Conference Theme

The School of Business and Economics and the Malaysian Finance Association (MFA) are pleased to announce the Malaysian Finance Association 8^th Annual Conference to be held on 8-9 May, 2006 in UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH , Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. The conference theme is “Managing Finance for Global Business Growth.”

Jointly Organised by:

Objectives

The Objectives of the conference are:

1.                  Providing wider opportunities to academicians and researchers to interact openly.

2.                  Exposing and elaborating issues and challenges pertaining to the execution of global finance and banking systems in the new millennium.

3.                  Establishing networking among academicians and practitioners in the finance and banking areas.  This network will be strengthened through various collaborations between UMS and other universities and private institutions to endeavour in academic activities.

Invitation

Professionals from the finance and banking institutions, representatives from the Central Bank of Malaysia, government bodies, research institutions, professional associations, academicians, post-graduate students and interested parties are invited to participate and submit papers to be considered for presentation. The MFA conference provides a platform for discussing issues, exchanging ideas and promoting better understanding on finance-related topics. The conference also invites a list of speakers from government policy makers, top corporate leaders and academicians.

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Conference Programme

Concurrent Sessions

Bus Schedule

Accommodation - Le Meridien Pre-Registration Form (.doc format)

Academic Tracks

Interested individuals are invited to submit papers relating to, but not limited to the following:

• Asset management
• Behavioural finance
• Cross-border investments and takeovers
• Corporate finance and restructuring
• Corporate governance
• Venture capital
• Financial innovation and engineering
• Islamic finance and banking
• Derivatives securities
• Risk management
• Valuation and asset pricing
• Accounting, auditing and taxation
• Actuarial science and insurance
• Financial market and economic development
• Bank risk management

Paper Submission

The deadline for submission of abstract is 31 December 2005 and full paper submission is 15 January 2006. The conference will accept papers in both Malay and English. All papers will be subjected to blind review by MFA panel of reviewers. All papers accepted for the conference will be published in MFA conference proceedings. Selected papers will be published in the Capital Market Review Journal. Authors should send the completed paper as single MS Word document, either through email as attachment to the email address mfaconf2006@yahoo.com or on a 3.5 inch floppy diskette and 3 hard copies of the paper to be mailed to the address below. Please adhere to the guidelines as attached on the website. Papers will only be arranged for presentation and publication if at least one of the authors registers for the conference before or on pre-registration date.

Format Guidelines

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Important Dates

1.                  Deadline for abstract                                       ( 31 December 2005 )

2.                  Deadline for submission of full paper                            ( 15 January 2006 )

3.                  Announcement of acceptance                                     ( 15 February 2006 )

4.                  Deadline for submission of revised paper                   ( 28 February 2006 )

5.                  Early birds registration                                                 ( 14 April 2006 )

6.                  Conference                                                                        ( 8 - 9 May 2006 )

Registration Fees                                                                                                            

 Payment Method

Payment can be made by cheque payable to “Bendahari Universiti Malaysia Sabah”.

Registration Form & 'Call for Papers' E- Brochure (Download)

 'Call For Papers' E-Brochures (.pdf)

Registration Form in Adobe Acrobat Format (.pdf)

Registration Form in Word Document Format (.doc)

 Accommodation

Official accommodation:

(Other accommodation option click here)

Submissions and Correspondence should be directed to: