Summer Conference 2025

18
Jul
The FTG Summer Conference will be held at UCL School of Management (Google Map) in Canary Wharf, London, on July 18–19, 2025.
Jean-Charles Rochet will deliver a keynote lecture entitled “Micro-Founded Macro-Finance”.
The conference will begin with lunch on July 18 and conclude around 4:30 p.m. on July 19, allowing participants to catch evening flights. London City airport is only a 15 minute cab drive away and Heathrow and Gatwick can be reached with public transport in about 50 minutes. Following FTG tradition, we will organize small-group dinners on Friday evening.
Accommodation:
There are numerous hotels in the area, including London Marriott Hotel Canary Wharf, Hilton London Canary Wharf, TRIBE London Canary Wharf, and Novotel London Canary Wharf, etc.
Organizers: Alex Gorbenko, Fred Malherbe, Ming Yang, Ji Hee Yoon, Yue Yuan

Papers
How to model bank competition: the case for Cournot
Who should pay for ESG ratings?
Sustainable Investing and Market Governance
Exploitation Payoffs and Incentives for Exploration
A Theory of Shareholder Class Actions
A Unifying Theory of Blockholder Ownership and Corporate Policies
Market Choice in Asset Trading: The Role of Collateral
Moral hazard and the quest for linear contracts
AI Coordination and Self-fulfilling Financial Crises
Liquidity in the Cross Section of OTC Assets

From: July 18, 2025
To: July 19, 2025

University College London