The Fourth Annual Methods in International Finance Network Workshop Held in SDU

From October 16th to 17th, the Fourth Annual Methods in International Finance Network Workshop was held in SDU. The opening ceremony was co-chaired by Prof. Yin-Wong Cheung from the University of California, Santa Cruz, chief coordinator of MIFN and a Chair Professor of SDU, together with Prof. Bertrand Candelon from the University of Maastricht, Netherlands. Prof. Peng Shige, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Dean of the School of Economics, SDU, as well as Li Wei, a member of the Board of Trustees of SDU and the Chairman of Qilu Securities Co., LTD attended the workshop as honored guests. Vice-President Fan Liming of SDU addressed the opening ceremony.

MIFN was first started by renowned European and American economists in the international financial field, intending to enhance exchanges among financial economists from different economic backgrounds and political systems, and promote exploitation and combination of various methods. Its theme centers on the early warning system against financial turbulence, risk management, financial investment, and reform of the international financial system. The Fourth Workshop of MIFN covered all these topics and also financial option pricing, globalization and financial openness, the optimal investment portfolios, and RMB internationalization.

The first three Workshops were held in the Netherlands, Spain and Luxembourg. The workshop was for the first time held outside Europe. More than 200 people from various universities and organizations attended the Workshop, including the University of California at Berkeley, University D Orleans, the University of Groningen, De Nederlandsche Bank, the University of Maastricht, Macquarie University, the University of Luxembourg, the University of Namur, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Central University of Finance and Economics, and Shandong University.

By Liang Lijuan