Research seminars
Find out about the Department of Finance's previous seminars, guest speakers and topics. Our range of speakers share insights and encourage debate on issues that interest the department and our students.Upcoming seminars
Seminar date | Presenter | Topic |
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10 October 2019 | Assoc Prof Jun Yang Indiana University | The Effect of Secondary Market Existence on Primary Market Liquidity: A Natural Experiment in Peer-to-Peer Lending |
17 October 2019 | Dr.Shiyang Huang University of Hong Kong | Flow-induced Noise Trading and Asset Pricing Factors |
29 October 2019 | Dr.Fengfei.Li Deakin University | From Financial Innovation to Brand Innovation: How Option Trading Affects the Launch and Success of New Brands |
31 October 2019 | Dr Jing Li Singapore Management University | Do Elderly Individuals Delay Claiming Social Security and Cash-out Home Equity When House Prices Appreciate? |
14 November 2019 | Prof Alfred Yawson University of Adelaide | Central Hub M&A Advisors |
21 November 2019 | Mr. Amanjot Singh | Why Do US firms use more long-term debt post activist intervention |
22 November 2019 | Prof. Ronald Masulis | Mobility Restrictions and Risk-Related Agency Conflicts: Evidence from a quasi-natural Experiment |
28 November 2019 | Prof Xiaoyun Yu Indiana University | Big Fish in Small Ponds: Human Capital Mobility and the Rise of Boutique Banks * |
5 December 2019 | Prof Chu Zhang | TBA |
Past seminars
Seminar date | Presenter | Topic |
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3 October 2019 | Dr.Ning Gong Deakin University | Beyond Culture: How does international migration affect cross-border mergers and acquisitions? |
1 October 2019 | Mr.Prasanna Tantri Indiana School of Business | Does Skilful use of hard information by machines outperform combination of a hard and soft information used by loan officers? |
26 September 2019 | Professor Tao Shu Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen | The Role of External Regulators in Mergers and Acquisitions: Evidence from SEC Comment Letters |
17 September 2019 | Assoc Prof David Solomon Boston College | Is “Not Guilty” the Same as “Innocent”? Evidence from SEC Financial Fraud Investigations |
12 September 2019 | Assoc Prof Edward Podolski Deakin University | Foreign Competition and New Product Creation: Evidence from Trademark Data |
5 September 2019 | Dr Yuri Tserlukevich Arizona State University | Competition, No-Arbitrage, and Systematic Risk |
29 August 2019 | Prof Zhiguo He University of Chicago | Commonality in Credit Spread Changes: Dealer Inventory and Intermediary Distress |
22 August 2019 | Prof Robert Marquez University of California, Davis | Selling assets: When is the whole worth more than the sum of its parts? |
15 August 2019 | Assoc Prof George Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Inventory Policy, Cost Structure and Cost Behaviour |
13 August 2019 | Prof David Yermack New York University | Investment Returns and Distribution Policies of Non Profit Endowment Funds |
8 August 2019 | Prof Robert Faff University of Queensland | Responsible Science and Replication Matters |
7 August 2019 | Dr Adrian Lee University of Technology, Sydney | Do Home Buyers Bunch at Threshold Price? Evidence from Housing Assistance Policies |
5 August 2019 | Professor Russ Wermer University of Maryland | Do ETFs Increase Liquidity? |
1 August 2019 | Assoc Prof Yuming Fu National University of Singapore | The Cost of Outdated Neighborhoods in a Growing Metropolitan Area: Evidence from the 2010-2011 Christchurch Earthquakes |
25 July 2019 | Assoc Prof Jing Wu Tsinghua University | Sticky Expectations in the Housing Market: Evidence from the Housing Purchase Restriction Policy |
18 July 2019 | Dr Chelsea Liu University of Adelaide Business School | Corporate gender diversity and employee relations: Evidence from labour lawsuits |
11 July 2019 | Assoc Prof Yuewen Xiao Fudan University (Internal) | Jumps, news and subsequent reversals: An intraday study |
4 July 2019 | Assoc Prof Mark Humphery-Jenner University of New South Wales | Of Fogs and Bogs: Why do companies make reports less readable? |
18 June 2019 | Dr Kang Koo Deakin University (Internal) | Transport fare removal and house prices |
13 Jun 2019 | Professor Tony He University of Technology Sydney | The Social Value of Asymmetric Information Revisited |
6 Jun 2019 | Ms Dianne Thomson Deakin University (Internal) | Does Corporate Governance Matter for Customer Satisfaction in Australian Financial Institutions? |
4 Jun 2019 | Dr Yuanji Wen | Effects of Darkness on Market Quality when Markets are Fragmented: Experimental Evidence |
28 May 2019 | Assoc Prof Roger Edelen Virginia Tech University | Institutional constraints and preferences: Implications for factors and performance evaluation |
23 May 2019 | Prof Micah Officer Loyola Marymount University | Inside the 'Black Box' of Private Merger Negotiations |
16 May 2019 | Dr Phong Ngo Australian National University | Media Exposure and Stock Market Participation |
9 May 2019 | Assoc Prof Simba Chang Nanyang Technological University | Stock Liquidity and Corporate Social Responsibility |
2 May 2019 | Prof Christian Lundblad University of North Carolina | Crowded Trades and Tail Risk |
18 Apr 2019 | Assoc Prof Yangyang Chen Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Captured by Mutual Funds: Do Cross-Audits Undermine Auditor Independence? |
11 Apr 2019 |
Assoc Prof Fangjian Fu Singapore Management University | Costly Corporate Governance: Evidence from Shareholder Approval in Mergers and Acquisitions |
4 Apr 2019 | Assoc Prof Jianxin Wang | On the Common Determinants of Volatility Persistence and Asymmetry |
28 Mar 2019 |
Assoc Prof Mike Mao Deakin University (internal) | Financial Sophistication and Conflicts of Interest: Evidence from the Investment Menus Offered in 401(k) Plans |
22 Mar 2019 |
Assist Prof Qiang Li National University of Singapore | Informed Speculation about Trading Flows: Price Variability, Trading Volume and Market Liquidity |
21 Mar 2019 |
Prof Tarun Chordia Emory Goizueta Business School | Bonds, Stocks and Sources of Mispricing |
14 Mar 2019 |
Prof Darwin Choi Chinese University of Hong Kong | The Effect of Superstar Firms on College Major Choice |
7 Mar 2019 |
Dr Abhinav Goyal University of Liverpool | Investment and Deleveraging Financed by Dividends: Evidence from Japanese Business Group |
19 Feb 2019 |
Dr Sohel Azad Deakin University (internal) | Religiosity, Neglected Risk and Asset Returns: Theory and Evidence from Islamic Finance Industry |
29 Nov 2018 |
Emma Li Deakin University | Exploration or Exploitation? Hedge Funds in Venture Capital |
22 Nov 2018 |
Xiangkang Yin Deakin University | Overconfident Institutions and Their Self-Attribution Bias: Evidence from Earnings Announcements |
16 Nov 2018 |
Dr. Hyun Soo Choi Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University | Clogged Intermediation: Were Home Buyers Crowded Out? |
14 Nov 2018 |
Professor Ben Marshall Massey University | Stock Liquidity and Labor Adjustment Costs |
8 Nov 2018 |
Wei Opie Deakin University | Global Currency Hedging with Common Risk Factors |
25 Oct 2018 |
Associate Professor Harminder Singh Deakin University | Bond Liquidity and Cost of bank Loans |
18 Oct 2018 |
Dr. Nicholas Crain University of Melbourne | The Bright Side of Fair Value Accounting: Evidence from Private Company Valuation |
11 Oct 2018 | Associate Professor Abhiroop Mukherjee | Roads and Loans |
4 Oct 2018 |
Associate Professor Ekta Selarka Madras School of Economics | Women on Board and Performance of Family Firms: Evidence from India |
27 Sep 2018 | Associate Professor Rik Sen University of New South Wales | Management (of) Proposals |
