For almost 20 years, the Northern Finance Association has provided an annual forum at which finance academics, professionals, and PhD students from throughout North America and around the world gather to hear and present the latest research in all areas of finance. These areas include: asset pricing, arbitrage, behavioral finance, corporate finance, corporate governance, derivatives, emerging markets, financial development, financial institutions, finance theory, financial regulation, international finance, market efficiency, market microstructure, mathematical finance, real estate finance, and other papers of general interest.

The annual conference of the Northern Finance Association is held in September or October of each year in Canada.

The NFA 2007 Conference was graciously hosted by the Gordon Roberts and Pauline Shum and the Schulich School of Business, York University.

The NFA 2008 Conference will be hosted by the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.

The NFA 2009 Conference will be at Niagara-on-the-lake (Near Niagara Falls) at the Queen's Landing Hotel. It will be hosted by the Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario. The conference co-organizers are Steve Foerster and Stephen Sapp. It will run from Friday September 25 to Sunday September 27, 2009.