European Financial Management Association
2010 Annual Meetings
June 23-26, 2010
Aarhus, Denmark
GARP 2010
RISK MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AWARDS
Announcing the “GARP Risk Management Research Award”
2009 Call for Papers
The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) is pleased to announce the GARP
Risk Management Research Award which will be announced at the annual meetings of
European Financial Management Association (EFMA) every year to an outstanding
paper in the field of financial risk management. The GARP Risk Management Research
Award will recognize the paper that has the most potential to advance our understanding
of financial risk management. The best paper will present innovative approaches for
solving complex risk-related problems in financial markets as well as opening new areas
of inquiry about fundamental risk-related issues. The winner(s) of the GARP Risk
Management Research Award will be selected by the GARP Award Review Committee
and will share the US $2,500 cash prize.
We invite all papers from the broad field of risk management including but not limited to
the following areas:
• Market risk
• Credit risk
• Interest rate risk
• Capital adequacy
• Operational risk
• Enterprise risk
• Regulatory and compliance issues
• Valuation and pricing methods for financial products
• Modeling risk factors
• Other topics related to financial risk management
Awarded authors will be invited to publish the basic findings of their work in the bimonthly
GARP Risk Review and to present their paper at a GARP event or chapter
meeting. The awarded papers will also appear in the SSRN Financial Economics
Network (FEN) GARP Risk Management Abstracts and GARP’s Research Paper Series.
Award winners will retain the property rights over the papers.
GARP Award Review Committee
Kenneth Abbott, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, New York
Aaron Brown, Chief Risk Officer, AQR Capital Management
Prof. George Constantinides, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
Dr. Chris Donohue, Research Center, Global Association of Risk Professionals
Dr. Rudi De Koker, Risk Analytics, the Royal Bank of Scotland
Prof. Salih Neftci, Global Finance Program, the New School, New York
Prof. Anthony Saunders, Stern School of Business, New York University
Prof. Turan Bali, Zicklin School of Business Baruch College, CUNY
Application Procedure and Deadlines
A Letter of Intent and the completed paper must be submitted by January 15, 2010 to
EFMA-2010 and Dr. Recep Bildik via email (Recep.Bildik@garp.com).
About GARP
The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) is a not-for-profit independent
association of over 67,000 risk management practitioners and researchers representing
banks, investment management firms, government agencies, academic institutions, and
corporations from more than 167 countries worldwide. It also administers the Financial
Risk Manager (FRM©), the world’s premier certification for the financial risk professional.
GARP’s mission is to be the leading professional association for risk managers,
managed by and for its members dedicated to the advancement of the risk profession
through education, training and the promotion of best practices globally. www.garp.org
The recently-launched GARP Research Center serves as the driving force for
practitioner-oriented research by illuminating future trends and opportunities, supporting
and conducting research, and sharing these activities with the risk management
community. The Research Center aims to be a recognized bridge between academic
research and practitioner use.
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