The Summer Institute of Finance (SIF) will host its fifth annual conference from July 17 – July 19, 2014 in the beautiful city of Lijiang, China. The SIF Conference is jointly organized and sponsored by the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) http://www.saif.sjtu.edu.cn and the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) http://www.ckgsb.com.A special topic session on Chinese Financial Markets will be held during the conference. We welcome submissions from all areas of finance. The submission deadline is April 1, 2014. Authors will be notified by May 15, 2014.