Conferences and events
The Auckland Centre for Financial Research engages in several events throughout the year.
2025 New Zealand Finance Meeting
The 2025 New Zealand Finance Meeting is an annual conference that brings leading finance academics from around the world together to present and debate current research on all fields in finance.
2025 Derivative Markets Conference
The Derivatives Market Conference is an annual specialised event for academics and industry practitioners focused on derivative markets. It provides an opportunity to present research and connect with experts in derivatives and risk management.
Finance Research Seminars
The ACFR holds regular in-person and online (via MS Teams) Finance Research Seminars to showcase and discuss current financial research. Format: One-hour presentation of an academic paper, including Q&A and discussion. If you would like to present your paper, please contact us at acfr@aut.ac.nz.
Recent events
2024 New Zealand Finance Meeting
5 to 7 December 2024
AUT City Campus, Auckland
The 2024 New Zealand Finance Meeting is an annual international conference that brings leading finance academics from around the world together to present and debate current research on all fields in finance.
2024 New Zealand Capital Market Symposium
24 September 2024
AUT City Campus, Auckland
The 8th New Zealand Capital Market Symposium will bring together leading finance industry experts and academics to discuss the critical issue of climate risk in the financial sector.
2023 Derivative Markets Conference
7 & 8 September 2023
AUT City Campus, Auckland
The Derivatives Market Conference is held once a year and specifically focuses on derivative markets. This conference is aimed at academics and industry participants that specialize in derivative markets and risk management.
2023 New Zealand Finance Meeting
7 & 8 December 2023
AUT City Campus, Auckland
The New Zealand Finance Meeting is an annual international conference that brings leading finance academics from around the world together to present and debate current research on all fields in finance.
2023 Problem Debt, Buy Now Pay Later & Young Adults in Aotearoa
6 September 2023
AUT City Campus, Auckland
Problem debt and over-indebtedness has serious well-being consequences, with young adults (aged 18-34 years) at acute risk. We assess young adults’ debt use, their attitudes to debt – focussing on buy now pay later – to see whether it contributes to problem debt, and investigate if financial education solves the problem.
Past events
Browse previous conferences and other events that we've hosted or been involved with.