2nd Financial Fraud, Misconduct and Market Manipulation Conference

Thursday 11 September 2025, 9:00am to Friday 12 September 2025, 5:00pm

Venue

LUMS Lecture Theatre 1, Lancaster, , LA1 4YX - View Map

Open to

Alumni, External Organisations, Postgraduates, Public, Staff

Registration

Cost to attend - booking required

Registration Info

Registration opens soon.

Participation Fee:

 

  • PhD Student Registration £150
  • Academic registration £250
  • Practitioner registration £500
  • Additional Conference Dinner for non-attendees (guests) £65.

Ticket Price

PhD Student Registration £150 Academic registration £250 Practitioner registration £500 Additional Conference Dinner for non-attendees (guests) £65.

Event Details

Conference on the topic of Financial Fraud, Misconduct and Market Manipulation.

The Centre for Financial Econometrics, Asset Markets and Macroeconomic Policy (EMP) at Lancaster University Management School invites researchers and practitioners to submit their papers in the field related to financial fraud, misconduct, and market manipulation. The conference aims to gather diverse array of perspectives and insights and seeks theoretical and empirical submissions on a variety of topics, including but not limited to:

  • Theoretical and empirical analysis of financial fraud
  • Case studies of recent instances of market misconduct
  • Insider trading
  • Implication of financial fraud/market manipulation for market efficiency, stability, and asset pricing
  • Market manipulation at a high-frequency (intraday) level
  • Fraudulent activities and crypto currency markets
  • Social networks, fake news, and their effect on financial markets
  • Money laundering and banking
  • Conflicts of interests and their implications for various stake holders and financial markets
  • Hedge funds/Mutual funds and their involvement in market misconduct
  • Statistical/ Machine Learning methods for fraud detection
  • Cyber security and cyber risk management
  • Regulatory response to financial misconduct
  • Unintended consequences of policies and regulations

We invite complete research papers to be submitted for the main conference presentation, while extended abstracts and early drafts can be considered for a poster session. Please, indicate upon submission if you would like the contribution to be considered for the main conference or the poster session.

Closing Date for Paper Submission: 1st May 2025

Papers (PDF) should be uploaded electronically via Google Forms. Please include all requested contact information for all authors.

The conference is in-person only and held at Lancaster University. No online sessions are offered.

Download our Call for Papers

Organising Committee

Olga Kolokolova, Igor Goncharov, Ingmar Nolte, Sandra Nolte, Grzegorz Pawlina, Teresa Aldren

Speaker

Jonathan M. Karpoff

University of Washington

Jon’s research seeks insight into puzzles and problems from many many walks of life, from salmon fisheries to corporate misconduct to polar exploration. Recent studies (here and here) find that Jon’s research impact ranks in the top 1% of all scientists worldwide. Jon also loves teaching and learning from students, and at the Foster School’s Executive MBA and PhD programs, he has received 15 teaching and mentorship awards since 2013.

Contact Details

Name Teresa Aldren
Email

t.aldren@lancaster.ac.uk

Website

https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/ffmm2025/

Directions to LUMS Lecture Theatre 1

This venue is accessible via the LUMS B Floor corridor.