SUBMISSION DEADLINE: February 15, 2026

The University of Alicante is proud to host the 33rd Finance Forum, the Annual Meeting of the Spanish Finance Association (AEFIN), which will take place on July 9-10, 2026.

We are honored to announce Professor William Fuchs (The University of Texas at Austin) and Professor Daniel Paravisini (London School of Economics) as the keynote speakers.

The Finance Forum will also feature a PhD Mentoring Day to be held on the 8th of July (the day before the conference) where PhD students will present their research and receive feedback from top specialists in their fields.

PhD students can submit to both the Finance Forum and the PhD Mentoring Day. AEFIN will provide scholarships for the papers presented at the PhD Mentoring Day by covering the registration fee to the Finance Forum plus the accommodation.

The Finance Forum and the PhD Mentoring Day invite submissions in all areas of Financial Economics research, such as (but not limited to): Asset Pricing, Corporate Finance, Banking, Portfolio Choice and Asset Management, Microstructure, Regulation, Financial Stability and Macrofinance.

Important dates:

• Paper Submission Deadline: February 15, 2026
• Paper Acceptance Decision: March 30, 2026
• Early Registration: April 1 – April 30, 2026
• Late Registration: May 1 – June 30, 2026
• PhD Mentoring Day: July 8, 2026
• Finance Forum: July 9 – 10, 2026

 Submission Procedure

Submission will be done through Conference Maker-33rd Finance Forum.

You can submit your paper/s to both the Finance Forum and to the PhD Mentoring Day (with a specific track) through the following link before the deadline of 15th of February 2026:

Paper Submission

Authors will be notified of the acceptance decision by March 30, 2026.

Paper Submission Payment: 

There is a single 50€ fee per paper submitted to the Finance Forum. No papers will be processed without the payment. Submitting more than one paper implies payment for each paper.

Submissions to the PhD Mentoring Day and single author papers submitted by PhD students to the 33rd Finance Forum are exempt from submission fees. To apply this exemption it is necessary to send a PhD certificate to email.

To the submission payment, please fill out the following form

Submission Form

It is necessary to first access the link, register on the platform, and then fill in the required fields to complete the payment by credit card.

AWARDS

The following awards will be granted at the Conference:

• AEFIN Award to the Best paper of the Finance Forum

• BME Award to the best paper on Stock Markets

• BME Award to the best paper on Fixed Income

• BME Award to the best paper on Derivatives

• CNMV Award to the best paper on Regulation

• INVERCO Award to the best paper on Asset Management

• SANFI Award to the Best paper on Banking