The Asset Management Meeting forms part of the Financial Research Network (FIRN) program of topic-specific research meetings designed to extend the body of knowledge within a specific research area through the presentation and discussion of cutting edge research and the building of stronger networks.
Asset Management Meeting, Brisbane/Online
Hosted by the University of Queensland
20th - 21st of July 2023
Hosted by the University of Queensland
20th - 21st of July 2023
The 2023 FIRN Asset Management meeting will be held on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st July 2023 in person at the University of Queensland Brisbane City Campus. Please see the meeting details below.
FIRN in partnership with the University of Queensland (UQ) invites academics and international visiting scholars at FIRN member institutions to submit a paper to the FIRN Asset Management meeting. The meeting will be held over two days in a in person at UQ Brisbane City Campus with a strong emphasis on high quality research on emerging issues related to asset management and asset pricing.
Potential topics include but are not limited to: mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, private equity funds, ETFs, sustainable investing, performance measurement, fund disclosure and institutional investors’ incentives, empirical analysis of market anomalies and market efficiency, and behavioural finance and its implications for asset pricing. The aim of this meeting is to develop a vibrant and interconnected academic community (both domestic and international), to discuss current issues and recent research on asset management in a stimulating and relaxed environment.
To provide support to early career researchers (ECRs), there will be dedicated sessions for ECRs who are within five years of the awards of their PhDs.
For more information please contact Program Committee member Eric Tan (University of Queensland) at eric.tan@uq.edu.au.
Paper submissions can be made here.
The Call for Papers is available here.
Submissions now open here and close 15 May 2023, 11:30pm AEST.
Authors of the accepted papers will be notified by 5th June 2023.
Richard B. Evans, University of Virginia
Professor of Business Administration Donald McLean Wilkinson Research Chair in Business Administration
Richard Evans holds the Donald McLean Wilkinson Research Chair at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. His research deals broadly with investment decisions, and his current research projects explore fund manager compensation and incentives, exchange-traded funds, corporate political activity and stock performance, short-selling and quantitative vs. fundamental investment strategies. His work has been published in the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics and the Review of Financial Studies and has been cited by the financial press (The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist and Forbes) as well as regulatory agencies (Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. General Accounting Office and the White House Council of Economic Advisors). He has presented his research to the SEC, Federal Reserve, Social Security Administration and the American Finance Association. He currently serves on the editorial board of the Financial Analysts Journal and as the Academic Director of the Money Management Institute’s Executive IQ Program. He has also taught executive education courses for investment professionals from Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Sands Capital Management, and Citizens Bank. He has been the recipient of a Santander Research Fellowship at Cambridge University, a Senior Research Fellowship at the Long-Term Investors think tank at the Università di Torino, and he has served as a visiting faculty member at Nova Universidade de Lisboa. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemistry from the University of Utah and a master’s degree and doctorate in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
2023 FIRN Asset Management Meeting (Schedule) – PDF
Thursday, 20th July 2023 | |
Morning Sessions | |
09:00 – 09:30 am | Registration |
09:30 – 09:40 am | Welcome by Discipline Head |
09:40 – 10:20 am | “Mutual Fund Ratings, Optimal Fund Size, and Investor Rationality” Authors: Jiali Gao (University of Sydney), Maurice McCourt (University of Melbourne), and Qi Zeng (University of Melbourne) Presenter: Maurice McCourt (University of Melbourne) Discussant: Juan Yao (University of Sydney) |
10:20 – 10:50 am | Morning Tea Break |
10:50 – 11:30 am | “Carbon Emissions, Mutual Fund Trading, and the Liquidity of Corporate Bonds” Authors: Jie Cao (PolyU Hong Kong), Yi Li (Federal Reserve Board), Xintong Zhan (Fudan University), Weiming Zhang (IE University), and Linyu Zhou (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Presenter: Linyu Zhou (Chinese University of Hong Kong) Discussant: Jacquelyn Humphrey (University of Queensland) |
11:30 – 12:10 noon | “Environmental regulatory risks, firm pollution, and mutual funds’ portfolio choices” Authors: Seungho Choi (Queensland University of Technology), Raphael Jonghyeon Park (University of Technology Sydney), and Simon Xu (UC Berkeley) Presenter: Raphael Jonghyeon Park (University of Technology Sydney) Discussant: Lei Zhang (CityU Hong Kong) |
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12:10 – 01:30 pm | Lunch Break |
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Afternoon Sessions | |
01:30 – 02:30 pm | Keynote Address: Professor Richard Evans (University of Virginia) Title: To be confirmed |
02:30 – 03:10 pm | “Does Portfolio Disclosure Make Money Smarter?” Authors: Byoung Uk Kang (PolyU Hong Kong), Andrew J. Sinclair (University of Hong Kong), and Stig J. Xeno (University of Vaasa) Presenter: Byoung Uk Kang (PolyU Hong Kong) Discussant: Qi Zeng (University of Melbourne) |
03:10 – 03:40 pm | Afternoon Tea Break |
03:40 – 04:20 pm | “On the use of currency forwards: Evidence from international equity mutual funds” Authors: Wei Opie (Deakin University) and Steven J. Riddiough (University of Toronto) Presenter: Wei Opie (Deakin University) Discussant: Ruchith Dissanayake (Queensland University of Technology) |
04:20 – 05:20 pm | Research ideas AI-based Sentiment Analysis and Stock Return Hayden Klok (University of Queensland) The real Effect of the Equity Term Structure: Empirical Evidence from M&As Runxi Liu (University of Queensland) |
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06:00 – 08:00 pm | Dinner at Blackbird Bar and Grill |
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Friday, 21st July 2023 | |
Morning Sessions | |
09:00 – 09:30 am | Tea/Coffee on Service |
09:30 – 10:10 am | “Liquidity provision in the Exchange Traded Fund market” Authors: Carole Comerton-Forde (University of Melbourne), Chenfei Sun (University of Melbourne), and Zhuo Zhong (University of Melbourne) Presenter: Chenfei Sun (University of Melbourne) Discussant: Marta Khomyn (University of Adelaide) |
10:10 – 10:40 am | Morning tea break |
10:40 – 11:20 am | “Return Extrapolation and Volatility Expectations” Authors: Tarun Chordia (Emory University), Tse-Chun Lin (University of Hong Kong), and Vincent Xiang (Deakin University) Presenter: Vincent Xiang (Deakin University) Discussant: Daniel Smith (Queensland University of Technology) |
11:20 -12:00 am | “Resurrecting the value effect: The role of technology stocks” Authors: Ryan C.Y. Lee (University of Oxford) Presenter: Ryan C.Y. Lee (University of Oxford) Discussant: Yongxian Tan (Curtin University) |
12:00 – 12:30 pm | Wrap up and Announcement of Award Winners |
01:00 pm – 03:00 pm | Conference and ECR Lunch |