2016 Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF 2016), jointly organized by East Asia Research & East Asia Institute of Management & supported by BEFfore from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, will be held on the 27th and 28th July 2016 in Singapore. APEF 2016 aims to bring together leading scholars, students and practitioners from Asia and the rest of the world for an academic exchange.With global Quantitative Easing and zero interest rates, have the central banks unlocked the key to perpetual bull markets? What are the current top global economic challenges? APEF 2016 aims to achieve the following objectives:

a) Increase the awareness of risk management in financial institutions.
b) Share research and practical experience in implementing risk management to ensure a repeat of the Global financial meltdown (2008) can be avoided.
c) Create opportunities for international research collaborations, scientific information interchange and facilitate relationship building in the Economics, Finance and Business disciplines.