Financial Markets and Portfolio Management
Conference Announcement
9th Conference of the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research April 7, 2006 Zurich, Switzerland On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Society’s foundation the keynote speech will be held by
Philipp M. Hildebrand, Member of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank Please see our website for program and registration details: http://www.fmpm.org
Conference Co-Chairs: Professor Dr. Markus Rudolf and Dr. Matthias Muck, WHU, Vallendar. Conference location: SWX Swiss Exchange, ConventionPoint, Selnaustrasse 30, 8021 Zu¨rich, Switzerland.
Financial Markets and Portfolio Management
Springer We are pleased to announce the
Swisscanto Award for the Best Professional Paper The price is awarded for the best article on a matter of high practical relevance published in Financial Markets and Portfolio Management. The annual award is sponsored by Swisscanto Holding AG, the asset manager of the Swiss cantonal banks, and carries with it a cash prize of 4000 Swiss Francs. Furthermore, we are pleased to announce the
FMPM Best Paper Award The award is for the best acedemic article of each Volume of Financial Markets and Portfolio Management. The annual award is sponsored by Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., and carries with it a cash prize of 1500 Swiss Francs.
Please see our website for details: http://www.fmpm.org
Editor-in-Chief: Manuel Ammann Editorial Board: Rolf Banz, Jonathan Berk, Wolfgang Drobetz, Gu¨nter Franke, Philippe Jorion, Francis Longstaff, Markus Rudolf, Thomas Stucki, Rene´ Stulz, David Yermack, Heinz Zimmerman
SFAA Executive Committee
President SFAA
Marco Curti, Zu¨rcher Kantonalbank, Zurich
President Examination Commission
Prof. Andre´ Bender, University of Geneva, Geneva
President AZEK
Dr. Thomas Lips, AIG Private Bank AG, Zurich
President isfa
Dr. Ge´rard Huber, Pictet & Cie, Geneva
Members
Dr. Giuseppe Benelli, Bank Vontobel, Zurich Stephan Meier, Bellevue Asset Management AG, Ku¨snacht Jean-Sylvain Perrig, Union Bancaire Prive´e, Geneva Dr. Roman von Ah, Julius Ba¨r Holding AG, Zurich
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Jean-Claude Dufournet, Bu¨lach
Committee of Discharge
Corina Galli, BSI SA, Lugano Pascal Be´trisey, GLG Finance SA, Lausanne Prof. Martin Hoesli, University of Geneva, Geneva
Secretariat
Nathalie Niederer-Joliat, Bu¨lach
Communications
Erika Gisler, Bu¨lach
Swiss Financial Analysts Association SFAA, Feldstrasse 80, 8180 Bu¨lach (Switzerland) Tel. +41 44 872 35 40 – Fax +41 44 872 35 32 – E-mail
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