The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the 2019 JRFM Best Paper Award, who were chosen by the Journal Awards Committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Professor Michael McAleer.

The following papers, in no particular order, have won first prize in the 2019 JRFM Best Paper Award:

GARCH Modelling of Cryptocurrencies

J. Risk Financial Manag. 2017, 10(4), 17; doi: 10.3390/jrfm10040017

Available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/10/4/17

Long- and Short-Term Cryptocurrency Volatility Components: A GARCH-MIDAS Analysis

J. Risk Financial Manag. 2018, 11(2), 23; doi: 10.3390/jrfm11020023

Available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/11/2/23

In recognition of their accomplishment, each Best Paper Award winner will receive a certificate, 500 CHF, and an opportunity to publish a paper in JRFM free of charge in open-access format after the standard peer-review process.

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Best Paper Awards. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our authors for your continued support of JRFM.

Kind regards,

JRFM Editorial Office