INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGING ECONOMIC CRISIS IN EAST ASIA - SESSION 4

15:45-17:00,  NUSS Kent Ridge Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies, NUS Business School

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGING ECONOMIC CRISIS IN EAST ASIA - SESSION 3

14:00-15:30,  NUSS Kent Ridge Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies, NUS Business School

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGING ECONOMIC CRISIS IN EAST ASIA - SESSION 2

11:10-12:15,  NUSS Kent Ridge Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies, NUS Business School

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGING ECONOMIC CRISIS IN EAST ASIA - SESSION 1

09:15-10:45,  NUSS Kent Ridge Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies, NUS Business School

KEYS TO UNDERSTANDING THE COMMODITY MARKET

Ananth Doraswamy, Managing Director, Head of Asia-Pacific Commodities, Asia Pacific Markets
15:30-17:00,  Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library Auditorium, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE CONFERENCE ON STATISTICAL FINANCE
SESSION 3 AND SESSION 4

14:15-17:15,  NUSS Kent Ridge Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies, NUS Business School
Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, NUS
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Hong Kong

FIRST SINGAPORE CONFERENCE ON STATISTICAL FINANCE
SESSION 1 AND SESSION 2

10:15-13:15,  NUSS Kent Ridge Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies, NUS Business School
Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, NUS
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Hong Kong

FIRST SINGAPORE CONFERENCE ON STATISTICAL FINANCE
OPENING REMARKS AND DISTINGUISHED KEYNOTE ADDRESS

08:30-08:45,  NUSS Kent Ridge Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies, NUS Business School
Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, NUS
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Hong Kong

CONVERSATIONS WITH PRACTITIONERS: THE RISK MANAGEMENT AND COMPLIANCE INDUSTRY

Nizam Ismail, Executive Director and Head of Compliance, Morgan Stanley, Southeast Asia
Gopalan Vedartham, Managing Director and Head of Market Risk, Barclays Capital, Asia Pacific
Dr Edward Ng, Training Advisor, FICS Program, NUS Risk Management Institute
15:30-17:00,  Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library Auditorium, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies, NUS Business School & Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF)

THIRD SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE
PAPER 11: "SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST? FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISTRESS AND RESTRUCTURING OUTCOMES IN CHAPTER 11"

Michael Lemmon (University of Utah)

Discussant
Micah S Officer (Loyola Marymount University)

15:15-16:00,  NUSS Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

THIRD SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE
PAPER 10: "POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY AND CORPORATE INVESTMENT CYCLES"

Youngsuk Yook (Sungkyunkwan University)

Discussant
Meijun Qian (NUS Business School)

14:30-15:15,  NUSS Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

THIRD SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE
PAPER 9: "SHORT-TERM INSTITUTIONAL HERDING AND ITS IMPACT ON STOCK PRICES"

Xuemin (Sterling) Yan (University of Missouri)

Discussant
Kalok Chan (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

11:45-12:30,  NUSS Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

THIRD SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE
PAPER 8: "THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED: STRATEGY DISTINCTIVENESS AND HEDGE FUND PERFORMANCE"

Ashley Wang (University of California, Irvine)

Discussant
Clemens Sialm (University of Texas, Austin)

11:00-11:45,  NUSS Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

THIRD SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE
PAPER 7: "OPTION VALUE OF CASH"

Jialin Yu (Colombia University)

Discussant
Wenlan Qian (NUS Business School)

09:45-10:30,  NUSS Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

THIRD SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE
PAPER 6: "FINANCIAL SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND THE CO-EVOLUTION OF BANKS AND CAPITAL MARKETS"

Fenghua Song (Pennsylvania State University)

Discussant
Philip H. Dybvig (Washington University)

09:00-09:45,  NUSS Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

THIRD SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE
PAPER 5: "HETEROGENEOUS BACKGROUND RISKS, PORTFOLIO CHOICE, AND ASSET RETURNS: EVIDENCE FROM MICRO-LEVEL DATA"

Yaxuan Qi (Concordia University)

Discussant
Evgeny Lyandres (Boston University School of Management)

15:30-16:15,  NUSS Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

THIRD SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE
PAPER 4: "CROSS-SECTIONAL ASSET PRICING PUZZLES: AN EQUILIBRIUM PERSPECTIVE"

Scott Cederburg (University of Iowa)

Discussant
Weina Zhang (NUS Business School)

