Seminars, Conferences and Symposiums

2025

7 Oct
Topic: TBA
By Prof Song Ma, Yale School of Management
16 Sep
Topic: TBA
By Prof Ilan Cooper, BI Norwegian Business School
15 May
Social Interaction Intensity and Investor Behavior
By Prof David Hirshleifer, University of Southern California
9 May
Partisan Friendshoring∗
By Associate Professor Janet Gao, Georgetown University
29 Apr
Technology Adoption, Market Power, and the Dual Dynamics of Value Premium and Markups*
By Prof Xiaoji Lin, University of Minnesota
22 Apr
Investor Flows, Monetary Policy, and Portfolio Management of Money Market Funds
By Dr Ashley Wang, The Federal Reserve, DC
8 Apr
Investor Memory and Biased Beliefs: Evidence from the Field
By Prof Cameron Peng, London School of Economics and Political Science
1 Apr
Social and Economic Networks in Corporate Culture
By Prof Maureen O'Hara, Cornell University
18 Mar
Bitcoin Mining Meets Wall Street: A Study of Publicly Traded Crypto Mining Companies
By Prof David Yermack, New York University
4 Mar
Institutional Ownership Concentration and Informational Efficiency
By Prof Yan Xiong, University of Hong Kong
25 Feb
Model-free and Model-based Learning as Joint Drivers of Investor Behavior
By Prof Lawrence Jin, Cornell University
14 Jan
APT or “AIPT”? The Surprising Dominance of Large Factor Models
By Prof Semyon Malamud, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Senior Chair at Swiss Finance Institute

2024

10 Dec
Why Do Firms Invest in DEI
By Prof Tracy Yue Wang, University of Minnesota
5 Dec
Risk-Adjusting the Returns to Private Debt Funds
By Prof Michael S. Weisbach, Ohio State University
3 Dec
Real Effects of Rollover Risk: Evidence from Hotels in Crisis
By Prof Charles Gordon Nathanson, Northwestern University
26 Nov
Strategic Voting and Informational Rents: Evidence from Mutual Funds’ Trades and Votes
By Prof Jiekun Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
5 Nov
Fragmentation and Optimal Liquidity Supply on Decentralized Exchanges
By Prof Christine A. Parlour, University of California, Berkeley
29 Oct
Demand Extrapolation and Credit Market Bubbles
By Prof Jaewon Choi, Seoul National University
1 Oct
Is There a Business Case for Racial Diversity on Corporate Boards?
By Prof Scott E. Yonker, Cornell University
19 Sep
Mobility and Housing: Cash Resettlement in China's Shantytown Renovation
By Prof Zhiguo He, Stanford University
4 Jun 
Rethinking the Stock Market Participation Puzzle
By Prof Stephan Siegel, University of Washington
28 May
Delegated Blocks
By Prof Amil Dasgupta, LSE
14 May
ESG Divergence and the Market Environment
By Prof Gideon Saar, Cornell University
30 Apr
Strategic Arbitrage in Segmented Markets
By Prof Svetlana Bryzgalova, London Business School
23 Apr
Return Migration and Human Capital Flows
By Prof Timothy McQuade, UC Berkeley
9 Apr
 Bank Competition and Bargaining over Refinancing
By Prof Christophe Spaenjers, University of Colorado
5 Mar
Algorithmic pricing and liquidity in securities markets
By Prof Thierry Foucault, HEC Paris

