11th CONFERENCE ON PROFESSIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT

The conference, jointly organized by the Departments of Finance at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and EDHEC Business School, will bring together leading academics and industry representatives to discuss recent research on mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, private equity funds, exchange traded funds, and other forms of delegated portfolio management.  

Topics relevant to the conference include, but not limited to, the following: 

• Performance measurement, attribution, and liquidity in asset valuation 

• Investor (client) and manager behavior 

• Conflicts of interest in asset management 

• Institutional trading strategies and investment styles 

• Governance and regulation of investment companies 

• Financial innovation in asset management

• The role and influence of financial advisors

• Risk management and sector allocation

The conference will host a limited number of paper presentations with designated discussants and ample time for discussion and interaction.  

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 

Martijn Cremers (University of Notre Dame) 

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE  

Vikas Agarwal (Georgia State University)               

Nick Bollen (Vanderbilt University) 

Nicole Boyson (Northeastern University) 

Egemen Genc (University of Illinois at Chicago) 

Mila Getmansky Sherman (University of Massachusetts Amherst) 

Diane Del Guercio (University of Oregon) 

Zoran Ivkovich (Michigan State University) 

Hao Jiang (Michigan State University) 

Bige Kahraman Alper (Oxford University)  

Yigitcan Karabalut (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management) 

Veronika Krepely Pool (Vanderbilt University) 

Bing Liang (University of Massachusetts at Amherst) 

Pedro Matos (University of Virginia)  

Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi (University of Mannheim) 

Melissa Porras Prado (NOVA School of Business and Economics) 

Jonathan Reuter (Boston College) 

Stefan Ruenzi (University of Mannheim) 

Ashish Tiwari (University of Iowa)  

Raman Uppal (EDHEC Business School) 

Florian Weigert (University of Neuchâtel) 

Russ Wermers (University of Maryland) 

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE AND PROGRAMME CHAIRS 

Teodor Dyakov (EDHEC Business School) 

Marno Verbeek (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University) 

MORE INFORMATION  

Questions can be directed to Teodor Dyakov (teodor.dyakov@edhec.edu), Marno Verbeek (mverbeek@rsm.nl), or pam@rsm.nl.