Day1. 2 July, 2026 (Thursday)
14:00 ~ 16:00
Asset Pricing
Ji Yeol Jimmy Oh (Korea University)
Corporate Finance
David Schoenherr (Seoul National University)
Investment
Byoung Uk Kang (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Day2. 3 July, 2026 (Friday)
08:30 - 09:40
Parallel 1-1
Commodity Markets
Yandi Zhu (Central University of Finance and Economics)
Parallel 1-2
Capital Structure and Corporate Investment
Kelvin Tan (University of Queensland)
Parallel 1-3
Transition Finance and Decarbonization
Mengyu Wang (Singapore Management University)
Parallel 1-4
Insurance, Risk, and Households
Chuck Fang (Drexel University)
Parallel 1-5
Working Capital and Liquidity
Sung Kwan Lee (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
Parallel 1-6
ESG Credibility and Risk
Xin (Simba) Chang (Nanyang Technological University)
Parallel 1-7
Equity Issuance and Financing
Hao Zheng (Hitotsubashi University)
Parallel 1-8
Digital Currency
Yongjin Kim (University of New Mexico)
Parallel 1-9
Volatility and Market Dynamics
Gang Li (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Parallel 1-10
Central Bank
Hyunsoo Choi (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
13:00 - 14:40
Parallel 2-1
Real Estate Markets and Household Decisions
Dien Giau Bui (Yuan Ze University)
Parallel 2-2
Human Capital and Corporate Finance
Shaojun Zhang (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Parallel 2-3
Machine Learning in Asset Pricing
Guoshi Tong (Fudan University)
Parallel 2-4
Trading Technology and Market Quality
Yan Ji (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Parallel 2-5
Digitalization in Corporate Finance
Jongsub Lee (Seoul National University)
Parallel 2-6
Legal Risk and Financial Outcomes
Dean Ryu (University of Oxford)
Parallel 2-7
Credit Risk and Markets
Wei Huang (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Parallel 2-8
Mergers and Acquisitions
Lyungmae Choi (University of Newcastle)
Parallel 2-9
Advancing Korea’s Capital Market: Corporate Value-up and Digital Transformation
Hyoung-Goo Kang (Hanyang University)
15:10 - 16:50
Parallel 3-1
Financial Distress and Bankruptcy
Xuyuanda Qi (New York University, Shanghai)
Parallel 3-2
Corporate Innovation
Katie Moon (University of Colorado)
Parallel 3-3
Incentives and Managerial Behavior
Keng-Yu Ho (National Taiwan University)
Parallel 3-4
Corporate Boards
David Ding (Singapore Management University)
Parallel 3-5
FX Markets and Currency Dynamics
George Panayotov (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Parallel 3-6
Policy Uncertainty and Financial Decisions
Yuchen Luo (University of Arkansas - Fort Smith)
Parallel 3-7
M&A and Market Frictions
Yong Kyu Gam (University College Dublin)
Parallel 3-8
Trading, Liquidity, and Market Quality
Kalok Chan (City University of Hong Kong)
Parallel 3-9
Shareholder Engagement in Korea: Obstacles and Opportunities
Woochan Kim (Korea University)
Day3. 4 July, 2026 (Saturday)
08:30 - 10:10
Parallel 4-1
Banking Intermediation and Regulation
Liu Yang (University of Maryland)
Parallel 4-2
Corporate Bond and Credit Pricing
Chuck Fang (Drexel University)
Parallel 4-3
Investor Demand in Asset Management
Byoung Uk Kang (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Parallel 4-4
Option Pricing and Return Predictability
Xiaolin Huo (University of International Business and Economics)
Parallel 4-5
Behavioral Biases and Return Dynamics
Kai Wu (Central University of Finance and Economics)
Parallel 4-6
Retail Trading and Return Dynamics
Shen Zhao (University of Macau)
Parallel 4-7
Sustainability Preferences and Asset Pricing
Jing XIE (University of Macau)
Parallel 4-8
Behavioral Corporate Finance
Chien-Lin Lu (National Taipei University)
Parallel 4-9
Shareholder Activism and Engagement
Mandy Tze-Minn Tham (Singapore Management University)
Parallel 4-10
Governance and Social Values
Tao Chen (Nanyang Technological University)
14:10 - 15:50
Parallel 5-1
Analyst Information and Forecast
Sungsoo Kim (Rutgers University)
Parallel 5-2
Venture Capital and Startup Financing
Joshua Shemesh (Monash University)
Parallel 5-3
Contracting Theory and Incentive Design
Inkee Jang (Hanyang University)
Parallel 5-4
Corporate Governance and Monitoring
Konari Uchida (Waseda University)
Parallel 5-5
Market Microstructure
Feng Zhao (University of Texas at Dallas)
Parallel 5-6
Beliefs, Preferences, and Anomalies
Di Tian (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Parallel 5-7
Meet the Editor (Pacific-Basin Finance Journal)
Robert Faff (University of Queensland)
16:00 - 17:40
Parallel 6-1
International Capital Flows
Jing Yu (University of Sydney)
Parallel 6-2
Political Connections and Corporate Outcomes
Takeshi Yamada (Australian National University)
Parallel 6-3
Financial Crises, Fragility, and Market Contagion
Ryuichi Yamamoto (Waseda University)
Parallel 6-4
Sustainability Risk Management
Yong Huang (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law)
Parallel 6-5
Econometric Methods in Asset Pricing
Toshiki Honda (Hitotsubashi University)
Parallel 6-6
Corporate Disclosure and Transparency
Zhe An (Monash University)
Parallel 6-7
Ownership Structure and Corporate Governance
Po-Hsin Ho (National Central University, Taiwan)
Parallel 6-8
Trends in Asset Management
Quoc H. Nguyen (DePaul University)
Parallel 6-9
Law and Finance
Nishant Kashyap (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad)
Parallel 6-10
Network, Learning, and Finance
Seungjoon Oh (Peking University, HSBC Business School)