ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Date: 01 August 2015
• Published date: 01 August 2015
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/jofi.12294

THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE •VOL. LXX, NO. 4 •AUGUST 2015

ANNOUNCEMENTS

2015 AFA Board Meeting Summary: The AFA Board of Directors has voted

to publish a Board Meeting Summary to increase transparency of AFA gover-

nance and decisions made by the Board. The Board Meeting Summary from

January 3, 2015 is now available on the AFA website (www.afajof.org). We

hope that this additional communication is informative and we welcome your

feedback.

The Journal of Finance Announces Search for New Editor: The current

contract of the JF editorial team expires in June 2016. We regret to inform

you that the editorial team has decided not to seek a renewal. The JF has

been extremely fortunate to have had Ken Singleton, Bruno Biais and Michael

Roberts as editors. We thank the JF editorial team for all their hard work. The

AFA Board is beginning the search process for a new editor. If you would like to

make a nomination, please send the information to Jim Schallheim, Executive

Secretary and Treasurer, at jim.schallheim@business.utah.edu.

The AFA 2016 Annual Meeting will be held January 3–5, 2016 (Sunday,

Monday & Tuesday) in San Francisco, CA: ASSA Headquarters will be

the Hilton San Francisco Union Square and the co-headquarters is the San

Francisco Marriott. Registration, housing and other meeting information is on

the AEA website at http://www.aeaweb.org/Annual_Meeting/index.php. Reg-

istration and Housing typically open in early September. Attendees must go

through the official housing company to get the convention rates.

AFA Annual Meeting Programs: AFA Annual Meeting Programs since 1950

are included in the set of all ASSA Programs available at the American Eco-

nomics Association website (http://www.aeaweb.org/Annual Meeting/assa pro-

grams/). Digitizing of the older programs was a joint effort of the AFA and the

AEA.

Other Announcements

Please go to our website, www.afajof.org, for announcements regarding AFA

news, meetings, conferences, and research support.

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