14:45-15:30,  NUSS Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

THIRD SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE
PAPER 3: "AN ANATOMY OF PAIRS TRADING: THE ROLE OF IDIOSYNCRATIC NEWS, COMMON INFORMATION AND LIQUIDITY"

Pengjie Gao (University of Notre Dame)

Discussant
Hong Zhang (INSEAD)

14:00-14:45,  NUSS Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

THIRD SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE
PAPER 2: "PAYING FOR RISK, KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES, OR SHAREHOLDER RIP-OFF? AN ANALYSIS OFEX-ANTE SEVERANCE PAY CONTRACTS"

P. Raghavendra Rau (University of California at Berkeley and Purdue University)

Discussant
Peter Swan (University of New South Wales)

11:15-12:00,  NUSS Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

THIRD SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE
PAPER 1: "HIRING CHEERLEADERS: BOARD APPOINTMENTS OF 'INDEPENDENT' DIRECTORS"

Lauren Cohen (Harvard Business School)

Discussant
Sugato Bhattacharyya (University of Michigan)

10:30-11:15,  NUSS Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

THIRD SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE
KEYNOTE SPEECH "THE TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGY: REAL OPTIONS, INNOVATION AND VENTURE CAPITAL"

Sheridan Titman, Walter W. McAllister Centennial Chair in Financial Services, Department of Finance (University of Texas)

09:00-10:00,  NUSS Guild House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

8TH ANNUAL DARDEN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CONFERENCE - WELCOME REMARKS

08:00-16:30,  Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

8TH ANNUAL DARDEN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CONFERENCE - SESSION 2 : GOVERNMENTS AND BANKS

08:00-16:30,  Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

8TH ANNUAL DARDEN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CONFERENCE - PANEL DISCUSSION : ASIA AND THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS

08:00-16:30,  Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

8TH ANNUAL DARDEN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CONFERENCE - SESSION 1 : SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS

08:00-16:30,  Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

8TH ANNUAL DARDEN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CONFERENCE - LUNCH TALK

08:00-16:30,  Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

SUCCESSFUL TRADING IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE

Ms Grace Chan, Associate Director of Phillip Futures Singapore
15:00-16:30,  Lecture Theatre 18, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

CFA CODE OF ETHICS AND STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Mr Oh Tuan Chim, CFA, Head of Wholesale Bank Compliance, Standard Chartered Bank Singapore
10:00-12:00,  Lecture Theatre 17, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING, THE FINANCIAL CRISIS, AND INVESTOR CONFIDENCE

Wayne R. Landsman, KPMG Distinguished Professor of Accounting, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina
15:30-17:00,  Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library Auditorium, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

POTENTIAL GROWTH IN ISLAMIC FINANCE AMIDST THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS

Hari Bhambra, Senior Partner, Praesidium
12:00-14:00,  Auditorium, Shaw Foundation Alumni House
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

CFA CODE OF ETHICS AND STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Mr Oh Tuan Chim, CFA, Head of Compliance, Standard Chartered Bank Singapore
10:00-12:00,  Lecture Theatre 16, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

UP FOR A CHALLENGING CAREER? THE RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE INDUSTRY

Simon Wilson, Lloyd's of London (Asia) Pte Ltd
Aaron Yip, Federal Insurance Company
Tan Mei Shi, BBA2
15:30-17:00,  Lecture Theatre 18, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School and The Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF)

ASPIRING TO EXPLORE THE FUND ADMINISTRATION INDUSTRY?

Eric Tan, Franklin Templeton Investments
Marcel Weicker, BNP Paribas Securities Services
Rhys Maber, Custom House Singapore
May Law, Custom House Singapore
15:30-17:00,  Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library Conference Room, #03-17
National University of Singpore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School and The Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF)

ARE YOU CUT OUT FOR AN EXCITING CAREER IN INVESTMENT BANKING & SECURITIES OPERATIONS?

Terry Lee, ACI Singapore
Mona Poomy, Securities & Investment Institute
Paul Hedges, JP Morgan Chase
Yeow Kwang Guan, Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd Singapore Branch
15:00-16:30,  Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library Auditorium, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

CAN FINANCE IGNORE THE PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCE?

