Annual Financial Markets and Liquidity Conference - Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem

The Institute of Finance at Corvinus University of Budapest; the Game Theory Research Group, ELTE Centre for Economic and Regional Studies; the Department of Finance at ESSEC Business School; and the Faculty of Economics at Eötvös Loránd University invite you to the 17th Annual Financial Markets and Liquidity (AFML) Conference, to be held on 2nd–4th December 2026 at the Gellért Campus of Corvinus University of Budapest (Mányoki út 9, 1118 Budapest). 

Please note: this year the conference takes place at our Gellért Campus on the Buda side, not at the university’s Main Building at Fővám tér.

Semyon Malamud Swiss Finance Institute Senior Chair Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

We are honored to have at the conferences the following distinguished and invited speakers:

The 17th edition of the Annual Financial Markets and Liquidity (AFML) Conference aims to unite academics and practitioners to discuss cutting-edge research in financial markets, the broad field of liquidity, and its societal implications. The conference welcomes papers on all general finance topics, such as Corporate finance; Investments; Banking; Asset Pricing; Mathematical Finance; Systemic Risk; Regulations; ESG Investments and Sustainability; Climate Finance; Household Finance; AI and Machine Learning; and Game Theoretic Aspects of Financial Markets. The conference also welcomes submissions on liquidity-focused topics, such as Market and Funding Liquidity; Global Liquidity (both Public and Private); Leverage and Macroeconomic Determinants; Market Microstructure; Illiquid Alternative Investments; and Asset Innovations.

The 17th AFML Conference will be held at the Gellért Campus of Corvinus University of Budapest: Mányoki út 9, 1118 Budapest, Hungary