The Society for Financial Econometrics (SoFiE)’s 18th annual conference occurred from June 17 to 19, 2026, hosted by the University of Macau. Caio Almeida, Senior Lecturer of Economics at Princeton University, served as one of the academic chairs for the conference. The Society is housed at New York University, Stern School of Business.

During the conference, the Society elected Professor Almeida as a Fellow in recognition of his outstanding contributions to financial econometrics. Congratulations from the Department of Economics and the Bendheim Center for Finance on this well-deserved honor.

About SoFiE

Founded in 2007, the Society for Financial Econometrics (SoFiE) is a leading international, non-profit scientific society dedicated to advancing research and education in financial econometrics—the application of statistics, econometrics, data science, and machine learning to financial markets. The Society brings together academics, students, and practitioners from around the world and promotes collaboration through conferences, lectures, doctoral programs, and its official journal, the Journal of Financial Econometrics.