2018 Monash-Q Group Colloquium

Date: 
16 Mar 2018
Speaker: 

Various

Location: 

Monash Conference Centre
Level 7, 30 Collins Street
Melbourne

Dear Q Group members,

You are invited to attend 2018 Monash-Q Group Colloquium at Monash Conference Centre (Level 7, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne) on Friday 16 March 2018. This year the event is jointly organised by Monash Centre for Quantitative Finance and Investment Strategies, Monash Business School and Q Group.

This year the themes of the colloquium include: banking and finance, quantitative finance and investment strategies, fintech and wealth management.

Thanks to the sponsorship of Monash Centre for Quantitative Finance and Investment Strategies and Monash Business School, the event (including cocktail function) is free to Q Group members.

We look forward to seeing you at the colloquium.

Regards,

The Q Group Committee

Schedule:
Friday 16 March 2018
9am-5pm: Conference (with morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea)
5pm-7pm: Cocktail function

Venue: Monash Conference Centre, Level 7, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
http://www.monash.edu/venues/venues/monash-conference-centre

Sponsors:
Monash Business School
Monash Centre for Quantitative Finance and Investment Strategies

Confirmed speakers:
1. Paul Docherty (Senior Lecturer, Monash Business School) - Bank profitability, risk-taking and stock returns
2. Banita Bissoondoyal-Bheenick (Senior Lecturer, Monash Business School) - Mean Reversion of Australian Superannuation Funds Investment Options
3. Mark Aarons (Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash Centre for Quantitative Finance and Investment Strategies) – Securitisation derivatives
4. Andrew Cleeland (Head of Research, Omega Global Investors) – Custom Factor Attribution
5. Thanh Huynh (Lecturer, Monash Business School) - Climate Risk: The Price of Drought
6. Jason Lui (BNP Paribas) - Green is the new black – development in ESG/SRI strategies
7. ClimateWorks – topic TBC
8. Patrick Garrett (CEO, Six Park) – topic TBC (Robo-advice and automated investment)

A few more industry speakers will be confirmed very soon.

PhD forum:
1. Mia Pham - Award-winning CEOs and Corporate Innovation
2. Michael Wang - The Impact of Blockholder Activism on the Information Environment of Stock Prices
RSVP for 2018 Monash-Q Group Colloquium, Friday 16 March 2018
You are invited to attend 2018 Monash-Q Group Colloquium at Monash Conference Centre (Level 7, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne) on Friday 16 March, 2018.

This year the event is jointly organised by Monash Centre for Quantitative Finance and Investment Strategies, Monash Business School and Q Group. This year the themes of the colloquium include: general banking and finance, quantitative finance, investment strategies, and machine learning.

Please fill in the form below for registration. Closing date for registration is Monday 5 March 2018.

Proposed Agenda:
9am-5pm Conference (morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided)

5pm-7pm Cocktail function