The Indian School of Business (ISB) is co-hosting two prestigious international conferences in December - the Global Corporate Governance Forum and the Financial Market Development in Emerging and Transition Economies. |
The first meet to be held on December 13-14 is co-sponsored by the World Bank and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). |
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The second conference is co-hosted with the William Davidson Institute, USA, CIFRA (Amsterdam Center for Research in International Finance) at the University of Amsterdam, and the International Review of Finance. |
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This conference is led by some of academia's leading names including professor Raghuram Rajan, who teaches at the ISB, and is the Economic Counsellor and Director of Research, IMF. |
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Rajan said in a release issued here that, "the conference theme ties in well with the ISB's research focus on emerging markets. I am looking forward to it generating some significant insights." |
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Both the conferences will feature some of the best minds from business and academia from the world over. |
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The Global Corporate Governance Forum will bring together leading international bodies involved with governance reform, with speakers from Europe, US, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and other countries. |
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The Financial Market Development in Emerging and Transition Economies conference scheduled for December 15 "�16, includes a host of eminent participants such as Nachiket Mor, Executive Director, ICICI Bank; Raghuram Rajan, Economic Counsellor and Director of Research, IMF; Luc Laeven, Financial Economist, World Bank; Randy Kroszner, University of Chicago; Josh Coval, Harvard Business School; and Bernard Dumas, INSEAD, among others. |
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The conference is co-sponsored by the ICICI Research Centre and the Journal of Emerging Markets Finance. |
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The ICICI Research Centre is a non-profit research centre, dedicated to promoting research in finance and economics in emerging markets. Vijay Mahajan, the dean of the ISB said, "the ISB is creating synergies among India, Asia, and the global economy. These conferences provide a platform for the exchange of ideas and global perspectives on emerging economies." |
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