Call for Papers: AFS Australia-New Zealand Personal Finance and Investment Symposium 2026

The Academy of Financial Services Australia–New Zealand Chapter invites you to the 2026 Personal Finance and Investment Symposium. The symposium is part of the Chapter’s annual meeting and will take place November 22–23, 2026, in Melbourne. As in previous years, the symposium will be held in a hybrid format.

Registration open!

Topics of Interest

We welcome submissions on a broad range of topics, including but not limited to:

• Technical areas, including retirement planning, estate planning, insurance and risk management, investments and banking, and taxation
• Technological Innovation, including fintech, cybersecurity, and AI
• Regulatory and Ethical Issues, including ethics and regulation in financial services
• Financial Education, including pedagogical and curriculum innovation
• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, including Gender Inclusiveness, Cultural Diversity and Intergenerational Equity
• Psychology in Financial Services, including behavioral finance, financial psychology, and financial literacy

Submission Process

1. All submissions for the symposium should initially be made in the form of an extended abstract. Abstracts should be no more than 1,000 words, following the outline below: 1. Research overview, including the research question(s) and any hypotheses; 2. Data description; 3. Research method overview; 4. Summary of (expected) key findings; and 5. Practical implications for financial planning.
2. Authors will be notified whether their submission has been accepted for presentation at the symposium. Authors of accepted submissions will then have the option to submit a full paper for consideration for a best paper award. Only full papers will be eligible for best paper awards

Abstracts: Authors are invited to submit a structured 

Important Dates

Submissions Open: Monday, 1 June 2026

Submission Deadline: Friday, 21 August 2026

Notification of Review Results: As soon as available.

Full Papers Due: Friday, 16 October 2026

Registration Deadline: Friday, 23 October 2026

Submission Process

Please submit your abstracts via email to conference@academyfinancial.org.

All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer-review process.

Full Papers

Upon acceptance of abstracts, authors are encouraged to submit their full paper to the Financial Planning Research Journal (FPRJ) or Financial Services Review (FSR) portal with the acknowledgment that they are presenting at AFS-ANZ PFIS.

To submit papers for publication in FPRJ, click here: https://sciendo.com/journal/FPRJ?content-tab=how-to-submit 

To submit papers for publication in FSR, click here: https://openjournals.libs.uga.edu/fsr/about/submissions 

Conference Details

A draft program will be released in early November.

Please check your membership status before you register here.