The Darden School of Business, State Street Global Markets and the Saw Centre for Financial Studies at National University of Singapore Business School,
 in partnership with the
Research Foundation of CFA Institute, the International
Monetary Fund
and World Bank, are pleased to announce their eighth annual conference:

Major Players in Emerging Markets:
The Role of Investors, Borrowers, Governments, and Non-Governmental Organizations


Singapore Event:
May 8, 2009
Shangri-La Hotel
Singapore

Conference attendance is open to invited guests only. 

Registration is closed for this event.

 

The 8th Darden International Finance Conference - Singapore Event will be hosted by the Saw Centre for Financial Studies at the NUS Business School at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore. 

Program

The program is a combination of papers and speakers. The detailed program can be found at Singapore Event Program.

Attendance

Attendance is limited to invited guests and presenters only.  If you have not received and invitation and are interested in participating, please contact Elizabeth Hupert at huperte@darden.virginia.edu

Lodging

Hotel reservations for unsponsored attendees can be made at (please reference "Darden Conference"):

Shangri-La Hotel

22 Orange Grove Road
258350
Singapore
Tel: (65) 6737 3644
Fax: (65) 6737 3257

To reserve your room, please contact Reservations Specialist, Siti Johan at siti.johan@shangri-la.com.

Set in luxuriant tropical gardens near the renowned Orchard Road shopping and business district, the Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore offers discerning travelers legendary Shangri-La hospitality in a tranquil resort setting.

S$330.00 per night single     S$350.00 per night double

Meals

 All meals noted on the conference agenda are included with registration.

 

We will entertain a wide range of topics for this conference, sessions will include:

¨       Sovereign Wealth Funds

¨      Governments and Banks - Regulation of Banking

¨       Effective Strategies Under Current Market Conditions

     
Keynote speaker:   Kishore Mahbubani - Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Program Committee:

 

Yiorgos Allayannis (Darden), Thomas Chevrier (State Street), Asli Demirguc-Kunt (World Bank), Mihir Desai (Harvard), Jessica Donohue (State Street), Alexander Dyck (Toronto), Vihang Errunza (McGill), Richard Evans (Darden), Mara Faccio (Purdue), Kristin Forbes (MIT), John Griffin (Texas), Allaudeen Hameed (National University of Singapore), Andrew Karolyi (Ohio State), Rafael La Porta (Dartmouth), Christian Leuz (Chicago), Wei Li (Darden), Karl Lins (Utah), Christian Lundblad (North Carolina), Peter Rodriguez (Darden), Michael Schill (Darden), Sergio Schmukler (World Bank), Rodney Sullivan (CFA Institute), Frank Warnock (Darden), Takeshi Yamada (National University of Singapore).

Questions? Contact Elizabeth Hupert at huperte@darden.virginia.edu or 1.434.924.4835.


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