20 Sep 2018 | Professor Paul Ehling BI Norwegian Business School | Tax Collection from Realized Capital Gains on Equity |
13 Sep 2018 | Professor Spencer Martin, The University of Melbourne | Do You See What I See? Transparency and Bond Issuing Costs |
6 Sep 2018 |
Professor Manpreet Singh Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business | Do Minimum Wage Increases Cause Financial Stress to Small Businessess? Evidence from 15 Million Establishments |
23 Aug 2018 |
Associate Professor Frank Liu University of Western Australia | Cross Listings and Dividend Size and Stability: Evidence from China |
16 Aug 2018 |
Professor Desmond Tsang McGill University, Canada | Quality of Life and Earnings Management: Do Firms at Less Desirable Locations Manipulate Earnings More Aggressively? |
9 Aug 2018 |
Professor Andy Kim SKK Business School | Fighting for R&D Budget: CEO vs. CFO - whose masculinity matters more? |
2 Aug 2018 |
Professor David Yermack Stern School of Business, New York University | Initial Coin Offerings: Financing Growth with Cryptocurrency Token Sales |
30 Jul 2018 |
Professor Michael Chng Xi'an Jiatong-Liverpool University | Rise of the Machine-Learning Portfolio |
26 Jul 2018 |
Associate Professor Meijun Qian Australian National University | Does property rights protection affect firm innovation? |
23 Jul 2018 |
Dr Christian Hilpert Lingnan College, Sun yat-sen University | Surrender Contagion in Life Insurance: Modelling and Valuation |
19 Jul 2018 |
Professor Talis Putnins University of Technology, Sydney | What moves stock prices? The role of news, noise and information |
17 Jul 2018 |
Professor Alok Kumar University of Miami - School of Business Administration | Hispanic culture, stock preferences, and asset prices |
12 Jul 2018 |
Dr Lixiong Guo University of Alabama | Unemployment Insurance and Takeovers |
7 Jun 2018 |
Dr Alexander Vadilyev Australian National University | How sensitive is corporate propensity to save to financial development and uncertainty shocks? |
31 May 2018 |
Associate Professor Roger Loh Singapore Management University | Getting feedback on your research: evidence from analysts |
25 May 2018 |
Associate Professor Wenchi Liao National University of Singapore | The Buggerfly: The Effect of Transport Network Connectivity |
10 May 2018 |
Assistant Professor Hao Liang Singapore Management University | Socially Responsible Corporate Customers |
3 May 2018 |
Associate Professor Jin Yu Monash University | Credit default swaps and debt overhang |
26 Apr 2018 |
Associate Professor Tien Foo Sing National University of Singapore | Information immobility and learning in commercial real estate markets |
19 Apr 2018 |
Assistance Professor Kwanok Lee National University of Singapore | Property right restriction and house prices |
12 Apr 2018 |
Dr Kentaro Asai Australian National University | Bank lobbying as a financial safety net: evidence from the post-crisis US banking sector |
5 April 2018 |
Associate Professor Xin (Simba) Chang Nanyang Technological University | Political corruption and financial reporting conservatism |
22 Mar 2018 |
Professor Tarun Chordia Emory University | P-hacking: evidence from two million trading strategies |
13 Mar 2018 |
Associate Professor Yangyang Chen Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Executive equity risk-taking incentives and firm's choice of debt structure |
1 Mar 2018 |
Professor Joseph Fan Chinese University of Hong Kong | Family monitoring the family |
29 Jan 2018 |
Associate Professor Xiaoyang Li Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance | Board diversity, inventor collaboration, and corporate innovation |
25 Jan 2018 |
Mr Anton Hasselgren Stockholm School of Business | Speculator activity and cross-asset predictability of FX returns |
21 Nov 2017 |
Professor Thomas Lux University of Kiel | Network formation in the interbank money market: An application of the actor-oriented model |
17 Nov 2017 |
Professor Vidhan Goyal Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Compensation Differences and Merger Outcomes |
9 Nov 2017 |
Dr Henry Jung The University of Melbourne | Watch your basket – to determine CEO compensation |
26 Oct 2017 |
Dr Phong Ngo Australian National University | Geopolitics and international bank flows |
19 Oct 2017 |
Assistant Professor Chen Zhanhui Nanyang Technological University | In search of Preference Shock Risks: Evidence from Longevity Risks and Momentum Profits |
18 Oct 2017 |
Associate Professor Wenlan Qian National University of Singapore | Dragon Babies |
11 Oct 2017 |
Associate Professor Yulia Veld-Merkoulova Monash University | Why do individuals not participate in the stock market? |
5 Oct 2017 |
Dr Daisy Doan Deakin University | A Sovereign Risk-Based Approach to Implementing Countercyclical Capital Buffer Schemes |
28 Sep 2017 |
Associate Professor Jun Tu Singapore Management University | Purging Investor Sentiment Index from Too Much Fundamental Information |
21 Sep 2017 |
Professor Jun-Koo Kang Nanyang Technological University | Geographic Concentration of Venture Capital Investors, Corporate Monitoring, and Firm Performance |
7 Sep 2017 |
Dr Zhou Zhong The University of Melbourne | Inverted Fee Venues and Market Quality |
31 Aug 2017 |
Dr Emma Li Australian National University | The Usual Suspects: Experienced Backers and Early Stage Venture Success |
23 Aug 2017 |
Professor Bruce Grundy The University of Melbourne | The External Financing of Investment |
10 Aug 2017 |
Mandy Tham Wealth Management Institute | Do security analysts learn from their colleagues? |
3 Aug 2017 |
Dr Vincent Xiang Deakin University | Risk Neutral Skewness and the Cross-section of Stock Returns: Mispricing or Information |
27 Jul 2017 | Prof Andrew Winton University of Minnesota | Do Banks Still Monitor When There is a Market for Credit Protection? |
26 Jul 2017 |
Associate Professor Michael Chng Deakin University | Factor-of-factors and stock returns |
20 Jul 2017 |
Fengfei Li University of Hong Kong | The 52-week high stock price and analyst recommendation revisions |
29 Jun 2017 |
Dr Tze Ang Deakin University | The Multidimensional Pricing of Firm Productivity |
22 Jun 2017 | Mike Mao - Erasmus University | How do bank policies affect equity risk and cost of capital? |
16 Jun 2017 |
Professor Sumit Agarwal Georgetown University | Cash demand and consumption response to unanticipated monetary policy shock: evidence from Turkey |
9 Jun 2017 |
Dr Christopher Ratcliffe Deakin University | The Performance of REIT Acquirers in the Post-Merger Period |
18 May 2017 |
Dr Juan Sotes-Paladino Melbourne University | The Invisible Hand of Internal Markets in Mutual Fund Families |
11 May 2017 |
Dr Huson Ahmed Deakin University | What Drives Bank Lending behaviour in Australia? Co-integration Analyses by Integrated Modified Least Square (IM-OLS) Approach |
4 May 2017 |
Professor Abe de Jung Erasmus University | Managing for Performance: The VOC Insurance Contract of 1613 |
27 Apr 2017 |
Gary Tian Macquarie University | Political Connections as an Endorsement Device: The Impact of Political Connections on Corporate Decision-making |
20 Apr 2017 |
Professor David Reeb National University of Singapore | The Extreme Control Choice |
13 Apr 2017 |
Professor Tarun Chordia (Equis) Emory University | Rent Seeking by Low Latency Traders: Evidence from Trading on Macroeconomic Announcements |
6 Apr 2017 |
Dr George Wong (Equis) The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Corporate Environmental Liabilities and Capital Structure |
30 Mar 2017 |
Professor Stephen Brown Monash University / Emeritus Professor at NYU | Sensation Seeking, Sports Cars, and Hedge Funds |
28 Mar 2017 |
Professor Avanidhar Subrahmanyam UCLA | The Information Role of Index Option Trading |
27 Mar 2017 |
Professor Tse-Chun Lin The University of Hong Kong | Yesterday once more: Short selling and two banking crises |
