Message from the Editorial Board
Dear Delegates,
The Conference Organizing Committee takes immense pleasure in congratulating you for having your paper accepted at the 13th International Conference on Emerging Trends in Corporate Finance and Financial Markets that was held on October 17-18 October 2025. The full papers presented in the conference are being published in the ‘Compendium of Papers’ bearing ISBN: 978-93-83302-79-6. The Annual Finance Conference series has earned an enviable reputation for providing the requisite platform for discerning researchers, academicians, and corporate executives for presenting papers within the realm of Finance, Accounting and Banking.
Finance Conference 2025 witnessed an overwhelming participation of delegates from India presenting papers on contemporary issues in Corporate Finance and Financial Markets. We are confident that you would have benefitted from the deliberations over the two days and noted the comments and suggestions made by our Session Chairs. Based on the evaluation forwarded by Session Chairs and a subsequent review process, select papers will be published in the Institute’s journal ‘SDMIMD Journal of Management’, which is indexed globally and as well as in Indian Journal of Finance (ABDC-C, SCOPUS). The acceptance of the paper(s) is of course subject to fulfilling the requirements of the Journal(s). The Editorial Team of the Conference will communicate with the selected authors in due course of time.
We wish to congratulate you once again and look forward to your continued patronage with us in the years to come.
Best Wishes in your academic and research endeavours!
Warm regards,
Editorial Board-Finance Conference 2025.
Dr.(Lt Col).S.N.Prasad
Chief Patron & Director
SDMIMD, Mysore
Dr. M. Sriram
Conference Chair & Associate Professor – Finance
SDMIMD, Mysore
Conference Papers
| Paper Number | Title of the Paper | Author 1 | Author 2 | Author 3 | Author 4 |
| IFC2502 | Fraud Regulation in Digital Payment Systems: Challenges, Frameworks, and Emerging Solutions | Uma K | |||
| IFC2503 | A Study on Market Discipline and Efficiency in Government Debt Trading Through Delivery Mechanisms | S Elango | K. Mahalakshmi | N.U.Vaishya Pangesh | |
| IFC2506 | A Study on Camel Model at HDFC Bank Ltd for the recent 5 years | Vincent Paul | Areeba Manal | ||
| IFC2507 | Analytics Driven Fraud Detection in UPI Transactions: Trends, Models, and Insights | Yuvaraj Halage | Bharathkumar K K | ||
| IFC2508 | An Empirical Investigation into the Influence of Macroeconomic Fundamentals on Capital Market Dynamics in the Indian Context: Evidence from BSE | Sarah Merlyn | Lathamani B | ||
| IFC2509 | The Role of Private Investments in Strengthening Educational Systems: A Critical Examination | Karthik N | Shashikumar C R | ||
| IFC2510 | When Boarders Blaze: How Indo-Pak Tensions Shake the Bulls and Bears of Mumbai and Karachi- An Event Study with Reference to NIFTY50 and KSE100 | Sanath Kumar K | Akshatha P | Anirudh R Bhat | Gowthami and Neethi |
| IFC2512 | A Systematic Literature Review: Investors’ Behaviour in the Indian Stock Market | Raju G | Vincent Paul S | ||
| IFC2513 | Digital Payments and Financial Market Participation: Evidence from UPI and Mobile Wallet Usage in India | D. Sathya Santhy | N. Paramesswari | ||
| IFC2515 | Debt Doesn’t Retire: Exploring Post-Retirement EMI Stress and Institutional Responses | Sajida Begam | |||
| IFC2517 | Dual Layer Stress Indicator: A Proactive Risk Monitoring Tool for Indian Mutual Funds | Irene Soozan Mathew | Nisha Shankar | ||
| IFC2518 | Enhancing the Security in Retail Payment System Using Biometric Authentication | M. Anusuya | Nandhini S.B | Dinesh Kumar.J | |
| IFC2523 | Digital Financial Literacy, Overconfidence and Risky Behaviors: A Conceptual Framework for India’s Digital Payments Era | Sabeena Ameer | |||
| IFC2524 | Enhancing Pairs Trading with Machine Learning: A Hybrid Approach Using Clustering and Cointegration | Gayathri Devi S | D. Kavitha | B.Uma Maheswari | R.Sujatha |
