Activities (conferences, séminars, meetings...)

Conférence : Doctoral Workshop in Finance and Microfinance (, Namur, 2011)

Doctoral Workshop in Finance and Microfinance

1st December 2011

Organisation Committee : Profs. Christelle Lecourt (CeReFim, FUNDP), Kim Oosterlinck (ULB, SBS-EM, Centre Emile Bernheim), and Ariane Szafarz (ULB, SBS-EM, Centre Emile Bernheim and CERMi)

Location : Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Business Administration;

8 Rempart de la Vierge, B-5000, Namur - 1st floor, Room E3.

Program

14:00- 14:45 Finance: Assessing the Performance of Hedge Funds

Benoît Dewaele (ULB, SBS-EM, Centre Emile Bernheim)

Discussant: Alexandre Girard (CeReFim, FUNDP)

14:45-15:30 Finance: Are Sovereign Wealth Funds' Investments Determined by Macroeconomic Factors?

Malik Kerkour (CeReFim, FUNDP)

Discussant: Marie Montigny (ULB, SBS-EM, Centre Emile Bernheim)

15:30-16:00 Coffee

16:00-16:45 Microfinance: The Over-Indebtedness of Microfinance

Customers - Comparing the Customer Protection and Risk Management Perspectives

Jessica Schicks (ULB, SBS-EM, Centre Emile Bernheim and CERMi)

Discussant: Prof. R. Houssa (CRED, ESL, FUNDP)

16:45-17:30 Microfinance: Promoting Financial Inclusion in Developed

Countries: Microcredit, Microsavings or Both? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Italy.

Timothée Demont (CRED, ESL, FUNDP)

Discussant: Ritha Sukadi (ULB, SBS-EM, Centre Emile Bernheim and CERMi)