The International Society for the Advancement of Financial Economics (ISAFE-2022) annual conference was held on December 5-6, 2022 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The conference was jointly organized by the Organization of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts Global (AVSE Global) and Ho Chi Minh University of Banking (HUB).

Global economic activity is experiencing a broader and more severe recession than expected along with major challenges, with inflation above levels seen in several decades. The cost of living crisis, tightening financial conditions in most regions of the world, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic with its devastating consequences, and The slowdown in China, all of which continues to weigh on the economies.

This is the setting for discussions and debates in the seventh edition of the ISAFE conference, the first to be held in Vietnam. ISAFE – 2022 is a prestigious academic forum that brings together scholars, researchers, practitioners and policy makers with common interests in financial economics, financial management, financial markets, and governance. corporate governance, etc. The workshop also provided a forum to present new research findings as well as discuss current issues and challenges in financial economics.

The conference received 270 research papers with more than 130 selected studies presented in person or online at 42 parallel discussion sessions (Parallel Sessions). The conference included nearly 150 scholars and researchers from more than 16 countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, France, Japan, Portugal, UAE, China, New Zealand, Finland, Indonesia, Malaysia, and India. India, Luxembourg, Sweden, Vietnam... attended in person at the Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City and online via the Zoom Meetings platform.

On the morning of December 5, 2022, the opening ceremony of the conference took place at the 2nd floor hall at 36 Ton That Dam, District 1 with the participation of representatives of the Vietnam Global Organization of Science and Experts (AVSE). Global)- Prof. Nguyen Duc Khuong; Prof. Sabri Boubaker-EM Normandie Business School, France & Swansea University, UK- ISAFE President; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duc Trung - Acting Rector of HUB; Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ha Thi Thieu Dao-Vice President of HUB; with speakers and scientists from many countries.

The conference is held at Hall 36 Ton That Dam, District 1

Assoc. Dr. Nguyen Duc Trung Acting Rector of HUB delivering the opening speech of ISAFE2022

Prof. Nguyen Duc Khuong Chairman of AVSE

GS. Sabri Boubaker- President of ISAFE

Key note speaker at ISAFE2022 is Professor Douglas Cumming- Distinguished Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at the School of Business, Florida Atlantic University, USA. Professor Douglas has published more than 180 articles in leading academic journals in finance, management, law and economics, such as the Journal of the Academy of Management, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Journal of Research. Research Finance, Journal of Quantitative and Financial Analysis, and International Journal of Business Studies, and has been cited more than 15,000 times by Google Scholar.

Professor Douglas' articles have been published in many journals including The Economist, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Globe and Mail, Canadian Business, National Post and The New Yorker. Professor Douglas Cumming's presentation at the Conference revolved around the research question of whether market manipulation increases the risk of violating a set of environmental, social and corporate governance standards during operations. company (ESG), and whether regulations related to market manipulation reduce the risk of breach of the ESG set of standards.

Professor Douglas Cumming- Keynote speaker at the Conference

Speakers exchange discussions at the main presentation session

After the main presentation session, 42 parallel discussion sessions were held on the afternoon of December 5, 2022 and December 6, 2022 respectively with the following topics:

International finance and capital markets; Corporate finance and Governance; Asset pricing, allocation and valuation; Central banking and monetary policy; Financial intermediation, institution and services; Financial markets and market microstructure; Financial engineering and derivatives; Quantitative finance and financial econometrics; Behavioral and experimental finance; Data analytics in finance and economics; Personal finance and household finance; Sustainable finance, ethics and CSR; Portfolio management and optimization; Small business and entrepreneurial finance; Financial Accounting, law and regulation

Some speakers at parallel sessions

The conference also provided an opportunity to connect domestic scientists and lecturers with the International Professional Council, from which lecturers and researchers had the opportunity to post on the Springer series (Scopus/ISI).

Official website of the conference: https://isafe2022.sciencesconf.org/ 

Press coverage of the Conference:

https://Giaoducthoidai.vn/truong-dh-ngan-hang-tphcm-dang-cai-va-to-chuc-hoi-thao-quoc-te-isafe-2022-post617828.html

https://tuoitre.vn/Giao-su-my-noi-ve-phat-nang-ke-gian-tren-thi-truong-co-phieu-lan-trai-phieu-20221205195849865.htm

https://thoibaonganhang.vn/dai-hoc-ngan-hang-tp-hcm-to-chu-c-ho-i-tha-o-quo-c-te-isafe2022-134232.html