Department of Finance: Conferences
Upcoming Event
Frontiers In Finance Conference
This two-day conference showcases papers in a broad range of finance, law, and economics with an eye on emerging topics and subjects. Topics include governance, corporate control, ownership and capital structure, investor protection, and networking and price formation in financial markets. Faculty, Full-Time teaching staff, PhD Students, and Speakers will be invited to attend.
2025 is an exciting year for this conference with sponsorship provided by Mawer Investment Management Ltd.
The Finance Academic Department Coordinator will be on-site to address any questions or concerns while in attendance. For registration information contact the Academic Department Coordinator.
Event Sponsor
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Day 1: Saturday, May 31All conference meals and sessions will be held at the Banff Conference Centre, in various rooms as noted below. |
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Breakfast |
Kinnear Centre - 201 |
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7:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Breakfast for delegates and their families |
| Morning Session | Kinnear Centre - 101 |
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9:30 AM - 12:00 PM (noon) |
Explore Banff, Networking, Various Activities |
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Lunch |
Kinnear Centre - 101 |
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12:00 PM - 12:30 PM |
Conference lunch for delegates |
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Afternoon Session |
Kinnear Centre - 101 |
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(Session Chair - Masa Watanabe) |
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12:30 PM - 12:40 PM |
Conference opening remarks |
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Felipe Aguerrevere (Department Chair) Sponsor Message |
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12:40 PM - 1:35 PM |
Nadya Malenko (Boston College) |
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Custom Proxy Voting Advice |
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1:40 PM - 2:35 PM |
Scott Yonker (Cornell University) |
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Is There a Business Case for Racial Diversity on Corporate Boards? |
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2:35 PM - 2:55 PM |
Afternoon coffee break |
| 2:55 PM - 3:50 PM |
Kathleen Kahle (University of Arizona) |
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Reconciling the Evidence on Board Diversity Mandates |
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3:55 PM - 4:45 PM |
Lauren Cohen (Harvard) |
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Box Jumping: Portfolio Recompositions to Achieve Higher Morningstar Ratings |
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Dinner |
Kinnear Centre - 201 |
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6:00 PM |
Conference dinner for delegates and significant others |
Day 2: Sunday, June 1All conference meals and sessions will be held at the Banff Conference Centre, in various rooms as noted below. |
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Breakfast |
Kinnear Centre - 201 |
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7:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Breakfast for delegates and their families |
| Morning Session | Kinnear Centre - 101 |
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9:30 AM - 12:00 PM (noon) |
Explore Banff, Networking, Various Activities |
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Lunch |
Kinnear Centre - 101 |
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12:00 PM - 12:30 PM |
Conference lunch for delegates |
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Afternoon Session |
Kinnear Centre - 101 |
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(Session Chair - Sheng-Jun Xu) |
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12:30 PM - 1:25 PM |
Stephan Siegel (University of Washington) |
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Rethinking the Stock Market Participation Puzzle: A Qualitative Approach |
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1:30 PM - 2:25 PM |
Zhi Da (University of Notre Dame) |
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You Can Only Lend What You Own: Inferring Daily Institutional Trading from Security Lending Supply |
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2:25 PM - 2:45 PM |
Afternoon coffee break |
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2:45 PM - 3:40 PM |
Alice Bonaime (University of Arizona) |
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Do Repurchases Facilitate Shareholder Exit? Evidence from CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure |
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3:45 PM - 4:40 PM |
David McLean (Georgetown University) |
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Do Retail Investors Pay Attention to Sell-Side Analysts? |
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4:40 PM |
Conference closing remarks |
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Felipe Aguerrevere (Department Chair) |
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Dinner |
Kinnear Centre - 201 |
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6:00 PM |
Conference dinner for delegates and significant others |
Accommodation and Transportation Information
- General information about Banff:
- How to get to Banff from the Calgary Airport:
Confirmed Speakers 2025
Alice Bonaime - Associate Professor of Finance and Philip Rhoads Endowed Professor in Finance at The University of Arizona, Eller College of Management
Lauren Cohen - L.E. Simmons Professor of Finance & Entrepreneurial Management at Harvard Business School
Zhi Da - Howard J. and Geraldine F. Korth Professor of Finance at The University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business
Kathleen Kahle - Ann Griffin Endowed Chair in Finance at The University of Arizona, Eller College of Management
Nadya Malenko - Professor of Finance and Wargo Family Faculty Fellow at Boston College, Carroll School of Management
David McLean - William G. Droms Professor of Finance and Finance Area Chair at Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business
Stephan Siegel - Professor of Finance and Business Economics at The University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business
Scott Yonker - Professor of Finance at the Charles H Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, at Cornell SC Johnson College of Business