2026 Consortium on Asset Management 

Monday, 23rd March 2026
Madrid, Spain

The Consortium venue will be CUNEF Universidad, Almansa Campus, Calle de Almansa, 101, 28040 Madrid.

This Consortium is designed for European finance faculty who are currently working on research in asset management and related topics. Priority will be given to researchers who have received their doctorates within the last five years.

The consortium will be focused, with 6 high-quality papers, discussants, and a limited number of other researchers. Distinguished members of the finance profession, and practitioners, will provide feedback to presenters and discuss issues in asset management as well as aspects of academic publishing and career development.

The theme for this year’s workshop will be Asset Management. We particularly encourage papers within this theme that focus on: corporate governance and voting, financial market history, traditional and alternative asset classes, mutual funds, hedge funds, and responsible investing.

The consortium will be held as an in-person event. Applicants must be able to travel to Madrid, Spain, for the Consortium.

Depending on your country of residence/citizenship you may need to apply for authorization to travel to Spain. Please check with your local embassy for the most up to date information.

Consortium Goals

• Present high-quality new and unpublished research
• Bring together younger scholars working in asset management and related topics and help them benefit from engaging with each other and gaining exposure to more senior faculty.

Call for Papers and Program Committee

Click here to see the Call for Papers

Applications to present current research will be selected on a competitive basis, with priority given to European finance faculty who have been awarded their doctorate within the last five years. Criteria will include the nature of the research problem, the implications of the proposed research, the quality of the research design, and the expected contribution of the research to the literature.

The paper submission fee is $50 USD for FMA members and $60 USD for non-members.

Accepted presenters will be exempted from paying the Consortium registration fee and will be invited to a conference networking dinner. One night’s accommodation will be covered for the presenters.

Click here to submit your paper

The submission deadline is 31st October 2025.

We are also seeking program committee members to review, and provide feedback on submitted papers.

Click here to apply for the Program Committee

The program committee application deadline is 31st October 2025. The keycode for the Program Committee is 20Consort26

The editors of Financial Management (FM), the flagship journal of FMA International, will be apprised by the conference program committee of papers that the committee assesses to be of particularly high-quality.  In select cases, the editors will “lightly solicit” papers for submission to FM by offering fast-turnaround, high-quality reviews, waived initial submission fees, and enhanced marketing of papers that are eventually accepted through this submission route. Referees for “lightly-solicited” papers will be made aware that the paper was invited for submission by the editors.  While these invitations do not promise eventual publication of papers in FM, the invitations are only offered to a small number of papers each year that the respective FMA conference program committees identify as likeliest to clear the bar for publication in FM without major revisions.

Best Paper Prize

The Best Paper recipient will receive $1,000 USD and an invitation to present the paper at a future FMA European Conference.