"The Future of Finance" - EDHEC Speaker Series

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Forthcoming Speaker

A ranaldo and Laurent Deville

Topic:   Blockchain Currency Markets

Date:     Tuesday, January 14th, 2025

Time:     6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Paris Time

Join us for an engaging session with Professor Angelo Ranaldo as he explores the emerging dynamics of blockchain currencies and stablecoins traded on decentralized exchanges. Professor Ranaldo will present key findings from his comprehensive study, shedding light on the efficiency of blockchain markets, where prices and trading volumes often align with those of traditional assets.

The research highlights blockchain-specific frictions, such as gas fees and Ether volatility, which influence market behavior. Professor Ranaldo will also discuss how macroeconomic fundamentals and order flow shape blockchain prices. By analyzing transaction-level data, he will demonstrate how traders with significant market share and primary market access can drive pricing dynamics, leveraging informational advantages.

Angelo Ranaldo
Professor of Finance and Financial Economics, Chair of Finance and Financial Economics, University of Basel

 

Moderators are:
Laurent Deville
Professor of Finance, Academic Director - Masters in Finance, EDHEC Business School

Emmanuel Jurczenko
Executive Director of Graduate Finance Programmes, EDHEC Business School

 

Previous Speakers

Professors Gregory Brown and Hamid Boustanifar

Topic:   Scale, Scope, and Speed in Private Capital Funds

Date:     Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024

Time:     6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Paris Time

The substantial growth in both size and scope of the private fund industry has resulted in much discussion about the effects of this growth on performance. Prof. Brown will discuss how a range of size and growth characteristics are related to market-adjusted fund performance.

More specifically, he will present results using the MSCI-Burgiss data that investigate how private fund performance is related to total capital committed to an investment strategy,  fund size, and fund size growth from the previous fund, among other factors. The analysis is the most comprehensive to date and utilizes a global sample of 10,276 buyout, venture capital, credit, infrastructure & natural resource, and real estate funds representing 8.7 trillion USD in committed capital.

Gregory Brown

Professor of Finance, Research Director of IPC, University of North Carolina

 

Moderators are : 

Hamid Boustanifar

Professor of Finance, Academic Director of MSc in Corporate Finance, EDHEC Business School

Emmanuel Jurczenko

Executive Director of Graduate Finance Programmes, EDHEC Business School

Fehd Rehioui

MSc Corporate & Finance student, EDHEC Business School

 

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Speaker Series - Nov 12th

Topic:   Climate Finance

Date:     Tuesday, November 12th, 2024

Time:     6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Paris Time

Join us on November 12, 2024, for an insightful session with Professor Marcin Kacperczyk as he delves into the emerging field of climate finance and its growing impact on global markets. Through his pioneering research, Professor Kacperczyk will explore Net-zero portfolios (NZP), which aim to bring carbon footprint exposure to zero by a target date. These portfolios are increasingly popular for aligning investor incentives with climate goals and exerting pressure on carbon-emitting companies.

The research will introduce a novel, forward-looking metric, “distance-to-exit” (DTE), which measures the projected years until a company may be excluded from NZP. Firms with a longer DTE tend to have higher valuation ratios and lower expected returns, suggesting that DTE could serve as a valuable indicator of carbon-transition risk, capturing the uncertain pressures for institutional decarbonization.

Marcin Kacperczyk

Professor of Finance, Imperial College London

 

Moderators are : 

Riccardo Rebonato

Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School, Scientific Director, EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute

Emmanuel Jurczenko

Executive Director of Graduate Finance Programmes, EDHEC Business School

Alexandre Martin 

MSc Climate Change and Sustainable Finance student,, EDHEC Business School

 

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Stefano Giglio and Sophie Clot

Topic:   Biodiversity Risk

Date:     Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Time:     6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Paris Time

Join us on October 15, 2024, for an insightful session led by Professor Stefano Giglio, as he delves into the pressing issue of biodiversity risk and its impact on financial markets and economic activities. Professor Giglio will explore the effects of physical and regulatory risks related to biodiversity loss on economic activity and financial asset prices. By introducing innovative textual-based measures of biodiversity risk, his analysis reveals the increasing role biodiversity plays in equity pricing and economic decision-making. This event promises to shed light on the growing financial materiality of biodiversity risks and the evolving landscape for investors, policymakers, and industry leaders alike. Don’t miss this chance to engage with cutting-edge research that links environmental health to financial stability.

