The fifth conference and workshop on Statistical Methods in Finance will be held at the Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI). The conference is jointly organized by Indian Statistical Institute and CMI with support from ISBIS. Confirmed plenary speakers are Kose John, NYU and Richard Davis, Columbia. There will be a panel discussion on Financial Analytics in the Blockchain Era and a 3-day workshop on Data Science in Finance. To be considered for contributed oral presentation, full paper should be submitted by Sep 30, 2019. Mail your paper at statfin@cmi.ac.in Further details are available on the webpage http://statfin.cmi.ac.in/2019/