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
16th - 17th of June 2022
Hosted by the University of Queensland
16th - 17th of June 2022
The inaugural FIRN Asset Management meeting was held on Thursday the 16th and Friday the 17th of June 2022 at the University of Queensland. 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 inaugural FIRN Asset Management meeting. The meeting will be held over two days in a hybrid format (in person at UQ and online), with a strong emphasis on high quality research on emerging issues related to asset management and investment.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to: mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, private equity funds, ETFs, active versus passive management, sustainable investing, performance measurement, fund disclosure, institutional investors’ incentives, and the impact of COVID-19 and social media on asset management industry. 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.
The Meeting Program is available here.
For more information please contact Program Committee member Eric Tan (University of Queensland) at eric.tan@uq.edu.au
The Call for Papers is available here.
Submissions are now closed.
Authors of the accepted papers will be notified by 15th May 2022.
Professor Clemens Sialm (University of Texas, Austin)
Clemens Sialm is a Professor of Finance and Economics at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds the Charles E. and Sarah M. Seay Regents Chair in Finance and is the Director of the AIM Investment Center. He is also a Research Associate in the Asset Pricing and Public Economics programs of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Sialm received an M.A. in Economics from the University of St.Gallen in Switzerland and a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University. The University of St.Gallen recently awarded him an honorary doctorate (Dr. oec. h.c.) for his research in the fields of investments, mutual funds, retirement savings, and taxation.
Sialm’s research interests are in the areas of investments, retirement savings, and taxation. His research has been published in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, the Review of Finance, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, the Journal of Public Economics, and the Financial Analysts Journal among others. Sialm’s research has been frequently cited in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Economist.
Prior to joining the University of Texas, he taught at Stanford University and at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He currently is the CEO of the Texas McCombs Investment Advisers, an investment company managed by MBA students at the University of Texas at Austin. He also teaches Financial Management, the core MBA finance class in the Dallas-Fort Worth MBA program. Previously, he taught classes on Investments, Derivatives and Risk Management, and International Economics.