About FIRN

FIRN is directed towards innovation in the integrity and efficiency of Australia's financial system. It addresses pressing problems and threats associated with this key component of Australia's infrastructure.

FIRN brings together a multi-disciplinary network involving 15 Australian universities, featuring internationally renowned academics in a unique collaborative research effort which spans the conventional disciplinary boundaries of:

  • Accounting and Auditing
  • Actuarial Science
  • Applied Statistics
  • Computational Methods
  • Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Econometrics
  • Financial Economics
  • Financial Mathematics
  • Funds Management
  • Market Microstructure
  • Stochastic Analysis

In order to give focus and coherence to the network these discipline groups have been put together in the three nodes of:

  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Markets
  • Financial and Insurance Risk Management

FIRN is supported by SIRCA's world-class financial research infrastructure and industry network. It will deliver a range of innovative research and applied outcomes. FIRN will achieve its larger aims by pursuing the following research and industry/end user initiatives:

  • A collaborative research programme into theoretical and applied issues related to financial markets, instruments and applications to relevant end users.
  • A national and international distinguished visitor programme.
  • A regional seminar and conference programme with a multi-disciplinary focus.
  • Securing industry support to fund scholarships, industry/academic exchanges and postdoctoral appointments.
  • A young researcher development program.
  • Creating a distinguished lecture programme with regular public forums hosted by network participants as well as invited international speakers.
  • Development of a range of online resources for academic and practitioner end-users.
  • Cultivate industry sponsors for application oriented aspects of the Network's research.
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