20 Mar 2017 |
Dr Mong Shan Ee Deakin University | Shadow Banking and Economic Development in Developing Countries: Evidence from China |
16 Mar 2017 |
Professor Simba Chang Cambridge University/Nanyang Technological University | Does Financial Innovation Affect Technological Innovation? Evidence from Credit Default Swaps Trading |
9 Mar 2017 |
Professor Jack Cooney Texas Tech University | Investor Demand for Information in Newly Issues Securities |
16 Nov 2016 | Prof Vidhan Goyal | Index Membership and Capital Structure: International Evidence |
27 Oct 2016 |
Dr Li Ge Monash University | The Effect of Stock Market Indexing on Option Latent Trading Cost |
6 Oct 2016 |
Dr Pedro Barroso UNSW | Using Out-Of-Sample Errors in Portfolio Optimization |
29 Sep 2016 |
Dr Phong Ngo Australian National University | Access to Finance: The Impact on Compulsory Education |
15 Sep 2016 |
Prof John Wei HKUST | Demand Shock, Speculative Beta, and Asset Prices: Evidence from the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect |
1 Sep 2016 |
Dr Le Zhang University of New South Wales | Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions |
31 Aug 2016 |
Dr Angie Low Nanyang Technological University | Rookie Directors |
25 Aug 2016 | Professor Nadia Massoud, University of Melbourne | Who Benefits from Bank Trading Activity: Shareholders or Employees? |
18 Aug 2016 | Dr Oleg Chuprinin, UNSW | Bandwagon Effect in Peer-to-Peer Finance: Is Access to Credit a Matter of Luck? |
11 Aug 2016 | Dr Will Gornall, University of British Columbia | How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions? |
4 Aug 2016 | Dr Adrian Lee, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) | Melting Pot or Salad Bowl: Cultural Difference and Housing Investment Decisions |
25 Jul 2016 | Prof Joseph Fan, Chinese University of Hong Kong and ANU | Family Ownership Structures and Corporate Policies: The Case of Family Trusts |
21 Jul 2016 | Prof Chris Veld, Monash University | Household Debt and Stock Market Participation |
11 Jul 2016 | Associate Professor Roy Kouwenberg, Mahidol University, Erasmus University | "Currency Wars": Who gains from the battle |
6 Jul 2016 | Associate Professor Paul Hsu, Hong Kong University (pending confirmation) | The Oscar goes to…: Takeovers and Innovation Envy |
27 May 2016 |
Associate Professor Mujtaba Mian Zayed University UAE | Do managers use share prices to mitigate investor short-termism? |
26 May 2016 | Professor Doug Foster, Sydney University | Options on Options, Tradeoffs, Technology and Algorithms:My How Times Have Changed* |
19 May 2016 | Dr Stefan Petry, University of Melbourne | Determinants of Secondary Market Prices for Structured Products During the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis |
12 May 2016 |
Professor Peter Bossaerts University of Melbourne | Neural Mechanisms Behind Identification of Leptokurtic Noise and Adaptive Behavioral Response |
5 May 2016 | Dr Steven Riddiough, University of Melbourne | Currency Premia and Global Imbalances |
28 Apr 2016 |
Dr Kanh Mo Koo National University of Singapore | Consumption response to temporary price shock: Evidence from Singapore’s annual sale event |
14 Apr 2016 | Dr Jane Luo, University of Adelaide | Short seller’s view on fair employee treatment |
8 Apr 2016 | Professor Ghon Rhee, University of Hawaii | Does Better Corporate Governance Encourage Higher Payout? Risk, Agency Cost, and Dividend Policy |
7 Apr 2016 | Associate Professor Xianming Zhou, Australia National University | Newly Listed Firms as Acquisition Targets: The IPO Debutant effect |
10 Mar 2016 | Dr Shams Pathan, University of Queensland | Investor Horizons and Bank Risk-taking |
1 Mar 2016 | Dr George Wong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Corporate Environmental Risk and the Customer-Supplier Relationship |