Stefano Giglio

Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management

 

Moderators are : 

Sophie Clot

Professor & Scientific Director of MSc in Climate Change and Sustainable Finance, EDHEC Business School

Emmanuel Jurczenko

Executive Director of Graduate Finance Programmes, EDHEC Business School

Catherine Elkhoury

MSc Climate Change and Sustainable Finance student,, EDHEC Business School

 

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Elroy Dimson and Raman Uppal

Topic:   Long Term Investing

Date:     Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Time:     6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Paris Time

Join us on September 10, 2024, for an engaging session led by Professor Elroy Dimson, renowned for his research in finance and asset management at Cambridge Judge Business School. Professor Dimson will delve into the intricacies of long-term investing, highlighting key trends and historical data that showcase the power of patience in the financial markets. By examining asset class performance over extended periods, he will uncover insights into risk, return, and the resilience of equity markets through economic cycles. This session offers a valuable perspective on how investors can benefit from a long-term approach amidst market volatility and uncertainty. Don’t miss this chance to gain insights from one of the leading experts in finance.

Elroy DIMSON

Professor of Finance and Chairman, Center for Endowment Asset Management, Cambridge Judge Business School

 

Moderators are : 

Raman UPPAL

Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School

Emmanuel Jurczenko

Executive Director of Graduate Finance Programmes, EDHEC Business School

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Lu Zhang and Hamid Boustanifar

Topic: Corporate Asset Pricing

Date:     Tuesday April 23rd

Time:     6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Paris Time

What must the world be like for asset pricing anomalies to be possible? Rather than a machine in equilibrium, the world is a system of open, adaptive systems in evolution. The consumption CAPM, behavioral finance, and the investment CAPM explain autonomous (but interdependent) layers of reality: macro finance, household finance, and micro finance, respectively. Rather than investors, corporate actors are the primary causal powers of their own asset prices. Most important, systems theory, not equilibrium theory, emerges as a “theory of everything” in finance. 

Lu Zhang
Professor of Finance, The Ohio State University 

Moderators are:

Hamid Boustanifar

Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School

Emmanuel Jurczenko

Executive Director of Graduate Finance Programmes, EDHEC Business School

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Thierry Roncalli and Frédéric Ducoulombier

Topic:   Net-Zero Investing

Date:     Tuesday March 12th

Time:     6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Paris Time

Thierry Roncalli will discuss the implementation of net-zero policies at the portfolio level and within a strategic asset allocation framework. In particular, he will discuss the main methodologies: the integrated approach and the core-satellite approach. He will show that net-zero investing is not only a carbon footprint issue, but also a green footprint issue.

Thierry Roncalli
Head of Quant Portfolio Strategy, Amundi Investment Institute
Amundi Asset Management     

moderators are:

Frédéric Ducoulombier
Director, EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute 

Emmanuel Jurczenko

Executive Director of Graduate Finance Programmes, EDHEC Business School

 

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Bob Litterman and Riccardo Rebonato

Topic:   Can Financial Engineering Save the Planet ?

Date:     Tuesday February 27th

  Join us for an insightful presentation by Bob Litterman, founding partner and Chairman of Climate Policy at Kepos Capital, as he delves into the critical topic of carbon pricing.

Carbon pricing has a pivotal role in addressing carbon emissions and climate change, and accurately pricing it is intimately linked to risk management. Additionally, Bob will introduce carbon-linked bonds, exploring how this financial instrument allows governments to signal their carbon pricing intentions and provides motivation for governments to act on their climate commitments.

 

Bob Litterman
Founding Partner and Chairman of Climate Policy
Kepos Capital

 

Moderators are:

Riccardo Rebonato
Professor, Scientific Director, EDHEC Risk Climate Impact Institute 

Emmanuel Jurczenko

Executive Director of Graduate Finance Programmes, EDHEC Business School

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Speaker Series Steven Kaplan

Topic:   Private Capital: Past, Present and Future

Date:     Tuesday January 30th

Time :    6:00.pm-07:00.pm Paris Time

We will hear from Steve Kaplan, Neuabuer Family Professor at Chicago Booth, about private capital.  Private capital and private equity make up an increasing fraction of the world’s capital markets.  Professor Kaplan will discuss what we know about the results for private capital at the company and fund level.  He will then discuss what we can expect to see going forward.

Steven Kaplan
Neuabuer Family Professor
University of Chigago Booth, School of Business

Moderators are:

Enrique Schroth
Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School

Emmanuel Jurczenko

Executive Director of Graduate Finance Programmes, EDHEC Business School

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