Andrew K. Rose, B.T. Rocca Jr. Professor of International Business in the Economic Analysis and Policy Group, Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley
15:30-17:00,  Seminar Room 3, USP, Old Adm Block, Level 7
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

SECOND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE (2ND SICF)
PAPER 13: "LENDING BY EXAMPLE': DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF FOREIGN BANK PRESENCE IN EMERGING MARKETS"

Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics
Anand Srinivasan, National University of Singapore
15:30-16:45,  Kent Ridge Guild House, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance, NUS

SECOND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE (2ND SICF)
PAPER 12: "EQUITY ISSUANCE AND EXPECTED RETURNS: THEORY AND NEW EVIDENCE"

Masahiro Watanabe, Rice University
Sugato Bhattacharyya, National University of Singapore
14:45-15:30,  Kent Ridge Guild House, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance, NUS

SECOND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE (2ND SICF)
PAPER 11: "PRODUCTIVITY, ASSET RETURN, AND INTERNATIONAL INDEX MOMENTUM"

Hong Zhang, INSEAD
John M. Griffin, University of Texas
14:00-14:45,  Kent Ridge Guild House, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance, NUS

SECOND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE (2ND SICF)
PAPER 10: "INDUSTRY CONTAGION IN LOAN SPREADS"

Micah S. Officer, University of Southern California
Joao Santos, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
11:45-12:30,  Kent Ridge Guild House, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance, NUS

SECOND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE (2ND SICF)
PAPER 9: "STAPLED FINANCE"

Rajdeep Singh, University of Minnesota
Thomas H. Noe, Oxford University
11:00-11:45,  Kent Ridge Guild House, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance, NUS

SECOND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE (2ND SICF)
PAPER 8: "JUMP RISK, STOCK RETURNS, AND SLOPE OF IMPLIED VOLATILITY SMILE"

Shu Yan, University of South Carolina
Anurag Gupta, Case Western Reserve University
09:45-10:30,  Kent Ridge Guild House, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance, NUS

SECOND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE (2ND SICF)
PAPER 7: "SPECIFICATION ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURAL CREDIT RISK MODELS"

Jing-Zhi Jay Huang, Pennsylvania State University
Jan Ericsson, McGill University
09:00-09:45,  Kent Ridge Guild House, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance, NUS

SECOND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE (2ND SICF)
PAPER 6: "RETAIL CLIENTELES AND THE IDIOSYNCRATIC VOLATILITY PUZZLE"

Bing Han, University of Texas
Joe Zhang, Singapore Management University
16:15-17:00,  Kent Ridge Guild House, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance, NUS

SECOND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE (2ND SICF)
PAPER 5: "DYNAMIC LIQUIDITY PREFERENCES OF MUTUAL FUNDS"

Jiekun Huang, Boston College
Jiang Luo, Nanyang Technological University
15:30-16:15,  Kent Ridge Guild House, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance, NUS

SECOND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE (2ND SICF)
PAPER 4: "DOES CORPORATE CULTURE MATTER FOR INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL POLICIES"

Angie Low, Nanyang Technological University
Seoungpil Ahn, National University of Singapore
14:15-15:00,  Kent Ridge Guild House, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance, NUS

SECOND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE (2ND SICF)
PAPER 3: "THE JOINT DETERMINANTS OF MANAGERIAL OWNERSHIP, BOARD INDEPENDENCE, AND FIRM PERFORMANCE"

Michael L. Lemmon, University of Utah
Li Jin, Havard Business School
13:30-14:15,  Kent Ridge Guild House, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance, NUS

SECOND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE (2ND SICF)
PAPER 2: "HORSES FOR COURSES: FUND MANAGERS AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES"

Michael J. Rebello, University of Texas
Jie Gan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
11:15-12:00,  Kent Ridge Guild House, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance, NUS

SECOND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE (2ND SICF)
PAPER 1: "HOW INFORMED ARE THE SMART GUYS? EVIDENCE FROM SHORT-TERM INSTITUTIONAL TRADING PRIOR TO MAJOR EVENTS"

Tao Shu, Georgia University
Bruce D. Grundy, University of Melbourne
10:30-11:15,  Kent Ridge Guild House, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance, NUS

SECOND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE (2ND SICF)
KEYNOTE SPEECH: "CAPM FOR ESTIMATING THE COST OF EQUITY CAPITAL: INTERPRETING THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE"

Ravi Jagannathan, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
09:00-10:00,  Kent Ridge Guild House, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance, NUS