| IFC2527 | A Study on Retail Payment System | Surya narayana samy V | Sabarithasan S | Arul M | |
| IFC2529 | Predictive Analytics in Finance: An ARIMA Model for Vendor Payment Optimization | Sathya T | Archana N | ||
| IFC2531 | Sustainability of SHGS What Keeps SHGS Alive? A Mixed-Methods Study of Sustainability Drivers | S. M. Sasirekha | G. Pounkumar | S. Gokul | |
| IFC2532 | Evaluating the Impact of PMJDY on Financial Literacy and Well-being among Urban Slum Households: Evidence from Bengaluru | Divya U | Rajiv U Kalebar | Swetha N | |
| IFC2533 | Integrating Analytical Approaches and Dance Movement Therapy to Mitigate Herd Behavior in Finance | Rajiv U Kalebar | Swetha N | ||
| IFC2534 | Financial Inclusion in Rural World | Akhil Dattatraya Joshi | |||
| IFC2535 | Quantile-based assessment of uncertainty and geopolitical risk on Indian sector returns | Namrata G. Keni | Harip Khanapuri | ||
| IFC2539 | A Study of New-Generation Factors Influencing Investors’ Decisions to Invest in Mutual Funds, with Reference to the Udupi District | Vikas Kumar | Nishma N R | ||
| IFC2540 | Reinvestment Risk and Monetary Policy Transmission in India’s Overnight Market: An Event Study of Repo and Triparty Repo Volumes, 2014–2025 | Abhishek Pandey | Jitendra Kumar | ||
| IFC2541 | Risk and Return Dynamics of Overnight Mutual Funds in India: An Event Study on Repo Rate Changes and Liquidity Contribution (2020–2025) | Abhishek Pandey | |||
| IFC2544 | Market Reaction to the Passing of India’s Titan: An Event Study | Gyanamayee Panigrahi | Kabir Anand | ||
| IFC2547 | Breaking Barriers: How Digital Literacy Defeats Technostress in Fintech Adoption | Rinki Joshi | Harshmani Kothiyal | Smita Tripathi | Vaishali |
| IFC2550 | Performance Evaluation of Actively Managed Mutual Funds versus Passive Index Funds | Neha N Vittalkar | Rupasi M Krishnamurthy | ||
| IFC2552 | Assessment of Value at Risk and Hedge Effectiveness in Managing Currency Exposure: A Study at Wipro Ltd. | S.Annapoorna | Nisha Shankar | ||
| IFC2556 | A Study on Non-Performing Assets Management at Axis Bank | M. Saptarshi | K V Sumukh | Akshata Madlur | |
| IFC2557 | Tech-Savvy Traders: A Behavioral Study of Millennials’ Investment Decisions in the Age of Mobile Trading Apps | Reshma B. | Umakanth S | ||
| IFC2561 | AI Reliability in Financial Decisions: Investor Sentiment and Portfolio Risk Management | Niyatha | |||
| IFC2563 | From Villages to Startups: Enhancing Financial Literacy among Rural Communities and Urban Youth for Viksit Bharat @ 2047 -A study of Karnataka | Kanchan G. Rajput | Naresh K N | ||
| IFC2564 | Impact of Accounting Information on Stock Returns: A Panel Data Analysis of the Indian Automobile Industry | G Praveen | Mrinmoy Roy | ||
| IFC2566 | Risk-Adjusted Performance of Sectoral Thematic Mutual Funds During Market Volatility: Empirical Evidence from India | S. Siddharth Bouddha | |||
| IFC2569 | Moderating Effect of Agency Cost Mechanism on the Relation Between Capital Structure, Corporate Governance and Firm Performance with special reference to Indian Pharmaceutical Industry | P. Revathi | |||
| IFC2571 | Integrating Time-Series Analysis with Interactive Visualizations for Predictive Financial Modelling | Kanala Vishnu Vardhan Reddy | Mrinmoy Roy | ||
| IFC2572 | Post IPO performance – A study on sectoral IPOs | Shreya Gopal | |||
| IFC2574 | An empirical research analysis of performance of Indian financial market -Issues and challenges. | Padmini S.V. | |||
| IFC2576 | Examining the Interconnectedness of Stock Indices and their Impact on Indian Stock Market | P.B.Saranya | R.K.Sudhamathi | ||
| IFC2577 | Time to Enforce Green NPA as First Aid Kit for Better Credit Management in the Banking Organisation’ | H. J. Gurunath | |||
| IFC2579 | Financial Literacy, Financial Inclusion and Behavioural Biases: A Comparative Study among Undergraduate Students. | Rishika D | |||
| IFC2580 | Amalgamation in RRB – A study with reference to Karnataka Grameena Bank. | Ambika R | |||
| IFC2581 | The Evolving Role of CMAs in AI Implementation and Auditing | Sriram Srinivasan |