Darla Moore School of Business · University of South Carolina
October 30–31, 2026 · Columbia, South CarolinaSC
1.5 days · 8 sessions in 2 parallel tracks · 20 papers · keynote by Uday Rajan
The Fixed Income and Financial Institutions (FIFI) Conference brings together researchers working on fixed income markets and financial intermediation. The conference is hosted annually by the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.
Keynote speaker
David B. Hermelin Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Finance, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
| 7:45 AM | Breakfast & registration |
| 9:30 AM | Opening remarks |
| 10:00 AM | Parallel sessions |
| 12:30 PM | Keynote speech & lunch |
| 2:30 PM | Parallel sessions |
| 5:15 PM | Reception |
| 7:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM | Parallel sessions |
| 10:00 AM | Break |
| 10:30 AM | Parallel sessions |
Session chair · Hugh Hoikwang Kim
Discussant · Stefan Lewellen, Pennsylvania State University
Discussant · Jinyuan Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles
Discussant · Maddalena Ronchi, Northwestern University
Session chair · Eric Powers
Discussant · Manav Chaudhary, London School of Economics
Discussant · Or Shachar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Discussant · Varun Sharma, Indiana University
Session chair · Sergey Tsyplakov
Discussant · Sharjil Haque, Federal Reserve Board
Discussant · Samuel Rosen, Temple University
Discussant · Philippe van der Beck, Harvard University
Session chair · Konstantin von Beringe
Discussant · James Vickery, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Discussant · Chotibhak (Pab) Jotikasthira, Southern Methodist University
Session chair · Wendi Du
Discussant · John Hackney, University of Arkansas
Discussant · Matteo Binfarè, University of Missouri
Session chair · Madeline Scanlon
Discussant · Vladimir Mukharlyamov, DePaul University
Discussant · Francesco Beraldi, Duke University
Session chair · Aaron Mora
Discussant · Filippo Cavaleri, University of Toronto
Discussant · Xu Lu, University of Washington
Registration is handled through Eventbrite. On the Eventbrite page, click the “Get tickets” button and complete the form with your attendance information.
A room block is held at the Courtyard Columbia Downtown at USC, 630 Assembly Street, a 5-minute walk from the Darla Moore School of Business, the conference venue.
The nearest airport is Columbia Metropolitan (CAE), about a 15-minute drive from the conference venue.
Submissions for the 2026 conference closed on June 30, 2026. Authors were notified in August 2026.
The Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina, with generous sponsorship from H. Montague (Monty) Osteen, will host the 15th Fixed Income and Financial Institutions (FIFI) Conference on October 30–31, 2026 (Friday–Saturday), at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. The Center for Financial Institutions (CFI) at the Darla Moore School organizes this annual event to promote cutting-edge research and education on financial institutions and related topics.
The conference aims to bring together researchers to foster dialogue on important issues related to fixed income and financial institutions. We broadly define financial institutions, and we welcome research on topics including fixed income, commercial and investment banks, asset management and mutual fund companies, short sellers, hedge funds, broker-dealers, insurance companies, and more.