2023

5 Dec
Securities Lending and Information Acquisition
By Prof Pedro Saffi, University of Cambridge
28 Nov
Voting Choice
By Prof Nadya Malenko, Boston College
21 Nov
Self-Dealing in Corporate Investment
By Prof Denis Sosyura, Arizona State University
7 Nov
Dissecting Corporate Culture Using Generative AI – Insights from Analyst Reports
By Prof Kai Li, UBC Sauder School of Business
31 Oct
Racial Diversity and Inclusion without Equity? Evidence from Executive Compensation
By Prof Eliezer Fich, Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business
24 Oct
Passive Demand and Active Supply: Evidence from Maturity-mandated Corporate Bond Funds 
By Asst Prof Lorenzo Bretscher, University of Lausanne
6 June
Leaky Director Networks and Innovation Herding
By Prof Gerard Hoberg, University of Southern California
16 May
Past is Prologue: Inference from the Cross Section of Returns Around an Event
By Assoc Prof Jonathan Cohn, University of Texas at Austin
25 Apr
Anomaly Time
By Assoc Prof Adam Reed, University of North Carolina
18 Apr
Business Education and Portfolio Returns
By Assoc Prof Yigitcan Karabulut , Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
11 Apr
The Chinese Collectibles Bubble
By Prof Wang Yongxiang, Shanghai Jiaotong University
4 Apr
Block Diversity and Governance
By Prof James Weston, Rice University
28 Mar
The Social Signal
By Assoc Prof Tony Cookson, University of Colorado
21 Mar
Bank Presence and Health
By Asst Prof Kim Fe Cramer, LSE
7 Mar
The Network Structure of Money Multiplier
By Asst Prof Ye Li, University of Washington
21 Feb
Leverage Dynamics under Costly Equity Issuance
By Prof Neng Wang, Columbia University

2022

1 Nov
The Conditional Dollar-Carry FX Pricing Model
By Assoc Prof Thomas Maurer, The University of Hong Kong
11 Oct
The Cost of ESG Investing
By Assoc Prof Seth Pruitt, Arizona State University
15 Sep
Secret and Overt Information Acquisition in Financial Markets
By Prof Liyan YANG, University of Toronto
6 Sep
How Do Acquisitions Affect the Mental Health of Employees?
By Assoc Prof Ramin Baghai, Stockholm School of Economics
16 Aug
Asset Prices with Wealth Dispersion
By Prof Paul Ehling, BI Norwegian Business School
2 Jun
The Salience of Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Online Business
By Prof Yi Huang, Fudan University
20 May
High Temperature, Mortgage Default, and Mortgage Prepayment
By Prof Yongheng Deng, Wisconsin School of Business
19 May
Gender, Competition, and Performance: International Evidence
By Prof Kai Li, University of British Columbia
10 May
Investor Betas
By Asst Prof Ryan Lewis, University of Colorado
26 Apr
Migration Fear and Minority Crowd-Funding Success: Evidence from Kickstarter
By Assoc Prof John Bai, Northeastern University
19 Apr
Leverage, risk-taking, and the medium-leverage safety trap
By Prof Tobias Berg, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
5 Apr
Long-Term Expectations
By Prof Laura Starks, University of Texas at Austin
29 Mar
Shareholder Litigation and Corporate Culture
By Assoc Prof Cheng "Jason" Jiang, Temple University

2021

30 Nov
Capital Flows in Risky Times: Risk-on/Risk-off and Emerging Market Tail Risk
By Prof Christian Lundblad, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2 Nov
The Education-Innovation Gap
By Assoc Prof Song Ma, Yale University
26 Oct
Does floor trading matter?
By Assoc Prof Matthew Ringgenberg, University of Utah
12 Oct
Is Hard and Soft Information Substitutable? Evidence from Lockdown
By Prof Jennie Bai, Georgetown University
5 Oct
Bond Returns and the Trading of Large Mutual Funds
By Assoc Prof Chotibhak Jotikasthira, Southern Methodist University
21 Sep
Can Active International Funds Exploit Profit Opportunities in Different Markets?
By Prof David Ng, Cornell University
14 Sep
Shareholder-Creditor Conflicts and Limits to Arbitrage: Evidence from the Equity Lending Market
By Prof Chu Yongqiang, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
31 Aug
Mutual Fund Fragility, Dealer Liquidity Provisions, and the Pricing of Municipal Bonds
By Yi Li, Federal Reserve Board
11 May
Who Owns What? A Factor Model for Direct Stockholding
By Prof Tarun Ramadorai, Imperial College London
4 May
“Pump and Dump” through Media Tone: 
The Role of Institutional Blockholders in Corporate Litigation
By Assoc Prof Jie (Jack) He, University of Georgia
27 Apr
Glass Half Full or Half Empty? Activists, Short Sellers, and Disagreement
By Asst Prof Tao Li, University of Florida
20 Apr
Temperature Shocks and Industry Earnings News
By Prof David Ng, Cornell University
13 Apr
Banks as Secret Keepers: Evidence from the Opacity Discount
By Assoc Prof Jan Bena, University of British Columbia
6 Apr
Uncovering the Hidden Effort Problem 
By Prof Zhi DA, University of Notre Dame
30 Mar
Too Many Managers: Strategic Use of Titles to Avoid Overtime Payments 
By Prof Umit Gurun, University of Texas at Dallas
23 Mar
U.S. Banks and Global Liquidity 
By Assoc Professor Wenxin Du, University of Chicago
23 Feb
Informed Voting
by Assoc Professor Jiekun Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2 Feb
The Hedging Channel of Exchange Rate Determination
by Gordon Liao, Federal Reserve Board

