VSFX 2020
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 17-18, 2020.
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 bond markets.
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We invite you to attend the symposium online. There is no fee for participation in the webinar, but registration is required. |
Program
Monday, August 17th 2020
14:45 | Welcome and Opening, Announcement of the Engelbert-Dockner-Fellowship Josef Zechner (WU) |
15:00-16:30 | Session 1 Chair: Christian Wagner (WU)
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17:00–18:30 | Session 2 Chair: Otto Randl (WU)
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Tuesday, August 18th 2020
15:00–16:30 | Session 3 Chair: Michael Weber (University of Chicago)
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17:00–18:30 | Session 4 Chair: Thomas Dangl (TU Wien)
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18:45–19:00 | WINNER Award Ceremony, Concluding Remarks Georg Cejnek (ZZ Vermögensverwaltung) |
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Benefits
Participation is only possible with a personal invitation. There is no conference fee for presenters of accepted papers and discussants. Presenters and discussants will also receive free accommodation and conference dinners at the conference venue. We expect participants to cover their own travel expense.
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, Christian Wagner, and Michael Weber.
WINNER Best Paper Award
By submitting to the conference your paper is also considered for the WINNER Best Paper Award 2020. 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
Email: isk@wu.ac.at