Fourth Annual Conference


Time and Place

Featured Speakers

Conference Program

Registration and Local Information

Go Back to the Chinese Finance Association's Home Page


Time and Place


                Fourth Annual Conference 
        of the Chinese Finance Association (CFA) 
                   August 16-17, 1997 
   Haas School of Business, University of California
                  Berkeley, California


Featured Speakers

	Mr. Gifford Fong  	President, Gifford Fong & Associates
	Prof. Hayne Leland  	Haas School of Business, University of 
				California at Berkeley
				President, American Finance Association
	Mr. Eric Li 		Principal, Orchard Asia Partners, LLC
	Prof. Ronald McKinnon 	Department of Economics, Stanford University
	Dr. Barr Rosenberg	President, Rosenberg Institutional Equity 
				Management
	Prof. Mark Rubinstein	Haas School of Business, University of 
				California at Berkeley
				Former President, American Finance Association

	Prof. Fu, Feng-Xiang,	Guang Hua Management School, Beijing University
 				General Secretary, China Stock Exchange 
				Executive Council
        			Former Executive Vice Chairman, China Securities
             			Regulatory Commission
 	Prof. Qin, Chi-Jiang	Central University of Finance and Economics
 				Former Director, Institute of Finance and 
				Banking, People's Bank of China

Past CFA speakers include:

	Mr. Huang Da            Vice Chairman, Finance and Economics Committee, 
				National People's Congress
	Prof. Weiping Huang     Director, Pacific Economic Institute at 
				People's University of China
        Prof. Yining Li         Deputy Director,  Legislation Committee of the
			        People's Congress and Dean, Business School of
			        Beijing University
        Mr. Jiashu Luo          Vice General Manager, Bank of China (New York)
	Mr. Jinglian Wu         Senior Research Fellow, Development and Research
				Center of the State Council of China


        Prof. Kenneth Arrow     Nobel Economics Laureate, Stanford University
        Dr. Susumu Awanohara    Advisor, Nikko Securities and Former Bureau
				Chief for Washington, Tokyo, and Singarpore,  
                                Far Eastern Economic Review
        Prof. Michael Boskin    Former Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors to
			        the President of the United States and Senior
				Fellow, Hoover Institution
        Mr. Richard Farrell     Managing Director, Guinness Flight China Fund
	Dr. Chi-Fu Huang	Long Term Capital Management
        Dr. Kevin Kime          Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank
				of New York 
	Mr. Mark Kritzman 	Founding partner, Windham Capital Management 
	Dr. Joe Langsam		Principal and Head of the Fixed Income
				Research, Morgan Stanley
	Prof. Merton H. Miller	Nobel Economics Laureate, University of Chicago
	Prof. Franco Modigliani	Nobel Economics Laureate, MIT
	Dr. Yan Wang		Economist, World Bank
        Mr. Shengman Zhang      Vice President, The World Bank


Conference Program



 		 $******************************************$
 		  CONFERENCE PROGRAM (as of July 28, 1997)
 		 $******************************************$

 	The Chinese Finance Association (TCFA) Fourth Annual Conference
 			 August 16-17, 1997
 	 Haas School of Business, University of California
 			 Berkeley, California
 
  August 16 (Saturday)
 
  Morning:
 
         8:00 - 9:00     Registration
         9:00 - 9:30     Welcoming remarks
                         	   Bo LI, TCFA President
 
         9:30 - 12:00    Academic speakers
                         (Chair: Yanfang YAN, TCFA Director)
 
 	9:30 - 10:30
                         Professor Ronald McKinnon
                         Department of Economics, Stanford University
                         "The Overborrowing Syndrome: Are East Asian
                         Economies Different?"
 
