Themes and Tracks

The conference is open to any innovative and original ideas in the domain of accounting, finance, and banking, including, but not limited to, the following tracks and sub-themes:

Track: Finance & Economics

  • ESG Integration in Lending & Investments
  • Financial Inclusion
  • Green Bonds
  • Capital Market Volatility
  • Black Swan Events
  • Corporate Finance: Capital Structure, Dividend Policy, Working Capital Management
  • Investment management
  • Personal Finance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Risk: Modelling, Analytics, and Management
  • Market Microstructure
  • Financial Institutions and Regulations
  • Financial Literacy
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • International Finance
  • Derivatives: Trading, Pricing, and Risk Management
  • Financial Performance
  • Asset pricing

Track: Accounting & Banking

  • Accounting: Financial, Cost, Management, Tax, Forensic, Inflation, Hedge, Human Resources
  • Capital market-based accounting research.
  • Value Relevance of Accounting Information
  • Earnings Management
  • Accounting policy choices/changes
  • Audit Quality
  • Accounting Disclosures and Regulation
  • Intangible Assets & Intellectual capital
  • Reporting Quality
  • Accounting Standards (e.g., IFRSs)
  • Voluntary Disclosures
  • Management Control System

Track: Fintech

  • Digital assets, Crypto, CBDC, NFTs, and beyond
  • Fintech Drivers, Trends, and Ecosystems
  • Banks & Fintech collaboration
  • Big data, AI/ML, and Business Analytics in Finance
  • Insurtech and Regtech
  • Decentralized Finance (DEFI)
  • Fintech revolution in processing payments
  • Fintech for financing SMEs
  • Responsible AI and ethics in Fintech
  • Robotic Process Automation and Fintech
  • Entrepreneurial Fintech models
  • Innovations in P2P lending and crowdfunding
  • Social & Privacy implications of Fintech
  • Fintech for innovation, inclusion, and Impact
  • Fintech Policies, Regulations, and Roadmap
  • Fintech Governance
  • Green Fintech innovations

Track: Financial literacy and inclusion

  • Emerging trends in financial literacy & financial inclusion
  • Behavioural Finance