Global Finance Academy Conference at UCD

ANNOUNCING

THE GLOBAL FINANCE ACADEMY CONFERENCE

at the University College Dublin Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School

May 27, 2009

The Global Finance Academy at the University College Dublin Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School would like to announce the 3rd Global Finance Academy Conference. The conference is a one-day event and our speakers include Don Bredin, Claudio Loderer, Philip Molyneux, Maureen O’Hara, Lucio Sarno, and Matthew Spiegel.

REGISTRATION

The conference is free, but delegates must register by emailing the organizer, Don Bredin

(Don.Bredin at ucd.ie), as soon as possible or by May 6th at the latest.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM: Wednesday, May 27

Location: UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business

University College Dublin, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin

9:00 am Continental Breakfast

9:50 am Welcoming Remarks

Tom Begley, Dean of UCD, Michael Smurfit School of Business

10:00 am SPEAKERS

Claudio Loderer, University of Bern, “Firm Age and Performance”

Maureen O’Hara, Cornell University, “Liquidity and Valuation in an Uncertain World”

Lucio Sarno, CASS Business School, London, “The Forward Volatility Bias in Foreign Exchange”

12:15 pm LUNCH

2:00 pm SPEAKERS

Philip Molyneux, Bangor Business School, “Do Bank Mergers Increase Performance?”

Matthew Spiegel, Yale School of Management, “A New Take on Fund Flow Convexity Based

on Jensen’s Inequality”

Don Bredin, University College Dublin, “Carbon Finance & EU Emissions Trading Scheme”

3:55 pm Closing Remarks

Hassan Tehranian, Carroll School of Management, Boston College

GLOBAL FINANCE ACADEMY BOARD MEMBERS:

Franklin Allen                       Maureen O’Hara

Michael Brennan                  Matt Spiegel

John McConnell                   James Van Horne

Stewart Myers                      Hassan Tehranian