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
27 May	Understanding Patenting Disparities via Causal Human+Machine Learning By Prof Will Cong, Cornell University
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 Nov	Governance by One-Lot Shares by Prof ZOU Hong (Joe), University of Hong Kong
10 Nov	Bond Funds and Credit Risk by Assoc Prof Jaewon Choi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
3 Nov	Does Money Talk? Market Discipline through Selloffs and Boycotts by Prof Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics
27 Oct	Managerial Entrenchment, Stakeholders, and Capital Structure by Prof David Frankel, Melbourne Business School
20 Oct	Strategic Behavior Surrounding Sales of Mutual-Fund management Companies by Prof Zoran Ivkovich, Michigan State University
13 Oct	It’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 Oct	Revenue Sharing in 401(k) Plans by Prof Veronika Krepely Pool, Vanderbilt University
29 Sep	Overcoming Borrowing Stigma: The Design of Lending-of-Last Resort Policies by Asst Prof Yunzhi Hu, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
22 Sep	The Effect of Advisors' Incentives on Clients' Investments by Assoc Prof Dong Lou, London School of Economics
8 Sep	Social Interaction and Market Reactions to Earnings News by Prof Lin Peng, City University of New York (Baruch)
1 Sep	Bank Debt versus Mutual Fund Equity in Liquidity Provision by Asst Prof Yao Zeng, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
18 Aug	Investor Tax Credits and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from U.S. States by Asst Prof Ting Xu, University of Virginia (Darden)
11 Aug	Does Mutual Fund Illiquidity Introduce Fragility into Asset Prices? Evidence from the Corporate Bond Market by Prof Zheng Sun, University of California, Irvine

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

NTU Finance Conference Programme 2024 (pdf)

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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: