The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), in collaboration with the World Bank Group, is organizing a Conference on "Financial Distress, Bankruptcy and Corporate Finance" at IIMA Campus during August 9-10, 2019. The Conference will facilitate interaction among academia, policy makers, regulators, lawyers, international institutions, private sector, and other key stakeholders.
Special Invited Address Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian Chief Economic Advisor Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Keynote Address Dr. M.S. Sahoo Chairperson Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
Special Address Mr. U. K. Sinha Former Chairman Securities and Exchange Board of India
Opening Remarks Prof. Errol D'Souza Director Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Opening Remarks Mr. Peeyush Misra Former Partner/Managing Director Goldman Sachs
The conference will include panel discussions, research paper presentations, and case studies in the following broad areas:
Corporate debt in emerging and advanced economies; Corporate defaults and debt restructuring; Sovereign debt and defaults; Role of collateral in lending; Collective action clauses and covenants in bond financing; Role of governing laws in debt contracts; Creditor rights and firm behaviour; Debt enforcement and bankruptcy regimes; Streamlining insolvency legal procedure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) in India; Comparing Debt Recovery Tribunals and IBC legal regime in India; Emerging role of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in India; Insolvency professionals and relationship with firms; Role of sovereign and corporate credit ratings; Credit reporting systems (credit bureaus and credit registries); Default risk in real estate and household debt; Securitization and market for distressed assets.
Conference Committee
Conference Coordination and Support
Contact for queries: debtconf@iima.ac.in
Last Date for Submission of Full Paper or an Extended AbstractMarch 31, 2019
Conference Date August 9-10, 2019
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380015