VSFX 2021
Vienna Symposium on Foreign Exchange Markets
The WU Research Institute for Capital Markets (ISK) has organized the annual Vienna Symposium on Foreign Exchange Markets which took place in Vienna at Palais Coburg from August 23-24, 2021.
Topic
Research on risk premia, factors, and predictive regressions has traditionally focused on equity markets, while research on foreign exchange has been lagging despite its huge potential. Currently, the low yield environment, large international portfolio flows and unconventional monetary policy have made it crucial for asset managers to incorporate FX strategies and FX risk management. We therefore welcome papers on FX risk premia, FX strategies, FX valuation, FX and monetary policy, Emerging Market currencies, currency pegs, FX regimes, FX and business cycle, etc.
In addition to the above-mentioned research themes, we particularly encourage the submission of papers that deal with the interaction of FX and interest rates as well as interaction of FX and sovereign risk.
Program
Monday, August 23rd 2021
13:15-13:30 | Welcome and Opening Josef Zechner (WU) |
13:30-15:00 | Session 1 Chair: Josef Zechner (WU)
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15:30–17:00 | Session 2 Chair: Andreas Neuhierl (Washington University in St. Louis)
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17:30-19:00 | Session 3 Chair: Otto Randl (WU)
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Tuesday, August 24th 2021
15:30–17:00 | Session 4 Chair: Georg Cejnek (ZZ Vermögensverwaltung)
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17:30–19:00 | Session 5 Chair: Thomas Dangl (TU Vienna)
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19:15 | WINNER Award Ceremony and closing remarks followed by an aperitif Georg Cejnek (ZZ Vermögensverwaltung) |
Program Committee
Chair of the Program Committee: Josef Zechner.
Further members of the program committee are Georg Cejnek, Magnus Dahlquist, Zhengyang Jiang, Stephan Kranner, Otto Randl, Lucio Sarno, Andrea Vedolin, Stefan Voigt, Christian Wagner, and Michael Weber.
Benefits
There is no conference fee; presenters of accepted papers will receive free accommodation at the conference venue, lunches, and conference dinners. In addition, we have a limited number of travel grants available.
WINNER Best Paper Award
By submitting to the conference your paper is also considered for the WINNER Best Paper Award 2021. This award is organized by ZZ Vermögensverwaltung and POK Pühringer Privatstiftung in collaboration with WU Vienna. The paper award committee will select the best paper to receive a EUR 10’000 prize. The award selection will be based on both the quality of the submitted paper and the conference presentation.
Contacts
Karin Distelberger
Claudia Hoffmann
Please contact us at: isk@wu.ac.at