Q Group Seminars

Date

Topic

Speaker

13^th April

Volatility Cones

Ian O'Conner

26^th May

The Pricing of Events Using Attributes

Andre Gygax

28^th July

Genetic Algorithm Optimisation in Finance and Investment (Papers 1 & 2)

Rob Pereira, County Investment Management

8^th September

Monash University Honours Prize Presentation:
Arbitrage Pricing Model: An Examination of its Empirical Applicability on the ASX

Adeline Chan

8^th September

Monash University Honours Prize Presentation:
The Pricing of Currency Risk in the Australian Equity Market

Lawrence Goh

8^th September

Monash University Honours Prize Presentation:
Market Reaction of Australian Share Buybacks

Riccardo Troiano (winner of $200 Q Group prize)

18^th October

Market Valuation of Tax-Timing Options: Evidence from Capital Gains Distributions

Prof Jeffrey Pontiff, Department of Finance, University of Washington

6^th December

Asset Allocation in a Demon-Haunted World

Kim Sawyer