The Melbourne asset pricing meeting has a strong emphasis on building on existing research being undertaken by Australian based FIRN members. The program also includes a presentation by an international keynote. Program papers are selected in a variety of different formats each year depending upon the design of the program.
FIRN Melbourne Asset Pricing Meeting
The 13th Annual Melbourne Asset Pricing Meeting will be held in-person on the 26th October 2026 at the University of Melbourne.
You are invited to submit your paper to the 13th annual FIRN Melbourne Asset Pricing Meeting hosted by The University of Melbourne and FIRN, Australia’s Global Finance Research Network. The meeting is a one-day conference to be held in person on Monday, 26 October 2026 at The University of Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia and will include paper presentations and discussions. This year we are very pleased to have Andrea Vedolin, Professor of Finance at Questrom School of Business, Boston University, as our keynote speaker.
We invite researchers to submit unpublished empirical or theoretical papers on all topics in asset pricing and investments to ap-meeting@unimelb.edu.au by 5 June 2026. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: theoretical and empirical models of asset prices and returns, return predictability, empirical methodology, macro-finance, the study of financial institutions as related to asset prices, information and liquidity in asset markets, behavioural investment studies, asset market structure and microstructure, risk analysis, hedge funds, mutual funds, pension funds, ESG, and alternative investments.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Shuang Chen, Joachim Inkmann, Bryan Lim, and Lucie Lu.
For further information about the meeting or the submission process, please send an email to ap-meeting@unimelb.edu.au.
PAPER SUBMISSIONS:
Interested authors are invited to submit their papers to
ap-meeting@unimelb.edu.au
DEADLINE:
5 June 2026.
There is no submission fee.
AWARDS:
There will be prizes awarded to the best paper and the best discussion at the meeting.
Please note, that the FIRN Melbourne Asset Pricing Meeting will be held in person at the University of Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia. Acceptance emails will be sent by 7 August 2026, and you will be asked to confirm your in-person attendance before your paper is included in the conference program.
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