Recent Conferences Organisation

1st (2016), 2nd (2017), and 3rd (2020) Monash Business School Macrofinance Workshop (organiser)

2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Monash Business School Workshop on Sustainable Development (plenary panel and/or session organier) hosted by Monash-CDES in Prato (Italy) in June

Reading Group in Banking/Financial Intermediation

I founded and ran a reading group on the topic of banking/financial intermediation, loosely defined (2016-2020). We have met about 3 times a year, typically off teaching weeks, in the Dept. of Banking and Finance, Building H, Room 3.92 @ Caulfield Campus at noon.

With COVID-19 and the advent of online seminars, we transitioned to free ride on the University of Sydney/RBA reading group in banking.

Discussion leaders (2016-2019):

• My Nguyen (RMIT) - Schwert (JF, 2019)

• Daniel Melser (Monash EBS) - Campbell and Cocco (JF 2015)

• Jean Pierre Fenech (Monash BaF) - Avdjiev, Bogdanova, Bolton and Jiang (BIS WP 2017) on CoCos

• Raoul Minetti (MSU) - Minetti and Benton (WP2016)

• Van Vu (NewCastle) - Becker and Ivashina (WP 2016)

• Kym Brown (Monash BaF) - Philippon (AER 2012) and/or Philippon and Resheff (QJE 2015)

• Minh (Viet) Do (Monash BaF) - Berger and Bouwman (RFS, 2009), Bank Liquidity Creation.

• Silvio Contessi (Monash BaF) - Bruno and Shin (REStud, 2015), Global Liquidity.

• Jean Pierre Fenech (Monash BaF) - Adrian and Brunnermeier (AER 2016), CoVar.