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s/bf-HSG News June 2017

With this newsletter we would like to inform you about the latest news and developments at the Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance.

NEWS RESEARCH EXECUTIVE EDUCATION S/BF IN THE MEDIA

NEWS

Prof. Dr. Martin Brown was awarded a SNF grant for the project "Financial Literacy, Numeracy and Financial Decision Making".

Prof. Dr. Angelo Ranaldo was awarded a grant of EUR 30'000 by the Fondation Banque de France for the project "The Repo Pricing Puzzle".

In March 2017, Prof. Dr. Angelo Ranaldo and Alexander Bechtel (PhD candidate) started a joint research project with the European Central Bank (ECB), entitled "The Interaction of the ECB’s Non-Standard Policy Measures and Euro Area Repo Markets". Since then, Alexander Bechtel is a visiting researcher at the ECB in Frankfurt.

Angelo Ranaldo is also working as scientific advisor for the Bank of England.

Prof. Yakov Amihud (Ira Rennert Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance at NYU) visited the SBF and gave a course on "Mergers & Acquisitions" in the MBF program from April 3-7, 2017.

Prof. Luigi Guiso (AXA Professor of Household Finance and Insurance at Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance) visited the SBF and gave a course on "Household Finance" in the PiF program from May 8-12, 2017.

Jonas Romer, PhD candidate at the Chair of Corporate Finance, was awarded the Career Award 2017 (1st place) of the DZ Bank Group for his master thesis "News Tone Around Director Announcements: A Sentiment Analysis of Newspapers".

Prof. Dr. Florian Weigert was awarded the "Best Paper Award 2016" for the article "Does Female Management Influence Firm Performance? Evidence from Luxembourg Banks" (with Regina Reinert and Christoph Winnefeld) published in the journal Financial Markets and Portfolio Management.

Alexander Cochardt, PhD candidate at the chair of Finance of Prof. Dr. Manuel Ammann, was awarded the price of the best MBF degree – sponsored by UBS – in spring 2017.

Larissa Karthaus, PhD candidate at the chair of Corporate Finance, was awarded the price of the best MBF master thesis – sponsored by Credit Suisse – in fall 2016.


RESEARCH

PUBLICATIONS:
Individual Investor Activity and Performance. M. Dahlquist, J. V. Martinez, P. Söderlind. The Review of Financial Studies, 30 (3), 866-899, 2017.
Tail Risk in Hedge Funds: A Unique View From Portfolio Holdings. V. Agarwal, S. Ruenzi, F. Weigert. Journal of Financial Economics, forthcoming.
Regional Inflation, Financial Integration and Dollarization
. M. Brown, R. De Haas, V. Sokolov. Review of Finance, forthcoming.
Is Governance Related to Investment Performance and Asset Allocation? Empirical Evidence from Swiss Pension Funds. M. Ammann, C. Ehmann. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.

SELECTED WORKING PAPERS:
The Long-Term Performance of IPOs, Revisited. D. Hoechle, L. Karthaus, M. Schmid. School of Finance Working Paper University of St.Gallen 2017/06.
Illuminating the Dark Side of Financial Innovation: The Role of Investor Information. M. Ammann, M. Arnold, S. Straumann. School of Finance Working Paper University of St.Gallen 2017/04.
Culture and Financial Literacy. M. Brown, C. Henchoz, T. Spycher. School of Finance Working Paper University of St.Gallen 2017/03.
Do Staggered Boards Affect Firm Value? Y. Amihud, M. Schmid, S. Davidoff Solomon.
Peer Pressure in Corporate Earnings Management. C. Charles, F. von Meyerinck, M. Schmid.


EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

The seminar series "Fit for Finance" will be offered again next autumn. "Fit for Finance" consists of a series of lectures and workshops aiming at practitioners wanting to refresh their knowledge on financial topics. The lectures provide a summary of basic concepts of financing and findings in current research.


S/BF IN THE MEDIA (A SELECTION)

• Within the “Little Green Bags” video series of the University of St.Gallen, Prof. Dr. Martin Brown has helped produce an introductory video on Financial Literacy.
• NZZ online, 26.11.2016. Der steinige Weg zum Wohneigentum – Nur wer erbt, kann kaufen. M. Brown and K. Blickle.
• Four contributions by Prof. Dr. Angelo Ranaldo, 29.12.2016:
- 24heures. La BNS a trop de poids sur ses épaules.
- 20minutes. La BNS a trop de poids sur ses épaules.
- Swissinfo. Troppe aspettative nei confronti della BNS, lo dicono gli esperti.
- Bilan. Les attentes démesurées sur la BNS pour relancer l’économie.


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