Keynote Addresses

Southern Finance Association’s 65th annual meeting
Orlando, FL – November 2025

“Information in Financial Markets and Its Real Effects” Itay Goldstein, distinguished scholar and the Joel S. Ehrenkranz Family Professor and a Professor of Finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, presents his research while giving the keynote address at the Southern Finance Association’s 65th annual meeting in Orlando, FL. November 2025.

Southwestern Finance Association’s 64th annual meeting

San Antonio, TX – February 2025

“Political Connections and Government Contracting”
Distinguished Guest Speaker: Douglas Cumming shares “Political Connections and Government Contracting” at the 64th annual meeting of the Southwestern Finance Association in San Antonio, TX. (February 14, 2025)

Southwestern Finance Association’s 63rd annual meeting
Las Vegas, NV – February 2024

“Some things I have learned, and some things I am still figuring out”
Distinguished professor Matthew Serfling, an associate professor of finance at the University of Tennessee and an associate editor at Financial Management and The Journal of Financial Research, presents, “Some things I have learned, and some things I am still figuring out,” during the business meeting and lunch of the Southwestern Finance Association’s 63rd annual meeting in Las Vegas, NV. (February 2024)

“Climate Change: Are Both Sides Wrong”
Ivo Welch, distinguished professor of finance, the J. Fred Weston Chair in Finance at UCLA Anderson, and widely regarded as one of the more influential economists of his generation, gives the keynote address at the Southwestern Finance Association’s 63rd annual meeting in Las Vegas, NV. (February 2024)