Held in Australia for the first time, the conference is hosted by La Trobe University’s Faculty of Law and Management for leading finance professionals, educators, and policy makers.
It has attracted nearly 200 delegates and papers are being presented by speakers from more than 37 countries.
Conference organiser, La Trobe Law School Head Professor Gordon Walker, said Mr Cao Baijun, whose centre fosters business co-operation between China and the rest of the world, will speak on China’s future economic reforms. The theme of Adjunct Professor Moore’s Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute keynote presentation will be the impact of globalisation with reference to the rise of China.
The two other keynote speakers are Dr Geof Stapledon, Managing Director, Institutional Shareholder Services, Australia, and Dr Don Brash, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Leader of the National Party.
Dr Stapledon will deliver the AAMI insurance keynote address on governance and investment issues related to listed infrastructure funds, asking: 'Do They Turn Governance On Its Head?'. Dr Brash will provide the Banking and Financial Services Ombudsman keynote address on 'Foreign Direct Investment: The Host Country Perspective'.
Professor Walker said conference subjects range from banking, insurance, multinational finance, interest rates, corporate governance, financial crises management to currency issues, emerging markets, privatisation, ethics and social responsibility and legal and regulatory issues.
The conference also offers a Mandarin language session, deals with interest-free banking and Islamic finance and features a legal and regulatory stream.
It has been accredited by the CFA Institute for its members world-wide and is being held under the auspices of the Global Finance Association. The Association solicits innovative ideas and research studies in global finance and related disciplines.
For full program details, please see: http://www.gfc2007.org
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Thursday, 22 March 2007 China focus for Melbourne Global Finance ConferenceThe President of China’s Economic Cooperation Center, Mr Cao Baijun, and former Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, La Trobe University Adjunct Professor Mike Moore, will be keynote speakers at the 14th Annual Global Finance Conference which begins in Melbourne next weekend, from 1 to 4 April 2007.