CFA ETHICS AND STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Mr Oh Tuan Chim, CFA Head of Compliance, Standard Chartered Bank Singapore
10:00-12:00,  Lecture Theatre 17, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

CONSUMER BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES AT OCBC BANK

Mr Darryl Tan, Head of Offshore & Network Business, OCBC
18:30-19:30,  Lecture Theatre 18, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

INSURANCE INNOVATIONS

Mr Aaron Yip, Assistant Vice President and Regional Manager (SEA) Chubb Specialty Insurance, Federal Insurance Company
Mr Said Khan, Cargo Underwriter, Watkins Syndicate Singapore Pte Ltd
17:00-18:30,  Conference Room B, NUS Business School
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

OBSERVATIONS ON THE SCIENCE OF FINANCE IN THE PRACTICE OF FINANCE

Professor Robert C Merton, John and Natty McArthur University Professor, Harvard Business School
08:30-10:00,  University Hall Auditorium, National University of Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

FINANCIAL SECTOR SEMINAR SERIES #3 - AN EXCITING CAREER IN INVESTMENT BANKING & THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS AWAITS YOU!

Mr Terry Lee, Executive Director, ACI Singapore - The Financial Markets Association
Mr Sean Aw, Senior Executive, Marketing and Corporate Communications, ASEAN Securities & Investment Institute
Mr Yeow Kwang Guan, Joint General Manager, Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd, Singapore Branch
15:30-17:00,  Lecture Theatre 18, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

WHAT COMPRISES INVESTMENT RISK OF NON-PROFITS?

Mr Ian Kennedy, Director of Research, Cambridge Associates LLC
15:30-17:00,  Conference Room C, NUS Business School
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

FINANCIAL SECTOR SEMINAR SERIES #2 - MAKING AN EXCITING CAREER OUT OF RISK - ARE YOU GAME FOR IT?

Mr Simon Wilson, General Manager, Lloyd's (Singapore) and Managing Director of Lloyd's Asia (Pte) Ltd
Mr John Thorpe, Head of Production, Aon Re Asia Pacific (Singapore)
Mr Ben Liang, Team Leader for ReMetrics, Benfield Asia
16:00-17:30,  Lecture Theatre 18, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

FINANCIAL SECTOR SEMINAR SERIES #1 - AN EXCITING CAREER IN HEDGE FUND ADMINISTRATION

Mr Mark Hedderman, Head of Business Development and Customer Relations, Custom House
Ms Celia Choh, Head of LaCrosse Global Fund Services - Asia Operations
Mr Yow-Fee Lee, Managing Director, State Street Investor Services - South Asia
16:00-17:30,  Conference Room C, NUS Business School
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

STATE OF ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING IN ASIA-PACIFIC - UPDATE

Mr Rohan Bedi
18:30-19:30,  NUS Business School, Conference Room B
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

WORKSHOP: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS - (PART 2)

Mr Nishant Saxena, Regional Finance Manager, Procter and Gamble (P&G)
09:00-13:00,  NUS Business School, HSSML Auditorium
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

WORKSHOP: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS - (PART 1)

Mr Nishant Saxena, Regional Finance Manager, Procter and Gamble (P&G)
09:00-13:00,  NUS Business School, HSSML Auditorium
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

LIQUIDITY AND NEOCLASSICAL FINANCE

Prof Avanidhar Subrahmanyam
15:30-17:00,  Conference Room B, NUS Business School
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
CLOSING ADDRESS

Allaudeen Hameed, National University of Singapore
17:00-17:15,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
DISCUSSANT – PAPER 15: INSTITUTIONAL TRADING, INFORMATION PRODUCTION, AND CORPORATE SPIN-OFFS

Discussant: M. Deniz Yavuz, Arizona State University
16:45-17:00,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
INSTITUTIONAL TRADING, INFORMATION PRODUCTION, AND CORPORATE SPIN-OFFS

Presenting author: Shan He, Boston College
16:15-16:45,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
DISCUSSANT – PAPER 14: DUAL-CLASS SPLITS AND STOCK LIQUIDITY

Discussant: Vidhan Goyal, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
16:00-16:15,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
DUAL-CLASS SPLITS AND STOCK LIQUIDITY

Presenting author: Joonghyuk Kim, Korea University
15:30-16:00,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
DISCUSSANT – PAPER 13: CORPORATE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS: INVESTMENT OR AGENCY

Discussant: Jeffrey Zwiebel, Stanford University
14:45-15:00,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
CORPORATE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS: INVESTMENT OR AGENCY

