Description

The Financial Markets Research Group at the University of Bristol Business School is hosting an in-person, two-half-day conference (from lunch to lunch) on June 30th to July 1st, 2025. The conference will feature the in-depth presentation and discussion of seven papers on the theme of “Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy”. In addition, we welcome a keynote speech by Lucio Sarno (University of Cambridge) and a panel discussion including industry experts from the industry. 

The list of presenters and titles:

• Diego Bonelli (Bank of Spain): Good Inflation, Bad Inflation: Implications for Risky Asset Prices

• Simon Lloyd (Bank of England):  U.S. Risk and Treasury Convenience

• Vidhan Goyal (HKUST): Longevity Shocks and Corporate Debt Markets

• Carlos Canon (Bank of England): When David becomes Goliath: Why repo market frictions matter

• Alexey Ivashchenko (VU Amsterdam): Credit spreads, daily business cycle, and corporate bond returns predictability

• Daniele Massacci (King’s College): Beyond bilateral flows: indirect connections and exchange rates

• Monia Magnani (Bocconi University): Nonlinear Dynamics in Monetary Policy-Fuelled Stock Market Bubbles

The conference will provide an opportunity for the speakers to showcase their research and interact in person with other researchers around the conference theme. 

The full program can be found here:  

Conference Venue

June 30 2025, 12:00 PM – July 1st 2025, 14:30 PM

Arts Complex, G.HO1, 7 Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1TB.

Dinner Venue

The conference will include two lunches at the conference venue.

And a dinner at the Riverstation (The Grove, Bristol, BS1 4RB) on June 30, 19.00PM.  

Travel and Hotel Information

How to get to the conference venue can be found here.

A list of hotel options is here:

• Hotels near Clifton:

  •  Number 38 Clifton (4 star)

  • Avon Gorge by Hotel du Vin (3 star)

  •  Clifton Hotel (3 star)

  • Victoria Square Hotel (2 star)

• Hotels in City Centre:

  • Clayton Hotel Bristol City (4 star)

  • Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel (4 star)

  • Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel (4 star)

  • Premier Inn Bristol City Centre (Haymarket) hotel (3 star)

  • Travelodge Bristol Central (3 star)

Any further queries or questions, please email business-school-conferences@bristol.ac.uk.  

Scientific Committee

Zhi Da, University of Notre Dame

Frank de Jong, Tilburg University

Victor DeMiguel, London Business School

Amit Goyal, University of Lausanne

Cesare Robotti, Warwick Business School

Dacheng Xiu, University of Chicago

Registration

The registration fee is 100£ and it includes two lunches and a dinner (on July 1).

Please register using the University shop.

Please direct any queries to business-school-conferences@bristol.ac.uk. 

The registration closes on 7 June 2025. 

Organising Committee

(University of Bristol Business School)

Ian Tonks

Manuela Pedio

Miklos Farkas

Enoch Quaye

Information about FMRG Bristol is available here.