International Presence

The Association’s first official activity and public presentation took place abroad, through its participation in an international scholarly conference. Since then, the Association has sought to ensure a continued presence for the Greek research community in international forums on finance and accounting.

EFMA — London, 26–29 June 2002

The Association took part in the conference of the European Financial Management Association (EFMA), held in London on 26–29 June 2002, with a special session entitled “Greek Contemporary Issues”. The session comprised two parts:

• (a) a round-table discussion on the topical subject of corporate governance, whose main participants were the chairmen of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission and of the Athens Stock Exchange;
• (b) the presentation of selected research studies on the Greek capital market.

Multinational Finance Society — Istanbul, 3–8 July 2004

The Association also took part in the 11th Annual Conference of the Multinational Finance Society, held in Istanbul on 3–8 July 2004. Its participation comprised two activities.

Joint Greek–Turkish presentation

A joint presentation by representatives from Greece and Turkey on “Integration of Financial Markets”, with the participation of:

• Halil Sarıaslan, Capital Markets Board of Turkey
• Osman Birsen, Istanbul Stock Exchange
• Erdem Başçı, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
• Panagiotis Alexakis, Athens Stock Exchange
• Stavros Thomadakis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Hellenic Capital Market Commission

The session was moderated by Bülent Gültekin (University of Pennsylvania).

Presentations by H.F.A.A. members

Members of the Association presented selected research papers in sessions on:

• “Corporate Governance in Greece”
• “Empirical Research on Valuation Issues in Greece”