2025 New Zealand Finance Meeting
Queenstown, New Zealand
14 - 16 December 2025
The Auckland Centre for Financial Research (ACFR) at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, Auckland University of Technology, hosts its 14th annual meeting and PhD Student Symposium from 14 to 16 December 2025. This year’s conference will take place in Queenstown, New Zealand, a world-renowned destination offering breathtaking natural scenery, adventure sports, wineries, and a vibrant culture. We welcome submissions on all topics related to the field of finance.
Conference Registration
The conference registration deadline for the accepted papers to be included in the conference programme is 1 October 2025.
Keynote Speakers
Kai Li, University of British Columbia, Canada
Dr Li, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Class of 2022), holds the Canada Research Chair in Corporate Governance and W. Maurice Young Endowed Chair in Finance at the UBC Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. She is Managing Editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
Dr Li’s research focuses on the economic consequences of corporate governance mechanisms. Her current research projects explore: (1) corporate culture, (2) machine learning in finance, and (3) green innovation. Her research has appeared in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, Journal of International Business Studies, and many other leading journals in Finance and Economics. She is a Senior Fellow of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research, a Research Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, and a Research Fellow of the FinTech at Cornell Initiative. She is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Financial Stability, and Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. She is a Director of the American Finance Association, a former Chair of the Academic Female Finance Committee, a former Director of the Western Finance Association, a former Council Member of the Society of Financial Studies, and a former Trustee of the Financial Association International.
Charles Cao, Pennsylvania State University, United States
Charles Cao is the Smeal Chair Professor of Finance in the Department of Finance at the Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University. His research interests include derivative securities, hedge funds, FinTech, cryptocurrencies, mutual funds, and market microstructure. His work has been published in a broad range of leading academic journals, including the Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, Journal of Financial Markets, and Journal of Econometrics. He serves (or has served) as an editor/associate editor of the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, an associate editor of the Journal of Financial Markets, and Review of Derivatives Research.
Best Paper Awards
- The 2025 NZFM Best Paper Award (NZD 2,000)
- The 2025 NZFM Runner-Up Paper Award (NZD 1,000)
- The 2025 NZFM Best PhD Student Paper Award (NZD 1,000)
- The 2025 NZFM Global Finance Journal Best Paper Award (USD 1,000)
- The 2025 NZFM CFA Society New Zealand Best Paper Award (NZD 1,000)
Special Issue
A special issue of the Global Finance Journal will feature select papers presented at the 2025 New Zealand Finance Meeting. The journal submission fees will be waived for this Special Issue.
Queenstown FAQs:
- The conference venue is Crowne Plaza Queenstown, located in the centre of Queenstown and a 1-minute walk to Steamer Wharf.
- Queenstown Airport is 6km away from central Queenstown, about 15-25 minutes away by bus, car or taxi. There is more information on getting to and around Queenstown here.
- Airport transportation options:
- Airport shuttles, taxis, ride-share and luxury transport operators are located directly outside the terminal.
- Orbus bus departs the airport every 15-30 minutes to the city and costs $10 one way or $2 with a Bee Card.
- If you are travelling by car, the drive to Crowne Plaza Queenstown is about 15 minutes (7.9km) via State Highway 6A.
- Airport transportation options:
- There are plenty of accommodation options in Queenstown. Please see Booking, Tripadvisor , Expedia or Airbnb.
- Things to do in Queenstown. Also, check out TripAdvisor’s top picks of activities in Queenstown.
Programme Scientific Committee
Adrian Fernandez-Perez, University College Dublin, Ireland
Andrea Lu, University of Melbourne, Australia
Bart Frijns, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Ben Marshall, Massey University, New Zealand
Chandra Krishnamurti, University of South Australia, Australia
Christina Atanasova, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Christina Nikitopoulos, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Chulwoo Han, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Danjue Shang, Utah State University, United States
Dong Wook Lee, Korea University Business School, South Korea
Elvira Sojli, University of New South Wales, Australia
Erik Schlogl, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Eva Liljeblom, Hanken School of Economics, Finland
Gary Tian, Macquarie University, Australia
Gertjan Verdickt, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Ghon Rhee, University of Hawaii, United States
Helen Lu, Vlerick Business School, Belgium
Henk Berkman, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Ivan Indriawan, University of Adelaide, Australia
Janice How, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Jedrzej Bialkowski, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Jiang Luo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Jin Zhang, University of Otago, New Zealand
Jiri Svec, University of Sydney, Australia
Joakim Westerholm, University of Sydney, Australia
Joelle Miffre, Audencia Business School, France
John Wald, University of Texas San Antonio, United States
Jordan Neyland, Bentley University, United States
Kathleen Kahle, University of Arizona, United States
Le Zhang, Australian National University, Australia
Li Yang, University of New South Wales, Australia
Manapol Ekkayokkaya, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
McKay Price, Lehigh University, United States
Min Zhu, University of Queensland, Australia
Ming-Hua Liu, University of Macau, Macau
Nhut (Nick) Nguyen Hoang, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Nirosha Wellalage, University of South Australia, Australia
Oliver Entrop, Passau University, Germany
Peter Swan, University of New South Wales, Australia
Rainer Baule, University of Hagen, Germany
Robert Durand, Curtin University, Australia
Roy Kouwenberg, Mahidol University, Thailand
Shaojun Zhang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Stefanie Kleimeier, Maastricht University, Netherlands
Sun Qian, Fudan University, China
Thanos Verousis, Vlerick Business School, Belgium
Tina Yang, University of South Florida, United States
Ville Rantala, University of Miami, United States
Vitali Alexeev, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Wolfgang Bessler, Hamburg University, Germany
Yuanto Kusnadi, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Meeting Organisers
Olga Dodd, Auckland University of Technology
Alireza Tourani-Rad, Auckland University of Technology
Prasad Hegde, Auckland University of Technology
Thanh (Harris) Vu, Auckland University of Technology
Wanyi Yang, Auckland University of Technology
Contact
Email: acfr@aut.ac.nz