2018 CHINA INTERNATIONAL RISK FORUM (CIRF)

Source: http://www.sif.zju.edu.cn/public/2018cirf.html

The forthcoming China International Risk Forum (CIRF) will be held on December 14 & 15, 2018 at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China. The purpose of the forum is to promote research on risk, uncertainty, risk management, and related finance topics in the Asia-Pacific region, Indian subcontinent and around the world. Potential research topics include but are not limited to:

● FinTech and risk management
● Big data applications and predictive modeling in risk management
● Corporate risk management, governance and control
● (De)Leverage, risk management, and financial safety of financial institutions
● Pension risk, health risk and insurance underwriting and investment risk
● Systemic risk: measurement and management
● Credit risk, interest risk, market risk, liquidity risk, and operational risk of banks and other financial institutions
● Ambiguity and ambiguity aversion
● Catastrophic risk and its management
● Compliance to financial regulations
● Behavioral perspectives of risk management

Conference Website

http://www.sif.zju.edu.cn/public/2018cirf.html. Check the website for updated information of the conference.

Submission

The deadline for submission of completed papers is September 1, 2018. Please submit your work, either in English (preferred) or Chinese, via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cirf2018. Please submit a pdf file without author information. There is no submission fee.

Papers presented at the conference could be considered for publication in the special issues of the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (PBFJ). Journal submissions will be independent from submissions to the conference. The PBFJ editorial team will be working closely with the CIRF program co-chairs on the review process. Papers presented at the conference can also be considered by the China Finance Review International (CFRI), Journal of Financial Conseling and Planning (JFCP), and Journal of Insurance Issues (JII).

2018 CIRF President and Co-Chairs

Xuejun Jin, Zhejiang University (President)
Mark Liu, University of Kentucky
Yizhong Wang, Zhejiang University
Tong Yu, University of Cincinnati

Keynote Speakers

Deborah Lucas, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance, MIT
Ghon Rhee, K.J. Luke Distinguished Professor, University of Hawaii

Research Excellence Awards

● The Pacific Basin Finance Journal Research Excellence Award, USD1,000
● University of Kentucky Research Excellence Award, USD1,000
● China Financial Research International Research Excellence Award, USD1,000
● Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) Research Excellence Award, USD1,000

Important DatesDeadline for Conference SubmissionSeptember 1,2018Notification of Conference AcceptanceOctober 15, 2018Conference DatesDecember 14-15, 2018Subsequent Submission to PBFJFebruary 1, 2019Expected Journal Acceptance DeadlineOctober 31, 2019Expected Publication DateDecember 1, 2019

Guest Co-Editors of PBFJ Risk Management IssueMark Liu, University of KentuckyYizhong Wang, Zhejiang UniversityTong Yu, University of Cincinnati

Forum Registration

There is a conference registration fee of USD100. Check the conference website for updates.

About PBFJ

The Pacific-Basin Finance Journal is aimed at providing a specialized forum for academic research on capital markets of the Asia-Pacific countries. The journal is included in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). The latest impact factor score released by Thomson Reuters is 1.754 and the journal maintains a 5-year impact factor of 1.610.
Journal’s website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/pacific-basin-finance-journal

Other Connected Journals

CFRI

The China Finance Review International (CFRI) is a scholarly journal published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Emerald Group Publishing Limited, seeking to publish highly original and high level theoretical papers on financial and economic issues in China. The journal is listed in Scopus, ESCI, Cabell’s Dictionary, and other major indexing services.
Journal’s website: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/cfri.htm

JFCP

The Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning (JFCP) is a scholarly journal published by Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education and Springer Publishing Company, seeking to publish original and high quality research papers on household finance. The journal is listed in Scopus, EconLit, Cabell’s Dictionary, and other major indexing services. It accepts papers for regular issues on a continuous basis and a special issue on Technology and Consumer Finance that has a deadline on Dec 1, 2018.
Journal’s website: http://www.afcpe.org/news-and-publications/get-published

JII

The Journal of Insurance Issues (JII) is the official journal of the Western Risk and Insurance Association and is co-sponsored by the Southern Risk and Insurance Association. The JII is committed to publishing rigorous theoretical and empirical research articles that address relevant and timely topics in the field of risk and insurance broadly defined. The main criterion on which all manuscripts are judged is their impact on the risk management and insurance field, as a whole.
Journal’s website: http://www.insuranceissues.org/

Conference Venue

Zhejiang University: 38 Zheda Rd., Xihu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, P.R. China.

Contact Email

cirf2018@zju.edu.cn (Feel free to send us a note in case you have any issues with your submission or you have any other questions)

Lodging Information

Will be provided at the forum website.
We look forward to seeing you at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou!