2026 FIRS Conference

Financial Intermediation Research Society

May 28-30, 2026

Miami, Florida

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Conference Agenda

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Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 17th Apr 2026, 06:18:16pm EDT

Agenda Overview

Session

Collateral and Covenants

Time:

Thursday, 28/May/2026:

1:30pm - 3:15pm

Session Chair: William Mann, Emory University

Presentations

Collateral, Monitoring, and Bank Information Production

Tong Zhao

KU Leuven

Discussant: Tong Yu (Tsinghua University)

Monetary Policy Exposure of Banks and Loan Contracting

Ahmet Degerli¹, Jing Wang²

¹Federal Reserve Board; ²University of Missouri, United States of America

Discussant: Thomas Flanagan (The Ohio State University)

Do Institutional Investors Trade on Covenant Violations?

Anthony Saunders¹, Sascha Steffen², Paulina Verhoff²

¹NYU Stern School of Business; ²Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany

Discussant: Sharjil Haque (Federal Reserve Board of Governors)