 	10:45 - 11:45
                         Professor Mark Rubinstein
                         Haas School of Business, University of California
                         Former President, American Finance Association
                         "Recovering Probabilities from Option Prices"
 
  Luncheon:
 
         12:00 - 1:30
 		 	 Keynote Speaker: Professor Hayne Leland
                         Haas School of Business, University of California
                         President, American Finance Association
                         "Measuring Investment Performance:  Beyond
                         Mean-Variance"
                         (Introduced by Hong YAN, TCFA Chairman)
 
  
 Afternoon:
 
         2:00 - 4:30     Industry speakers
                         (Chair: Dongwei SU, TCFA Director)
 
                         Dr. Barr Rosenberg
                         President, Barr Rosenberg Investment Management
                         "The Impact of Business Competition and Financial
 			Disclosure upon Common Stock Investment"
 
                         Mr. Gifford Fong
                         President, Gifford Fong Associates
                         "Perspectives in Fixed Income Analysis"
 
                         Mr. Eric Li
                         Principal, Orchid Holdings, LP
                         "Private Equity Investment in China"
 
 
  Dinner:
 
         6:00     Views from China
                   (Chair: Guojun WU, TCFA President-elect)
 
 		  Professor Fu, Feng-Xiang
 		  Guang Hua Management School, Beijing University
 		  General Secretary, China Stock Exchange Executive Council
                  Former Executive Vice Chairman, China Securities
                  Regulatory Commission
 		  
                  Professor Qin, Chi-Jiang
 		  Central University of Finance and Economics
 		  Former Director, Institute of Finance and Banking, POBC
 
 
  ***********************************
  August 17 (Sunday)

  Morning:
 
         8:30 - 12:00    Paper presentation session
                         (Chair: Changneng XUAN, TCFA Director)
 
 			1. Fan, Hua, "Debt Valuation, Strategic Debt
 			   Service and Optimal Dividend Policy"  
 			   Columbia University
 
                         2. Ju, Nengjiu, "Fourier Transformation, 
 			   Martingale, and the Pricing of Average-Rate
 			   Derivatives"  
 			   University of California at Berkeley.
 
                         3. Wu, Guojun, "Determinants of Asymmetric
 			   Volatility"
 			   Stanford University
 
                         4. Zhou, Chunsheng, "Comovements in Stock and Bond
 			   Markets"
                            Federal Reserve Board.
 
 
  Afternoon:
 
         1:30 - 2:30     Member's Forum
                         (Chair: Jun QIAN, TCFA Director)
 
         2:30 - 4:00     Organizational matters and elections,
                         Concluding Remarks and board report
                         (Chair: Hong YAN, TCFA Chairman)
 
 $***************************************
 
 The Chinese Finance Association gratefully acknowledges the following
 sponsors for our fourth annual conference:
 
         Ford Foundation                 Haas School of Business
         Orchid Holdings, LP		Robertson Stephens & Company
         Gifford Fong Associates        	Nikko Securities
         Jun Qian, Esq.
 


Registration and Local Information


****** Registration Fees ******

Before August 5, 1997

Members:                        Non-members

students/non-students           students/non-students
$25/$45                         $45/$65

After August 5, 1997

Members:                        Non-members

students/non-students           students/non-students
$45/$65                         $65/$85

Send your check to either of the following two addresses.  Please Make your
Check payable to 'The Chinese Finance Association':

Chi Su
Fulton Hall, Finance Department
Boston College, Chestnut Hill
MA 02167

Yanfang Yan
Fulton Hall, Finance Department
Boston College, Chestnut Hill
MA 02167

Questions? Contact:
Chi SU:  617-552-2033 (O), suc@bc.edu
Yanfang Yan: 617-552-2024 (O), yany@fmrisc.bc.edu


****** Local Hotels ******

Hotel Durant
2600 Durant Ave. (One block to campus, two blocks to Haas School of Business)
(800) 2-durant, (510) 845-8981
(Direct shuttle service $10-12 between Durant and SF Airport/Oakland Airport)
Rates: $129/single, $139/double

Beau Sky Hotel
2520 Durant Ave. (One block to campus, three blocks to Haas)
(510)540-7688
(Small, newly renovated hotel) Half-block to Hotel Durant, so same airport
transportation applies.
Rates: $80/single, $90/double

Because the weekend of conference is also the weekend before the school
starts at Berkeley, so hotels are filling up quickly. You are encouraged 
to make your arrangements ASAP. 

Berkeley Marina Marriott (***)
200 Marina Blvd.
(510)548-7920, (800)243-0625
Rates: $99+

Claremont Resort, Spa & Tennis Club (****)
41 Tunnel Road (near Ashby)
(510)843-3000
Rates: $175+