Presenting author: Rajesh K. Aggarwal, University of Minnesota
14:15-14:45,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
DISCUSSANT – PAPER 12: PRIVATIZATION, LARGE SHAREHOLDERS’ INCENTIVE TO EXPROPRIATE, AND FIRM PERFORMANCE

Discussant: Joseph P.H. Fan, Chinese University of Hong Kong
14:00-14:15,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
PRIVATIZATION, LARGE SHAREHOLDERS’ INCENTIVE TO EXPROPRIATE, AND FIRM PERFORMANCE

Presenter: Sudipto Dasgupta, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
13:30-14:00,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
DISCUSSANT – PAPER 11: WHY DO BOND PRICES JUMP? A STUDY OF THE U.S TREASURY MARKET

Discussant: Rossen Valkanov, University of California, San Diego
11:15-12:00,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
DISCUSSANT – PAPER 10: MEDIA COVERAGE AND THE CROSS-SECTION OF STOCK RETURNS

Discussant: Kalok Chan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
11:00-11:15,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
CREDIT RATINGS AND THE CROSS-SECTION OF STOCK RETURNS

Presenting author: Tarun Chordia, Emory University
10:30-11:00,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
MEDIA COVERAGE AND THE CROSS-SECTION OF STOCK RETURNS

Presenting author: Lily Fang, INSEAD
09:15-10:00,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
DISCUSSANT – PAPER 8: DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION: EXTRANEOUS EVENTS AND UNDER-REACTION TO EARNINGS NEWS

Discussant: Harrison Hong, Princeton University
09:00-09:15,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
AGGREGATE MUTUAL FUND FLOWS AND SUBSEQUENT MARKET RETURNS

Presenting author: Avi Wohl, Tel Aviv University
16:15-16:45,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
DISCUSSANT – PAPER 6: DO GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS MATTER FOR MUTUAL FUNDS

Discussant: Naveen D. Daniel, Purdue University
16:00-16:15,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
DO GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS MATTER FOR MUTUAL FUNDS

Presenting author: Wen-Hsiu Chou, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
15:30-16:00,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
DISCUSSANT – PAPER 5: RATIONAL LEARNING AND THE DIVERSIFICATION DISCOUNT

Discussant: Seoungpil Ahn, National University of Singapore
14:45-15:00,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
RATIONAL LEARNING AND THE DIVERSIFICATION DISCOUNT

Presenting author: Donald Monk, Tulane University
14:15-14:45,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
DISCUSSANT – PAPER 4: CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS, ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION, AND INTERNAL CAPITAL MARKETS IN BANKING: NEW EVIDENCE

Discussant: Anand Srinivasan, National University of Singapore
14:00-14:15,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
CAPITAL CONSTRAINTS, ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION, AND INTERNAL CAPITAL MARKETS IN BANKING: NEW EVIDENCE

Presenting author: Dmytro Holod, State University of New York at Stony Brook
13:30-14:00,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
DISCUSSANT – PAPER 3: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND EXECUTIVE PAY: EVIDENCE FROM A RECENT REFORM

Discussant: Jay Ritter, University of Florida
11:45-00:00,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND EXECUTIVE PAY: EVIDENCE FROM A RECENT REFORM

Presenting author: Teodora Paligorova, CERGE-EI – Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education, Charles University, and the Economics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
11:15-11:45,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
DISCUSSANT – PAPER 2: DOES THE USE OF PEER GROUPS CONTRIBUTE TO HIGHER PAY AND LESS EFFICIENT COMPENSATION

Discussant: Sudipto Dasgupta, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
11:00-11:15,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
DOES THE USE OF PEER GROUPS CONTRIBUTE TO HIGHER PAY AND LESS EFFICIENT COMPENSATION

Presenting author: Lalitha Naveen, Purdue University
10:30-11:00,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
DISCUSSANT - PAPER 1: TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE: DO INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS REALLY REDUCE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION WHILST RAISING INCENTIVES

Discussant: Merih Sevilir, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:15-10:30,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
PAPER 1: TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE: DO INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS REALLY REDUCE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION WHILST RAISING INCENTIVES

Presenting author: Peter L. Swan, University of New South Wales
09:45-10:15,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
KEYNOTE SPEECH

Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, University of California at Los Angeles
08:30-09:30,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

