3rd Financial Fraud, Misconduct and Market Manipulation Conference 2026
Thursday 10 September 2026, 9:00am to Friday 11 September 2026, 4:00pm
Venue
LUMS Lecture Theatre 1, Lancaster, , LA1 4YX - View MapOpen to
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Ticket Price
Participation Fee: PhD Student Registration £150 Academic registration £250 Practitioner registration £500 Additional Conference Dinner for non-attendees (guests) £65.Event Details
The Centre for Financial Econometrics, Asset Markets and Macroeconomic Policy (EMP) at Lancaster University Management School invites researchers and practitioners to submit their papers in the field related to financial fraud, misconduct, and market manipulation.
The conference aims to gather diverse array of perspectives and insights and seeks theoretical and empirical submissions on a variety of topics, including but not limited to:
- Theoretical and empirical analysis of financial fraud
- Case studies of recent instances of market misconduct
- Insider trading
- Implication of financial fraud/market manipulation for market efficiency, stability, and asset pricing
- Market manipulation at a high-frequency (intraday) level
- Fraudulent activities and cryptocurrency markets
- Social networks, fake news, and their effect on financial markets
- Money laundering and banking
- Conflicts of interest and their implications for various stake holders and financial markets
- Hedge funds/mutual funds and their involvement in market misconduct
- Statistical/machine learning methods for fraud detection
- Cyber security and cyber risk management
- Regulatory response to financial misconduct
- Unintended consequences of policies and regulations
We invite complete research papers to be submitted for the main conference presentation, while extended abstracts and early drafts can be considered for a poster session. Please, indicate upon submission if you would like the contribution to be considered for the main conference or the poster session.
Closing Date for Paper Submission: 1st May 2026
Papers (PDF) should be uploaded electronically via Google Forms. Please include all requested contact information for all authors. The conference is in-person and held at Lancaster University. No online sessions are offered.
Download our Call for Papers FFMM2026
The conference is 100% in-person at Lancaster University without online sessions.
For more information, please visit the FFMM Conference website
Organising Committee
Olga Kolokolova, Ingmar Nolte, Sandra Nolte, Grzegorz Pawlina, Igor Goncharov, Teresa Aldren
Speaker
University of Sussex and Research Counsel at the E
Carol is a world-leading expert in crypto-asset markets, derivatives, financial risk management, and decentralized finance. She is Professor of Finance at the University of Sussex Business School and a Research Council Member at the Exponential Science Foundation. Renowned for bridging academia and industry, Carol is also the creator of the “Professor Carol Alexander” YouTube channel, where she explores the impact of generative AI on finance, education, and society.
Contact Details
| Name | Teresa Brigitte Aldren |
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