For over 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 2011 Conference was hosted by the Sauder School of Busines, University of British Columbia. The conference organizers were Ron Giammarino and Kai Li.
The NFA 2012 Conference will be hosted by Wilfrid Laurier University at Niagara Falls, Ontario. The conference organizers will be Phelim Boyle, Madhu Kalimipalli and Brian Smith.
The NFA 2013 Conference will be hosted by Laval University. The conference organizers will be Stéphane Chrétien, Van Son Lai and Issouf Soumaré.