NISM - EERF as a Platform for Finance Researchers

I had a very good experience at NISM attending the yearly EERF 2011 workshop.

1. I have no hesitation in recommending any researcher,teacher of finance, Market practitioner, Scholarly investor, Corporate executives in financial markets research and practice to attend it at least once. I have attended twice and thoroughly enjoyed it.
2. I think only comparable programe is by Susan Thomas at IGIDR namely Statistics for Financial Practitioners. But I am not sure of its frequency and accessibility.
3. EERF can act as a very good platform for budding researchers in Finance. I came to know many researchers in this area through this venue.
4. I highly appreciate an almost encyclopediac view of financial markets related research by Dr K Kiran Kumar of NISM  ( ex- ISB, IISC)

Learnings from NISM

Attending NISM workshop had been an enriching experience .

1. The unique format of closely tracking the session structure without random lectures from different speakers had given depth to the topic.


2. The group is cohesive with background in finance and statistics that enhanced discussions and interaction among the group.


3. Lot of my questions regarding empirical research in finance particularly market microstructure were resolved.


4. I am able to access and become comfortable with econometric terminology and financial interpretation.


5. Having a trading experience in markets gave me a unique lens to understand the empirical and theoretical angle in the discussions.