department.

  • Deadline: April 3, 2026
  • Start date: September 2026
  • Application procedure: via Galaxie (French MESR platform).

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EFFAS has launched the third edition of the prestigious and well-endowed Gasperini ESG Research Award, established in memory of Dr Andrea Gasperini, an Italian financial analyst who passed away in 2023.

The Gasperini ESG 2026 Awards aim to recognise outstanding unpublished papers and articles addressing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) topics. The Awards seek to promote high-quality research, advance thought leadership on ESG issues, and encourage both academics and investment professionals to contribute to the field.

The deadline for submitting unpublished papers and articles is 4 May 2026.

Further information about the Gasperini Awards 2026 is available on the dedicated webpage: https://effas.com/professional-certificates/gasperini-awards-2026/

The complete 2026 Award Rules can be accessed here: https://effas.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Gasperini-Awards-Rules-2026-5_compressed.pdf

Professor Stefano Zambon will chair the pre-selection committee and will also serve as a member of the final jury: https://effas.com/stefano-zambon-chair-preselection-jury-2026/.

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The Master+ in Banking and Finance is a unique opportunity to follow a standard Master program combined with a specific training delivered by a well-established Research Center dedicated to banking studies, LAPE, in the Université de Limoges in France. (http://www.unilim.fr/lape/).

Teaching staff are active scholars in Banking or Financial Risk practitioners.

The program also hosts international visiting professors who are leading experts in their fields.

More information:

Website : http://www.unilim.fr/lape/master-and-phd-programs/master-in-banking-and-finance/

Email address (if you need help) : lape-masterbankingfinance@unilim.fr   

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LAPE-FINEST Spring Workshop 

Sustainability, Bank Performance and Financial Stability

 Call for Papers (submission deadline: March 29, 2026)

Important Dates: 

Submission Deadline : March 29, 2026
Notification of acceptance : April 20, 2026
Conference Program Disclosure : April 30, 2026

For more information visit: https://www.unilim.fr/lape/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2026/01/2026-Finest-Spring-WorkShop-Call_FINAL2-scaled.png 

Please, submit your paper and early idea proposal by emailing: lape.finestworkshop2026@unilim.fr

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2026 Asset Management for Institutional Investors

The Asset Management for Institutional Investors conference brings together leading academics and industry professionals to discuss the latest developments shaping institutional investment practices. The programme highlights timely issues, international evidence, and practical insights relevant to today’s investment landscape.

Attendance will be valuable for institutional investors, policy makers, regulators, supervisors, and academics. Registration is free.

  • Location: Online Conference
  • Date: January 29, 2026 | 13:00–16:45 UK Time
  • Keynote speaker: Dr. Sarah Keohane Williamson, Chief Executive Officer at FCLTGlobal
  • See the full program here
  • Register here

Organizer: Institute of Finance and Financial Regulation (IFFR)

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Irish Academy of Finance, 7th Annual Conference

The Irish Academy of Finance would like to invite all academics and practitioners to participate in the Irish Academy of Finance (IAF) conference, 21-22 May 2026. The IAF is an internationally focused professional association for research and education on the discipline of Finance. It promotes the advancement of research, knowledge and education in the field of Finance with a particular focus on engaging academic and professional communities. It aims to enhance collaborations between researchers in Finance from many universities and other institutions in Ireland and abroad.

  • Submission Deadline: 23 February 2026
  • Location: The Johnstown Estate Hotel, Co. Meath Ireland (approx. 40 minutes drive from Dublin airport)
  • Dates: May, 21-22 2026
  • Keynote speaker: Professor Renee Adams (Saïd Business School, University of Oxford)
  • Conference website: IAF Conference 2026
  • More info: here

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Lake District Workshop in Corporate Finance

Lancaster University’s workshop combines academic sessions featuring world-leading research in corporate finance with ample opportunities to informally interact, also in the beautiful setting of England’s Lake District, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

EFA Doctoral Tutorial 

The EFA-DT invites PhD students to submit their single-authored research paper on topics within the field of finance. Each student is limited to submitting one paper. Dual submission to the Annual Meeting and Doctoral Tutorial is allowed, note the separate deadlines and submission systems.