FIRST SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE 2007
WELCOME REMARKS

Saw Swee Hock, Patron, Saw Centre for Financial Studies
08:15-08:30,  Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies and Department of Finance & Accounting, NUS Business School

BUBBLES, LOTTERIES, PERCEPTIONS AND PREFERENCES

Prof Jennifer Conrad, Dalton L. McMichael Sr. Distinguished Professor of Finance at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
15:30-17:30,  Conference Room C, NUS Business School
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

A STABLE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM EMERGES

Mr Andrew K. Rose, B.T. Rocca Jr. Professor of International Business in the Economic Analysis and Policy Group, Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley
15:30-17:00,  Conference Room D, NUS Business School
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

CFA ETHICS AND STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT - (PART 2)

Mr Oh Tuan Chim, CFA, Head of Compliance, Standard Chartered Bank Singapore
10:00-12:00,  Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, NUS Business School
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

CFA ETHICS AND STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT - (PART 1)

Mr Oh Tuan Chim, CFA, Head of Compliance, Standard Chartered Bank Singapore
10:00-12:00,  Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, NUS Business School
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

AN INTRODUCTION TO ONLINE TRADING

Mr Klaus Buhl
Head of Institutional Account Management Asia, Saxo Capital Markets Pte Ltd
18:30-19:30,  Lecture Theatre 18, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

PRIVATISING CHINA: THE RISE AND FALL OF CHINA'S STOCK MARKETS

Mr Fraser Howie, Co-author of Privatising China: The Rise and Fall of China's Stock Markets
18:30-19:30,  Lecture Theatre 18, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

MARKET OUTLOOK 2006

Mr Manu Bhaskaran
Head, Economic Research Practice of Centennial Group Inc
18:30-19:30,  Lecture Theatre 18, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

NUS-BARCLAYS CAPITAL SEMINAR SERIES : INVESTING AND RISK MANAGEMENT IN EMERGING MARKETS

Mr Bob Mainprize
Head of Credit and Market Risk Management Asia-Pacific of Barclays Capital
18:30-19:30,  Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School and Barclays Capital

NUS-BARCLAYS CAPITAL SEMINAR SERIES : INTEREST RATE VOLATILITY IN 2006

Mr David Shannon
Head of Rates Trading Asia-Pacific of Barclays Capital
18:30-19:30,  Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School and Barclays Capital

NUS-BARCLAYS CAPITAL SEMINAR SERIES : TRADING IN EMERGING MARKETS VS DEVELOPED MARKETS

Mr Guillermo Cabeza
Head of EM Derivatives Asia, Barclays Capital
18:30-19:30,  Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School and Barclays Capital

WARREN BUFFETT WEALTH : PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICAL METHODS USED BY THE WORLD'S GREATEST INVESTOR

Mr Robert P. Miles
International Speaker, Author and Warren Buffett Expert
16:00-17:30,  Lecture Theatre 18, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

FINANCIAL SERVICES IN SINGAPORE - CAREERS AND CHALLENGES : FAST & FURIOUS OR SLOW & STEADY? GETTING STARTED ON A CAREER IN BANKING

Mr Terry Lee
Executive Director, ACI Singapore - The Financial Markets Association
18:30-20:00,  Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School and The Institute of Banking and Finance

FINANCIAL SERVICES IN SINGAPORE - CAREERS AND CHALLENGES : SINGAPORE'S FUND MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY AND CAREER PROSPECTS

Mr Andrew Kwek
Executive Director, Investment Management Association of Singapore
18:30-20:30,  Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School and The Institute of Banking and Finance

INVESTMENT OUTLOOK - OPPORTUNITIES AND PITFALLS (PART1)

Mr Tay Han Chong
Head of Investments, Treasury and Asset Products, Global Consumer Banking, Citibank Singapore Ltd
18:00-20:00,  Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library Auditorium, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

INVESTMENT OUTLOOK - OPPORTUNITIES AND PITFALLS (PART2)

Mr Tay Han Chong
Head of Investments, Treasury and Asset Products, Global Consumer Banking, Citibank Singapore Ltd
18:00-20:00,  Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library Auditorium, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School

TALK - MARKET OUTLOOK FOR 2005

Mr Vasan Shridharan
Senior Regional Economist, HSBC Global Markets
18:00-19:00,  Hon Sui Sen Auditorium, NUS
Organised by Saw Centre for Financial Studies @ NUS Business School