13th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

C R E D I T 2014 *The New Financial Regulatory System: Challenges and Consequences for the Financial Sector *Venice, Italy 25 - 26 September 2014

*GRETA Associati *(Venice, Italy), *Center on Sustainable Architecture for Finance (SAFE) at Goethe University Frankfurt* (Frankfurt, Germany) and *Intesa Sanpaolo *(Milan, Italy) are co-sponsors of a Conference to be held in Venice on September 25 - 26, 2014. The objective of the Conference is to bring together academics, practitioners and PhD students working in the area of risk management. The conference will provide an opportunity for participants engaged in research at the forefront of this area to discuss both the causes and implications of recent events in financial markets and may, in turn, suggest fruitful directions for future research. The Conference, organised under the auspices of the *Department of Economics of the University Ca? Foscari of Venice*, *ABI - Italian Banking Association *and *European Investment Bank*, is the *thirteenth* of a series dedicated to various aspects of credit risk.

The organizers encourage submissions of papers on any topic within the overall theme of the conference and in the following areas in particular:

* *Banking regulation* (Banking union, Design of supervisory institutions and processes, Regulatory instruments) * * Credit Risk and Stress testing (*Counterparty risk, Credit and Liquidity, Stressed credit risk measures, Feedback effects or second round effects, Firm wide stress testing, Multivariate extreme events, Tail dependence) * * New development in the banking markets* (Banking business models, Shadow banking, Response to regulatory changes) * *Financial markets regulation* (CCP, Transaction taxes, Decentralized trades and Systemic risk) * *Risk disclosure: homogeneity and comparison of risk measures (*Data integration and validation, Risks integration, Effectiveness of Pillar 3 disclosure)

The Scientific Committee for the Conference consists of: *Jan Krahnen*, Goethe University,**Programme Chair *Monica Billio*, Ca? Foscari University of Venice *Steven Ongena*, University of Zurich *Stephen Schaefer*, London Business School *Kenneth Singleton*, Stanford University

The final program will include both submitted and invited papers. Acceptances received from invited speakers include *Franklin Allen* (University of Pennsylvania & Imperial College London), *Ignazio Angeloni* (ECB), *Thierry Foucault* (HEC Paris). The Conference will also feature a panel discussion on researchers' and practitioners' views of the major outstanding problems.

CALL FOR PAPERS Those wishing to present a paper at the Conference should submit by *May 31, 2014 *to the address given below (preferably in electronic format). Please indicate to whom correspondence should be addressed. Decisions regarding acceptance will be made by *June 30, 2014*. The final version of accepted papers must be received by August 31, 2014.

Please send papers: GRETA Associati San Polo, 2605 - 30125 Venice, ITALY Phone : +39 041 5238178 - Fax : +39 041 5286166 e-mail: credit@greta.it mailto:credit@greta.it

REGISTRATION

To register for the Conference you are requested to complete the registration form that is available on our website (http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2014/credit2014.htm http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2014/credit2014.htm).

Registration fees are:

Early registrationLate registration (within August 24th)(from August 25th on)

Academics: 250 Euro + VAT300 Euro + VAT Practitioners: 800 Euro + VAT1000 Euro + VAT Academics Poster Presenter:130 Euro + VAT130 Euro + VAT Practitioners Poster Presenter: 500 Euro + VAT500 Euro + VAT PhD Students*: 80 Euro + VAT130 Euro + VAT

*VAT is currently 22%* For participants presenting a paper there are no fees. *Students will have to provide valid proof of their student status.

The registration fees cover: - Admission to all scientific sessions - Lunches and coffee service during the Conference - Conference kit

The registration fees do not fully cover the conference dinner on September 25, 2014, for which there is an extra charge of 80.00 Euro for each partecipant (conference attendees as well as accompanying persons).

IMPORTANT DATES

May 31, 2014: Papers submission deadline June 30, 2014: Paper acceptance notification August 18, 2014: Deadline for early registration August 31, 2014: Deadline for sending final version of accepted papers

For more detailed information (registration, accommodation and Conference venue), please refer to the Conference website: http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2014/credit2014.htm http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2014/credit2014.htm

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