Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester , Manchester, June 7-9 2026
5th CINSC/2026 INFINITI
Conference on INternational Sustainable and Climate Finance/ INternational FINancial Integration
Future Finance and Economics Association and Manchester University
FFEA and the University of Manchester invite you to submit papers for the 5th CINSC/2026 INFINITI Conference.
Papers, abstracts and workshop proposals are now open at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=infiniti2026
Submissions will be taken until March 17 2026.
Registration closes May 10 2026
Theme
We invite scholarly papers and workshop proposals across the broad fields of International Finance, Economics, and Accounting. We seek to provide a platform for rigorous research into financial globalisation, international financial integration, and corporate accountability.
While we welcome submissions on all core topics within these disciplines, we have a particular interest in their interactions with Climate and Green Finance. We encourage papers that examine how traditional financial mechanisms, economic policies, and accounting frameworks can be leveraged to aid the sustainable growth of economies and organisations. We highly welcome research that explores the overlaps, interstices, conflicts, and concordances between these established fields and the emerging green transition."
Suggested Themes and Areas
- International Capital Markets: Asset pricing, market microstructure, and liquidity in a globalized context.
- Banking and Financial Intermediation: Cross-border lending, systemic risk, and financial stability.
- Corporate Finance: Capital structure, M&A, and governance in multinational enterprises.
- Financial Integration: The evolution of global financial cycles and the impact of financial globalisation.
- International Macroeconomics: Exchange rate dynamics, trade imbalances, and the political economy of international finance.
- Financial Econometrics: Advanced modelling of market volatility and international transmission of shocks.
- Global Accounting Standards: The role of IFRS and GAAP in promoting transparency and reducing information asymmetry in global markets.
- Forensic Accounting & Taxation: Issues in international tax competition, transfer pricing, and corporate transparency.The Transition to Green Finance: How traditional financial instruments (debt, equity, derivatives) are evolving to address climate risk.
- Economic Policy for Sustainable Growth: The impact of carbon pricing and green subsidies on macroeconomic stability.
- Sustainability Accounting & Audit: Integrating environmental impacts into corporate reporting and the challenges of non-financial assurance.
- Financing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The role of private and public capital in achieving global development targets.
The "Interstices" & Interdisciplinary Focus
We are especially interested in papers that do not sit neatly in one silo, but rather address:
- Conflicts: Where green mandates may conflict with traditional financial performance or economic growth.
- Concordances: Where rigorous accounting standards improve the efficiency of green capital allocation.
- Overlaps: How international economic policy shapes the financial incentives for corporate sustainability.
Timeline
Papers and extended abstracts, as well as proposals for workshops and panel discussions, should be submitted by 10 March 2025. Submissions and Registrations will open in early 2025
About the Conference
Conference Logistics
- Conference sessions will take place at Alliance Manchester Business School
- The conference will be in person only.
- Sessions typically last for 90m, and contain one workshop/roundtable or three papers with discussants.
- Authors of accepted papers will be required to also act as discussants.
- We do not issue visa letters or letters of support. We do issue letters of acceptance of papers or proposals which should act for this.
- Conference fees are all inclusive of meals and supporting documentation
Conference attendance fee is likely to be in the region of £400-500.
Inquiries
Local Organization
Professor Stuart Hyde
Keynote Speaker: Michael Pagano, Villanova University
Pagano is the Robert J. and Mary Ellen Darretta Endowed Chair in Finance at Villanova University, where he has received awards for both teaching excellence and academic scholarship, including the University-wide Outstanding Faculty Research Award. He currently serves as the Co-Editor of The Financial Review and his research focuses on financial markets, financial institutions, risk management, and valuation. Dr. Pagano has published over 50 academic articles and two books: Managing Financial Institutions: An Integrated Valuation Approach and Liquidity, Markets, and Trading: An Interdisciplinary Approach.
Prof. Pagano is also involved with various professional organizations such as the Board of Trustees of the ETF Architect Series Trust. He has also served as a member of the Board of Directors at Citadel Credit Union and Finra’s Market Regulation Committee. In addition to financial consulting work he has performed in recent years, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) designation. Further, he has prior experience both in private banking activities at Citibank and in investment valuation analysis at a financial information firm, International Capital Markets Corp., as well as managerial experience at Reuters PLC. Professor Pagano has also been interviewed by various media sources such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, Associated Press, CNBC, and Bloomberg TV.
