Emerging Trends in Banking and Finance, Special Issue Dedicated to the International Conference on Banking and Finance London 2016

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to the International Conference on Banking and Finance in London, 2016, which is proudly hosted by School of Business, London South Bank University and co-hosted by Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University and Guildhall Faculty of Business and Law, London Metropolitan University. The Conference aims to provide a platform for academics, research students, policy makers and practitioners to present and discuss major critical banking and finance challenges and issues. Both theoretical and empirical papers are encouraged in areas that include, but are not limited to:

• Asset Pricing
• Bank Lending
• Bank Management
• Behavioural Finance
• Contemporary issues in Banking
• Corporate Finance
• Derivatives
• Efficiency and productivity analysis
• Financial Economics
• Financial Econometrics
• Financial Integration
• Financial Markets
• Financial Modeling and Forecasting
• Financial Policy and Regulation
• Islamic Banking
• Mergers and Acquisition
• Online/digital banking and online security
• Personal Finance
• Portfolio Management
• Risk Management

This Special Issue will select for publication a broad range of quality papers presented at the Conference provided that they are further enhanced with new material. In addition, public submissions are also welcome. All papers will go through the journal's standard peer-review process.

Dr. Zhibin Lin
Dr. Ling Xiao
Dr. Nirmala Lee
Dr. Chi Keung Lau
Dr. Satish Sharma
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Financial Studies is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.