2nd Modern Finance Conference (MFC 2025)

SCOPE

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Asset pricing and valuation
• Banking and financial services
• Behavioral finance and decision making
• Capital structure
• Corporate finance
• Corporate governance
• Cryptocurrencies
• Derivatives
• Economic development
• Exchange rates and currency markets
• Finance and accounting standards
• Financial econometrics and quantitative methods
• Financial markets and instruments
• Financial, management, and tax accounting
• Financial regulation and supervisions
• Financial stability
• Fintech and financial innovation
• Green finance
• Investment and portfolio management
• Insurance
• Market microstructure
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Microfinance
• Monetary policy and central banking
• Risk management
• Sustainable finance and responsible investment

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Prof. Iftekhar Hasan is a professor at Fordham University, where he holds the E. Gerald Corrigan Chair in Finance and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Financial Stability. He has published over 450 works in leading journals such as JFE, JFQA, and RF, garnering over 34,000 citations. He has also consulted for major global institutions, including the World Bank and IMF.

SUPPORTING JOURNALS

• Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting (CiteScore 9.1, IF 9.4)
• Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money (CiteScore 6.6, IF 5.4) 
• Eurasian Business Review (CiteScore 6.9, IF 4.0)
• International Journal of Emerging Markets (CiteScore 5.9, IF 2.7)
• China Finance Review International (CiteScore 12.4, IF 9.0)
• Innovation and Green Development (CiteScore 10.7)
• Investment Analysts Journal (CiteScore 1.8, IF 1.2)
• Modern Finance

PUBLISHING WORKSHOP

Join Professor Peter G. Szilagyi for an open session on publishing in top academic journals. Prof. Szilagyi is a Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money and was previously the editor of the Journal of Multinational Financial Management. He has published in renowned journals such as JIBS, JBE, JCF, and EE.

BEST PAPER AWARDS

Prizes will be awarded in the following areas:

• Best Paper Award: 1000 EUR and a fee waiver for the next MFC  
• Runner-up Award: A fee waiver for the next MFC 

PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors are invited to submit their papers (or extended abstracts) in English no later than June 30, 2025, through our submission system. No submission fee is required. Submissions will be reviewed by the Conference Committee, and accepted authors will be notified within four weeks. For more information, see https://mf-conference.com/.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Paper/Extended Abstract Submission: June 30, 2025
• Notification of acceptance: Within four weeks of submission
• Registration deadline: July 31, 2025
• Conference: September 7-9, 2025
• Submission for proceedings/ journals: December 31, 2025

CONFERENCE FEES

Early bird: registration and payment by June 15, 2025.

• Main author (in-person presentation): 320 EUR
• Attending co-author / non-presenting attendee (in person): 270 EUR
• PhD student (in person): 230 EUR
• Additional paper fee: 200 EUR
• Online participant (main author or co-author): 200 EUR

Regular: registration and payment by July 31, 2024.

• Main author (in-person presentation): 420 EUR
• Attending co-author / non-presenting attendee (in person): 370 EUR
• PhD student (in person): 320 EUR
• Additional paper fee: 250 EUR
• Online participant (main author or co-author): 250 EUR

The Gala Dinner Fee: 30 EUR.

Fee payment details will be provided after acceptance.

CONTACT

The conference will be organized jointly by the Modern Finance Institute, the Faculty of Economics Sciences at the University of Warsaw, and the Poznan University of Economics and Business.

Website: https://mf-conference.com/

• Dr Adam Zaremba – zaremba@mf-institute.com
• Dr Jakub Szczygielski – szczygielski@mf-institute.com

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