CALL FOR PAPERS
The 21st Annual Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets (CAFM)
Seoul, Korea
December 10-11, 2026
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Korean Securities Association (KSA) is pleased to announce its 21st Annual Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets (CAFM), which will be held at the CONRAD Seoul from December 10th (Thursday) to December 11th (Friday), 2026. We welcome interested scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers to submit research papers in all areas of finance for presentation at the conference.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
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Jun Pan, SAIF Chair Professor at the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, is the keynote speaker for the 21st CAFM. Previously, she served as the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She earned a PhD in Finance from Stanford University and a PhD in Physics from New York University. Her research spans asset pricing, derivatives, fixed income, and credit risk, including influential work on option-implied information, liquidity and corporate bond markets, and sovereign credit risk. She currently serves as Editor of Review of Finance and Associate Editor of the Journal of Finance, and is a Director of the Western Finance Association (2025-2028).
DISTINGUISHED LECTURER
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Matthew C. Ringgenberg, Professor of Finance and Emma Eccles Jones Chair at the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business, will lead a special lecture session as the distinguished lecturer for the 21st CAFM. His research focuses on market microstructure, short selling and securities lending, and index investing and ETFs. His work has been published in leading journals including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies. He has received multiple research and teaching recognitions, including the Pagano and Zechner Award (Review of Finance, 2023), the JFQA Sharpe Award (2023), and the Dr. Abe Bakhsheshy EMBA Distinguished Teaching Award (2025). He earned his PhD in Finance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
PAPER SUBMISSION
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Papers written in English must be submitted via https://www.conftool.net/cafm2026/, using MS Word or Adobe PDF file format. The deadline for paper submission is August 28th, 2026. The submitted papers will be reviewed for selection by the review committee in a double-blind referee process. The results will be notified to the author via email by October 9th, 2026. If you have any questions regarding the paper submission, please let us know via email at cafm@iksa.or.kr.
All papers must be accompanied by an abstract of a maximum of 200 words. The cover page of the paper should contain the paper’s title as well as the name, affiliation, address, phone number, and email address of all authors. The second page should contain the paper’s title and abstract only. The programs for the previous CAFM conferences can be accessed at http://www.apjfs.org.
BEST PAPER AWARDS
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If your paper is accepted for presentation at the conference, your paper is eligible to compete for a Best Paper Award of US$2,000 (or KRW2,000,000). Eight (8) best papers will be awarded at the Gala dinner to each presenting author. The awarded papers will also be invited for fasttrack review and publication in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies (AJFS), the first finance SSCI journal in the Asia-Pacific region.
DOCTORAL STUDENT WORKSHOP AND BEST DISSERTATION AWARD
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Doctoral students are also welcomed to present their dissertations at the doctoral student workshop of the conference, led by active and renowned scholars to be announced later. The Best Dissertation Award of US$1,000 (or KRW1,000,000) will be given to the best thesis.
DUAL SUBMISSION OPTION WITH AJFS and KJFS
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The 21st CAFM will feature a dual submission option with AJFS. If you choose the option at the time of paper submission, your paper accepted for the conference will be additionally invited for submission and considered for publication by the editors of AJFS with the journal submission fee waived. For further details about the Journal, please visit http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajfs.
The applicants can also choose to submit for the Korean Journal of Financial Studies (KJFS), SCOPUS-indexed official journal of KSA. For further details about the Journal, please visit https://www.e-kjfs.org.
ABOUT SEOUL
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Seoul is the capital and largest metropolis in South Korea, and has been the capital for more than 600 years. With a municipal population over 9.6 million, the city is one of the largest financial and cultural centers in East Asia. Situated on the Han River, Seoul is considered a leading and rising global city, filled with a fascinating blend of ancient traditions and cuttingedge digital technology, home to endless street food vendors, beautiful royal palaces, and serene Buddhist temples. As the birthplace of K-pop and Korean Wave, Seoul receives over 10 million international visitors every year, making it one of the world’s most visited cities.
CONFERENCE HOTEL
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The CONRAD Seoul is a prestigious five-star hotel located in the heart of Yeouido, a hub of the Korean financial market. It is a part of the IFC Mall complex, offering direct access to a variety of shopping, dining, and entertainment options. This luxurious hotel is also conveniently connected to the Yeouido subway station, providing easy transportation links across the city. With a prime location in Yeouido, the hotel is within walking distance of key attractions such as Hangang Park and Yeouido Park. These scenic parks offer guests opportunities for outdoor activities, leisurely strolls, and picturesque views of the Han River.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR
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Sol Kim, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
CONFERENCE CONTACT
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For additional information, please contact us via email at cafm@iksa.or.kr.
