Finance Research Consortium

We would like to invite you to the forthcoming Junior Academic Research Seminar (JARS) in Finance by Qiang Wang, Pennsylvania State University, USA. On Tuesday, 29 October at 1pm BST, Qiang will present her research paper “Does DeFi democratize access to financial services?” To attend this Zoom seminar please register using the link available on the JARS in Finance webpage. #research #seminar #finance #DeFi #decentralizedfinance #financialserices #credit #collateral #stablecoin #cryptocurrency #lending #borrowing #leverage

We are delighted to announce that the IReS in Finance are back. We have secured great speakers for the forthcoming months, and you are most welcome to join us on Zoom. The IReS in Finance series will open with the seminar by David Yermack, Albert Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transformation, NYU STERN, USA on 15 October at 2pm BTS. David will present his most recent research on “Partisan politics and annual shareholder meeting formats”.  This semester series will also be honoured by talks by: - Stefano Giglio, Frederic D. Wolfe Professor of Finance and Management, Yale School of Management, USA, on 4 November - Renee Adams, Professor of Finance, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK, on 18 November - Geert Bekaert, Professor of Business, Finance Division Columbia Business School, USA, on 6 December To register for Professor David Yermack's seminar, please use the link on the IReS webpage. #research #finance #corporategovernaance #shareholders #shareholdermeeting #COVID #pandemic #republicans #democrats #virtualmeetings #inpersonmeetings #politicalclimate #CEO

We would like to invite you to the forthcoming International Research Seminar (IReS) in Finance by Professor Steven Ongena, Professor of Banking at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. On 10 June at 10 - 11 am BST, Professor Ongena will give a talk on “Climate change and bank deposits”. He will discuss how increases in air temperature affect households’ beliefs about climate change and their non-financial preferences in their choice of bank for deposits. To register for this Zoom seminar please use the registration link on the IReS webpage #finance #research #seminar #climatechange #households #householdfinance #banks #bankdeposits #climateawarness #financialdecisions #globalwarming #fossilfuelfinancing #Republicans #Democrats #climatebeliefs #preferences

We would like to invite you to the forthcoming Junior Academic Research Seminars (JARS) in Finance by Meng Wang from Georgia State University, USA. On Tuesday, 21 May 2024, at 1:00-2:00pm (BST), Meng will present his research “Heads I Win, Tails It’s Chance: Mutual Fund Performance Self-attribution”, in which he investigates whether mutual fund managers manifest self-attribution bias and, if yes, what its impact on trading outcomes is. To register for this Zoom seminar please go to the JARS's webpage below #finance #research #mutualfunds #institutionalinvestors #behaviouralfinance #fintech #investmets #deeplearning #AI #bias #trading #assetmanagers #performance #flows

The Finance Research Consortium would like to invite you to the forthcoming International Research Seminar (IReS) in Finance by Professor Michael Haliassos,  Chair of Macroeconomics and Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, and Director of the CEPR Network on Household Finance. This Zoom seminar will take place on Monday, 20 May at 1pm BST. Professor Haliassos will be presenting his research on “Household wealth accumulation: The role of others” during which he will discuss the effects of neighbours and other peers, financial advisors, and exogenous stressors on household wealth accumulation. To register for the seminar please use the Registration link on the IReS in Finance webpage #research #finance #householdfinance #finanacialadvisors #householdwealth #financialliteracy #wealth #education #decisionmaking #wealthmanagement #wealthinequality #bias #savings #retirement #pensions #businesseducation #stockmarkets #wealthdistribution

The International Research Consortium would like to invite you to the forthcoming International Research Seminar (IReS) in Finance by Professor Vikas Agarwal,  Distinguished University Professor of the University System of Georgia, and Bank of America Distinguished Chair and Professor of Finance, at Georgia State University, USA. This Zoom seminar will take place on Monday, 13 May at 2pm BST. Vikas will be presenting his research on “Incentive realignment: Mutual funds’ influence on executive compensation contracts” in which he discusses how US regulation to increase the portfolio disclosure frequency of mutual funds affected the governance of firms included in the portfolios of mutual funds and the channels through which mutual funds execute their preferences. To register for the seminar please use the Registration link on the IReS webpage #finance #research #mutualfunds #regulation #disclosure #portfolio #voice #exit #governance #shorttermism #incentives #remuneration #compensation #careerconcerns #fundmanagers #incentives #executives

The International Research Consortium would like to invite you to the forthcoming Junior Academic Research Seminars (JARS) in Finance by Luiz Bissoto from the EPFL (Swiss Finance Institute), Switzerland. On Tuesday, 30 April 2024, at 1:30-2:30pm (BST), Luiz will present his research on “The role of Institutional Venture Capital in Startup Success”, i.e., how receiving support from institutional venture capital compares against receiving support from corporate venture capital and from private equity firms when opening a business. To register for this Zoom seminar please use the link on the JARS in Finance webpage (click below) #finance #research #venturecapital #privateequity #startups #investors #institutionalinvestors #success #Amazon #AmazonWebService

On the behalf of the International Research Consortium I would like to invite you to the forthcoming International Research Seminar (IReS) in Finance by Leonardo Gambacorta, Head of the Innovation and the Digital Economy unit at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Switzerland. This Zoom seminar will take place on Monday, 11 March at 11am GMT. Leonardo will be presenting his research on “Big techs, QR code payments and financial inclusion” in which he discusses how large technology firms (big techs) use big data and machine learning to create credit scoring techniques to improve financial provision for small firms. To register for this Zoom seminar please use the Registration link on the IReS in Finance webpage #finance #research #seminar #lending #banking #bigdata #machinelearning #creditscoring #bigtech #capital #accesstocapital #smefinance #smes #financialinclusion

On the behalf of the International Research Consortium I would like to invite you to the forthcoming International Research Seminar (IReS) in Finance by Leonardo Gambacorta, Head of the Innovation and the Digital Economy unit at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Switzerland. This Zoom seminar will take place on Monday, 11 March at 11am GMT. Leonardo will be presenting his research on “Big techs, QR code payments and financial inclusion” in which he discusses how large technology firms (big techs) use big data and machine learning to create credit scoring techniques to improve financial provision for small firms. To register for this Zoom seminar please use the Registration link on the IReS in Finance webpage #finance #research #seminar #lending #banking #bigdata #machinelearning #creditscoring #bigtech #capital #accesstocapital #smefinance #smes #financialinclusion