One-day Conference on Professional Asset Management


Speakers


Abstract

ONE-DAY CONFERENCE ON PROFESSIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
 
PROGRAMME AVAILABLE!

 

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Netspar and the Department of Financial Management of RSM Erasmus University organize a one-day academic conference on professional asset management. The main objective of the conference is to present and discuss recent advances in academic research on mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, and other forms of delegated portfolio management. The conference will host a limited number of paper presentations with designated discussants and ample time for discussion and interaction.
 
INVITED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
  • Vikas Agarwal (Georgia State University)
  • Nick Bollen (Vanderbilt University)
  • Robert Kosowski (Imperial College)
 

TOPICS:

Possible topics to address include, but are not limited to the following:

Manager selection, performance measurement and attribution, capital flows, investor behavior, conflicts of interest between investors and fund management companies, favoritism in fund families, governance and regulation.

 
ORGANIZERS:

Joop Huij, RSM Erasmus University

Marno Verbeek, RSM Erasmus University and Netspar

RSM Erasmus University, located in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, is an internationally acclaimed business school dedicated to advancing the frontiers of business knowledge, www.rsm.nl.

Netspar is a Dutch network for research and education in the field of pensions, aging and retirement, www.netspar.nl.