4th Contemporary Issues in Financial Markets and Banking

Welcome to IFMB!

The objective of the conference is to address the emerging gaps within the finance and banking scholarship. The annual conference seeks to highlight the latest developments which have the potential to change the finance and banking landscape.

This is our fourth annual conference, and you can see our previous conference here. You can also check the latest update on our Linkedin page.

“Participating in the 2nd Contemporary Issues in Financial Markets and Banking was astonishing, pushing virtual collaboration and knowledge exchange boundaries. Kudos to the organisers for the flawless execution!”

Christos Kallandranis, Assistant Professor in Finance at University of West Attica, Greece

Conference Objectives:

1. To provide a network platform to bring early career researchers together to form links with experienced academics.
2. To establish supportive hubs to allow researchers to discuss the widespread effects of financial crises and the role of sustainable sources of financing to confront current and future economic crises.
3. To create a scholarly network to examine the challenges of dynamic decision-making in a business environment fit for the future.
4. To discuss the newer puzzles in finance and banking in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Previous conference keynote speakers included:

• Professor Brian Lucey (Trinity College Dublin, Editor of the International Review of Financial Analysis)
• Professor Dimitri Vayanos (London School of Economics, Past Managing Editor of the Review of Economic Studies)
• Professor Douglas Cumming (Florida Atlantic University, Past Editor of the Journal of Corporate Finance)
• Associate Professor Sofia Johan (Florida Atlantic University, Associate Editor of British Journal of Management)
• Professor Michael S. Pagano (Villanova University, Co-Editor of The Financial Review)
• Professor Tarun Ramadorai (Imperial College London, Editor of the Review of Financial Studies),
• Professor Dirk Jenter (London School of Economics, Associate Editor of the Journal of Finance),
• Professor Thierry Foucault (HEC Paris, Co-Managing Editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis),
• Professor Oliver Hart (Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Science in Memory of Alfred Nobel, Harvard University).

Registrations and Paper Submissions:

• Interested participants should register for the conference using the following form and then proceed with the process below:
• After registration, you should receive an email that provides access to the conference's SharePoint site. Once logged in, participants can submit their papers to be reviewed by the scientific committee.
• If the paper is accepted after review, participants will be informed of the outcome via email. The paper will be allocated a presentation slot (via Microsoft Teams) in the relevant session depending on the topic on the day of presentation. More details on the presentation will follow nearer the presentation dates.
• Participants will then proceed to make a payment of £100 for doctoral students or £150 for regular submission before they can attend or present at the conference. This payment will also grant access to all conference materials (e.g., submitted papers and recorded presentations) for one month after the conference.
• The conference is also open to anyone who wishes to access the presentations and papers but does not wish to submit any papers.
• The submission should be a fully developed manuscript. We do not impose any style requirements.
• After the conference proceedings, we will also announce the Best Paper Award.

Important Dates:

Deadline for paper submissions: 3 October 2025

Deadline for payment: 28 November 2025

Deadline for requesting changes to presentation slots: 12 December 2025

Deadline for submitting presentation and discussant slides: 30 December 2025

Conference dates: 5 to 6 January 2026

Topics:

The scientific and organising committee welcomes submissions in all areas of banking and finance presentation at the conference. Early submission is highly encouraged, and the decision is made as soon as the review is complete. The main topics of the conference include:

Financial resilience; Green and sustainable finance; Decentralised finance and disruptive financial technologies; Theoretical asset pricing; Empirical asset pricing, liquidity and behavioural economics and finance; Risk management; Financial inclusion; Alternative investments; Crowd-funding; Islamic banking; Banking and financial sector stability and regulation; Financial (dis)integration and Brexit; Artificial intelligence, machine and deep learning applications in finance; Corporate finance and sustainable energy financing; Crisis investment and portfolio management; Corporate governance; International financial management and investment; Market microstructure; Household finance; Real estate and property markets; Metaverse and Blockchain technologies in finance. Intersection between finance and economic theory, especially financial applications of game theory, decision theory, and computational financial economics (including multi-agent models and econophysics); experimental economics with implications for financial theory and practice.

For queries, please send an email to ifmb@ntu.ac.uk

FAQs:

Q: Is the conference online or onsite?

A: The conference is completely online.

Q: I am a PhD student. Can I submit my work to the IFMB 2025 conference?

A: We welcome work from researchers, practitioners, academics and PhD candidates.

Q: How do I submit and track my paper in SharePoint?

A: There is a section on the home page for you to submit/upload your paper for review. Please start there and follow the on-screen information.

Q: Can I appeal the outcome of my paper review?

A: All decisions from the review process are final.

Q: Can I present more than one paper at the conference?

A: No, you can’t present more than one paper at the conference.

Q: What is my Paper ID?

A: There is a section on the SharePoint home page for you to track your submission. After your paper is uploaded, it should appear there with a Paper ID.

Q: Why can’t I access the conference materials?

A: The conference materials include all submitted papers and recorded presentations. Access will be available upon payment of the registration fee.

Q: If there is more than one presenter for the conference, should the other presenters need to pay for the conference fees?

A: Yes, all presenters will need to pay the conference fees. The payment will enable us to add them to our system and give them access to all our conference materials.

Q: Once the discussant has completed their PowerPoint slides, where and how to upload them?

A: Please send both the presentation slides and discussion slides to ifmb@ntu.ac.uk.

Q: How to access the recordings of sessions after the conference?

A: All the recordings will be uploaded to Sharepoint.

Q:Tell me more about the Best Paper Award

A: The organising committee will select the best paper and award the certificate to the presenting author.

Q: Is there any fee waiver for the publication opportunities?

A: The organising committee will invite shortlisted papers to submit to the journals. The invitation will include information about fee waivers (if any).

Q: Are all papers submitted to the conference eligible for shortlisting for Special Issues/Sections/Collaborations?

A: Yes. If you do not wish for your paper to be considered for shortlisting in these journals, please let us know by contacting us by email at ifmb@ntu.ac.uk when submitting your paper.

Programme Organisers:

Thong Dao, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Yassine Essanaani, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Padmi Nagirikandalage, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Thao Nguyen, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Jeremy Cheah, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Linzhi Tan, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Sercan Demiralay, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Mehmet Sahiner, University of Dundee, UK

Florian Biermann, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Kenneth Baldwin, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Athanasios Tsekeris, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

International Scientific Committee and Collaborators:

Prof. Duc Khuong Nguyen, Ipag Business School, France

Prof. Tapas Mishra, University of Southampton, UK

Prof. Van Son Lai, Laval University, Canada

Prof. Paul McGuinness, University of Sheffield, UK

Prof. Osamah AlKhazali, American University of Sharjah, UAE

Prof. Sabri Elkrghli, Libyan International Medical University, Libya

Prof. Serkan Cicek, Muğla Sitki Kocman University, Turkey

Prof. Jiguang Huang, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, China

Associate Prof. Sofia Johan, Florida Atlantic University, US

Prof. Hung Do, Massey University, New Zealand

Prof. Tam Nguyen, Nottingham Trent University

Associate Prof. Shan Wu, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University, China

Dr. Mamata Parhi, University or Roehampton, UK

Dr. Toan Huynh, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

Assistant Prof. Destan Kirimhan, American University of Sharjah

Assistant Prof. Maher Khasawneh, Hashemite University, Jordan

Prof. Alper Kara, Brunel University, UK

Prof. Ugur Soytas, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Associate Prof. Samet Gunay, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest

Associate Prof. Erhan Kilincarslan, University of Huddersfield, UK

Assistant Prof. Suliman Alshahmy, Heriot-Watt University, UAE