22 Oct 2015 | Associate Professor Cameron Truong, Department of Banking and Finance, Monash University | Earnings announcement idiosyncratic volatility and the Cross-section of stock returns |
16 Oct 2015 | Dr Eric Lam, Hong Kong Baptist University | On the positive relation between cash holdings and stock returns |
15 Oct 2015 | Professor Robert Faff, Business School, Queensland University | The labor-leverage relation: new firm-level evidence and a quasi-natural experiment |
8 Oct 2015 | Dr Phong Ngo, Australian National University | Local bank access, financial flexibility and corporate liquidity management |
1 Oct 2015 | Dr Andrea Lu, Department of Finance, University of Melbourne | A market-based funding liquidity measure |
24 Sept 2015 | Andrew Ainsworth, Business School, University of Sydney | Can dividend schedules predict abnormal returns? International evidence |
10 Sept 2015 | Dr Ali Akyol, Department of Finance, University of Melbourne | Director skill sets |
7 Sept 2015 | Jerry Cao, Singapore Management University | Institutional bidding in IPO allocation: evidence from China |
3 Sept 2015 | Professor Carole Comerton-Forde, Department of Finance, University of Melbourne | Regulating dark trading: order flow segmentation and market quality |
27 Aug 2015 | Dr Zhuo Zhong, Department of Finance, University of Melbourne | The risk sharing benefit versus the collateral cost: the formation of the Inter-dealer network in over-the-counter trading |
20 Aug 2015 | Dr Minh Do, Department of Banking and Finance, Monash University | The dividend month premium uncovered |
13 Aug 2015 | Dr Frank Liu, University of Western Australia | Model-free risk-neutral moments and proxies |
12 Aug 2015 | Associate Professor Michael Chng, Department of Finance, Deakin Business School | Arbitrage activity and price discovery across spot, futures and ETF markets. |
30 Jul 2015 | Dr Le Zhang, University of New South Wales | Who captures the power of the pen? |
23 Jul 2015 | Dr Tze (Chewie) Ang, Deakin University | DRIP arbitrage and externalities |
16 Jul 2015 | Dr A.S.M. Sohel Azad, Deakin University | Why interest free Islamic banking is not free from interest? |
11 Jun 2015 | Professor Ed Lin, Deakin University | Portfolio risk and investment horizon of institutional investors |
4 Jun 2015 | Professor Garry Twite, Department of Finance, University of Melbourne | Ownership structure and the public/private equity choice |
21 May 2015 | Professor Takeshi Yamada, Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies & Applied Statistics, Australia National University | Employee inside debt and firm risk-taking: evidence from employee deposit programs in Japan |
7 May 2015 | Debarshi Sanyal | Dynamics of household leverage in Australia: is macro-prudential regulation missing a key point? |
16 Apr 2015 |
Dr Edward Podolski, Department of Economics and Finance La Trobe Business School | Free cash flow and the unproductive inventor |
2 Apr 2015 | Van Vu (student), Department of Banking and Finance, Monash University | How do firms cope with bank credit contraction? Evidence of the substitution between financial markets |
26 Mar 2015 | Professor Rhon Rhee, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii | Stock liquidity, managerial short-termism, and corporate earnings management |
19 Mar 2015 | Professor Gary Tian, University of Wollongong | How do political connections affect M&A decisions and post-M&A performance? A comparison between SOEs and non-SOEs |
12 Mar 2015 | Richard Zhang (Deakin student) | The impact of investor sentiment on financial market: from the perspective of both market and firm. |
26 Feb 2015 | Professor Wei (Victor) Huang, Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii | Residual correlation, active management, and fund performance |
19 Feb 2015 | Professor Patrick Verwijmeren, Department of Business Economics, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam | Security design from a buyer's perspective |