Call for Papers

2025 (2nd) Contemporary Topics on Financial Markets

July 3-4, 2025 (China Standard Time)

Host: Capital University of Economics and Business

Capital University of Economics and Business, School of Finance will host an international conference on “Contemporary Topics on Financial Markets” on July 3-4, 2025 (China standard time) in Beijing, China. We sincerely welcome you to join us in Beijing this summer. The submission deadline is March 31st, 2025, Eastern standard time (April 1st, 2025, China standard time).

The conference aims to promote research broadly related to financial markets around the world. All finance subjects will be considered. Potential research topics include but are not limited to the following:

 Asset pricing

 Banking

 Behavioral finance

 Corporate finance and governance

 Credit risk and liquidity risk

 Derivatives

 Digital finance

 Financial literacy and personal finance

 FinTech and machine learning, artificial intelligence, and big data

 Green/climate/weather risk and finance

 Household finance

 International finance

 Mutual funds, ETFs, hedge funds, pension funds and institutional investors

 Others

Keynote Speakers: To be announced.

Conference Website: https://conf.ichaos.com.cn/2025ctfm/page/1

Paper Submission: Please submit a pdf file without author information via the submission website https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CTFM2025. The submission deadline is March 31st, 2025, Eastern standard time (April 1st, 2025, China standard time). Papers will be anonymously reviewed by multiple members of the Program Committee. Authors of accepted papers are expected to be available to serve as session chairs or discussants. In addition to the conference, a selected number of papers will be encouraged to submit to the Financial Review (FR) with the regular one-time submission fee of $175.

The Financial Review

The Conference Organizing Committee will choose selected papers from those presented at the conference to be considered for publication at The Financial Review (FR). These papers will go through a blind review process. This is a “no-fault” submission option, which means that if the FR decides to review the paper and rejects it, the author(s) can submit the paper to the FR through the normal submission process. Papers submitted must not be under review at any journals.

Conference Registration

The registration fee for the conference is USD150 (or RMB 1,100) for doctoral students and USD200 (or RMB 1,500) for other participants. The registration fee is waived for session chairs and discussants who do not have a paper in the program.

Important Dates (China standard time)

Conference Location

Capital University of Economics and Business, 121 Zhangjialukou, Fengtai District, Beijing, China

Conference Organizing Committee

Lei Lu, University of Manitoba

Kristina Minnick, Bentley University

Weixing Wu, Capital University of Economics and Business

Wenfeng Wu, Shanghai Jiaotong University

Xiong Xiong, Tianjin University

Zhichao Yin, Capital University of Economics and Business

Local Organizers

Xu Feng, Tianjin University

Daping Zhao, Capital University of Economics and Business

Kaiguo Zhou, Capital University of Economics and Business

Contact Email

CTFM2025@outlook.com