2020

24 NovGovernance by One-Lot Shares
by Prof ZOU Hong (Joe), University of Hong Kong​
10 NovBond Funds and Credit Risk 
by Assoc Prof Jaewon Choi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign​
3 NovDoes Money Talk? Market Discipline through Selloffs and Boycotts
by Prof Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics
27 OctManagerial Entrenchment, Stakeholders, and Capital Structure
by Prof David Frankel, Melbourne Business School​
20 OctStrategic Behavior Surrounding Sales of Mutual-Fund management Companies
by Prof Zoran Ivkovich, Michigan State University
13 OctIt’s Not Who You Know—It’s Who Knows You: Employee Social Capital and Firm Performance
by Asst Prof Jessie Jiaxu Wang, Arizona State University
6 OctRevenue Sharing in 401(k) Plans 
by Prof Veronika Krepely Pool, Vanderbilt University
29 SepOvercoming Borrowing Stigma: The Design of Lending-of-Last Resort Policies​
by Asst Prof Yunzhi Hu, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill​
22 SepThe Effect of Advisors' Incentives on Clients' Investments
by Assoc Prof Dong Lou, London School of Economics
8 SepSocial Interaction and Market Reactions to Earnings News
by Prof Lin Peng, City University of New York (Baruch)​
1 SepBank Debt versus Mutual Fund Equity in Liquidity Provision
by Asst Prof Yao Zeng, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
18 AugInvestor Tax Credits and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from U.S. States ​
by Asst Prof Ting Xu, University of Virginia (Darden)
11 AugDoes Mutual Fund Illiquidity Introduce Fragility into Asset Prices? Evidence from the Corporate Bond Market 
by Prof Zheng Sun, University of California, Irvine

 

2024

2024 NTU Finance Conference

The Division of Banking and Finance (NBS) is hosting the 6th NTU Finance Conference this year on 7 - 8 August 2024, with the aim of providing NTU faculty and students the opportunity of interacting with distinguished visiting speakers in a small, yet highly selective conference. 

Our distinguished speakers includes:

  • Prof. Avanidhar Subrahmanyam (UCLA)
  • Prof. Vyacheslav Fos (Boston College)
  • Assoc Prof. Mao Ye (Cornell University)
  • Prof. Jianfeng Yu (Tsinghua University)
  • Prof. Jongsub Lee (Seoul National University)

Event Information: NTU Finance Conference 2024

Dates:   Wednesday, 7 August 2024 (8:40 am – 7:20 pm)
              Thursday, 8 August 2024 (8:30 am – 2:00 pm)

Venue: NTU Gaia, Lecture Theatre 5, Level 2, 91 Nanyang Ave, Singapore 639956

2023

2023 NTU Finance Conference

The Division of Banking and Finance (NBS) is hosting the 5th NTU Finance Conference this year on 3 - 4 July 2023, with the aim of providing NTU faculty and students the opportunity of interacting with distinguished visiting speakers in a small, yet highly selective conference. 

Our distinguished speakers includes:

  • Prof. Clemens Sialm (University of Texas at Austin)
  • Assoc. Prof. Jaewon Choi (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
  • Prof. João Cocco (London Business School)
  • Prof. Lukas Schmid (University of Southern California)
  • Prof. Dirk Jenter (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Event Information: NTU Finance Conference 2023

Dates:   Monday, 3 July 2023 (9 am – 5.10 pm)
                Tuesday, 4 July 2023 (9 am – 1.30 pm)

Venue: NTU Gaia, Lecture Theatre 5, Level 2, 91 Nanyang Ave, Singapore 639956

2023

2023 Singapore Scholars Symposium

The 2023 Singapore Scholars Symposium was held on November 24 at NTU Campus.