Collaboration
The Institute works closely with the New York University (NYU) Volatility Institute on issues affecting:
- Financial institutions
- Measuring systemic risk
- Financial stability
- Financial regulatory issues
The Director of the Volatility Institute at NYU, the Nobel Laureate Professor Robert Engle, is a Senior Fellow of the IGF.
The IGF has also close collaborative links with the Fink Centre for Finance and Investments at the UCLA on issues with respect to:
- Global and regional liquidity risk
- Financial innovation
- Global investment strategies
The Director of the Fink Centre, Professor Richard Roll is a Senior Fellow of the IGF.
The Institute is supported by three Nobel Laureates and some other eminent international collaborators as well as a high-profile international advisory board in its overall research, policy and activities objectives. The Institute is supported by a high profile regional advisory board:
- Kalok Chan - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Sankar De - Indian Business School
- Jin-Chuan Duan - National University of Singapore
- Joseph Fan - Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Chuan-Yang Hwang - Nanyang Technological University
- Bruno Solnik - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Qian Sun - Fudan University
- Ning Zhu - Shanghai Institute of Advanced Finance
- Zhishu Yang - Tsinghua University
- Chu Zhang - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The IGF also collaborates on research work with some major regional research centres located in major universities in the Asia-Pacific region:
- Centre for Analytical Finance (Indian Business School)
- China Centre for Financial Research, Tsinghua University
- Institute of Analytical Finance at the Indian Business School
- Risk Management Institute at National University of Singapore
- Institute of Economics and Finance, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- School of Management, Fudan University, Shanghai
- Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Tia Tong University
The relationships with these research centres aims to promote:
- Regional financial stability
- Financial and economic integration
- Cross-border free trade
- Cross-border exchanges
The Institute promotes collaboration between the finance industry, regulators, governments and academia. It hosts the Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, in collaboration with the School of Banking and Finance at the UNSW. The Institute is also supported by some key academics in Australia:
- Michael Aitken, UNSW
- Alex Frino, University of Sydney
- Robert Faff, University of Queensland
- Bruce Grundy, University of Melbourne
- Tom Smith, Australian National University
Research and publications
Some of the current global research issues that has been produced by the IGF include the following:
- Systemic Risk: Redesign of Financial Regulation, 2011
- Global Financial Stability: Resilience of Markets and Institutions, 2011
- Capital Adequacy: Basel III and Global Banking System, 2011
- Sovereign Risk: Lessons from the European Financial Market Integration, 2011
- Global Financial Crisis and the Evolution of Markets, Institutions and Regulation, 2011
- The Future and Dynamics of Global Systemically Important Banks, 2012
- Systemic risk, Macroprudential Policy Frameworks, Monitoring Financial Systems and the Evolution of Capital Adequacy, 2012
Upcoming events and conferences
Second Annual Conference on Global Financial Stability
Systemic Risk: Liquidity Risk, Governance and Financial Stability
Date: 4 and 5 July 2013
Location: Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney, Australia
26th Australasian Finance & Banking Conference
Date: 17 - 19 December 2013
PhD Forum: 16 December 2013
Location: Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney, Australia
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