IISES International Academic Conference, Venice

Keynote speaker

Professor Takayasu Ito
School of Commerce, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan

Takayasu Ito has been a professor of Monetary and Financial Economics at the School of Commerce, Meiji University since April 2014. He started an academic career as a professor in April 2003 by joining in the Faculty of Economics at Niigata University. Before an academic career, he worked for a major Japanese News Agency. There he covered monetary policy, fixed income and interest rate derivatives market, and so forth. He holds two PhDs, one in Economics from Niigata University and one in Business Administration (Finance) from University of Tsukuba. His research interests are central bank, financial market and Islamic finance.

Professor Ito will deliver a keynote speech titled: "Analysis of Super Long Term Interest Rates in Japan under Different Regimes of Yield Curve Control"