The Financial Markets Research Group at the University of Bristol Business School is hosting an in-person, two-half-day conference (from lunch to lunch) on September 28^th to 29^th, 2023. The conference will be small and focused, featuring two keynote speeches and six selected papers on the theme of “Information and Market Anomalies”.

Speakers

The conference will provide an opportunity for the speakers to showcase their research and interact in person with other researchers around the conference theme.

The provisional list of speakers and titles is:

• Zhi Da (University of Notre Dame): Investor Attention in Financial Markets

• Amit Goyal (University of Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute): A Joint Factor Model for Bonds, Stocks, and Options

• Preetesh Kantak (Indiana University): Are Uncertain Firms Riskier?

• Elisa Pazaj (University of Amsterdam): A Unified Explanation of Value and Momentum Premia (PDF, 769kB)
  

• Steffen Hitzemann (University of Houston): Investor (Mis)Reaction, Biased Beliefs, and the Mispricing Cycle

• Mykola Babiak (Lancaster University Management School): Currency Network Risk

• Grigory Vilkov (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management): Media Narratives and Price Informativeness

• Huaizhi Chen (University of Notre Dame): Self-Declared Benchmarks and Fund Manager Intent: Cheating or Competing?

Location

The conference venue is Engineer’s House, Clifton, BS8 3NB, which is close to the Bristol Suspension Bridge.

Registration information

• Registration fee £110.
• Tickets available through the University of Bristol online shop.
• General Registration fee includes the provision of buffet lunches on both days, tea & coffee, registration pack, and the conference dinner on the evening of Thursday 28th September
• Registration deadline: September 14^th, 2023.

Travel and hotel information

Instrucions for getting to the conference venue can be found here.

Attendees are responsible for booking their own hotel. Some hotels that are availible in the area are:

• Hotels near Clifton:
  • Number 38 Clifton (4 star)
  • Avon Gorge by Hotel du Vin (3 star) - If the standard rate is sold out, please use code: ENGINH900 to get 10% off other rates. 
  • Clifton Hotel (3 star)
  • Victoria Square Hotel (2 star)
• Hotels in City Centre:
  • Clayton Hotel Bristol City (4 star)
  • Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel (4 star)
  • Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel (4 star)
  • Premier Inn Bristol City Centre (Haymarket) hotel (3 star)
  • Travelodge Bristol Central (3 star)