Society for Financial Studies

The Society for Financial Studies is pleased to announce two new journals: The Review of Asset Pricing Studies (RAPS) and The Review of Corporate Finance Studies (RCFS). RAPS and RCFS join The Review of Financial Studies to form a suite of three independent A-level journals that are now available to scholars in finance and related disciplines as outlets for their research.

SFS News

April 8, 2014: Last Days to Book Your Cavalcade Hotel!

There are only a few days left to book your hotel room within the SFS room blocks for the Finance Cavalcade. If you have not booked your room, please make sure you book before the blocks run out. Hotel information is available here.

March 27, 2014: Announcing the Cavalcade Keynote Speakers

The Society for Financial Studies is pleased to announce the Keynote Speakers at the 2014 Cavalcade:

Feifei Li, Distinguished Practitioner Keynote Speaker. Dr. Li is Partner and Head of Research at Research Affiliates. Her speech will occur Monday, May 19, at lunch.

Toni Whited, Cavalcade Conference Chair. Dr. Whited is the Michael and Diane Jones Professor of Business Administration at the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester. Her speech will occur Tuesday, May 20, at lunch.

For locations, please visit the Cavalcade program.

March 25, 2014: Final Week for Early Registration!

Register for the Cavalcade by April 1 to pay the early registration fee of $100 for SFS members or $140 for nonmembers. Registration fees increase on April 2! Register here.

March 18, 2014: Latest Issue of RCFS Has Published Online

Issue 2(2) of RCFS has now published! Subscribers can view the issue online here.

March 14, 2014: Links to Cavalcade Papers Now Available

The Cavalcade program now contains links to the papers that will be presented in May. To view the program and papers, please visit the Cavalcade site. If you are an author of an accepted paper and would like to update the copy of your paper linked on the program, or would prefer to link to your own online posting of the paper, please contact Jaclyn Einstein.

March 11, 2014: Email Communication

We updated our email server last week. While efforts were made to capture every email sent during the transition, we know complications are possible. If you sent any emails to Jaclyn Einstein last week that have not received responses, please re-send.

March 7, 2014: 2014 Cavalcade Program Available Online

The program for the 2014 Cavalcade is now available on the Cavalcade site. Links to papers coming soon!

March 7, 2014: Annual Meeting

The 2014 Society for Financial Studies Annual Meeting will take place at the 2014 Finance Cavalcade at 3:45pm on May 19, 2014, in room 350 Hariri, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University.

March 6, 2014: Executive Editor Change for RFS

The Executive Editor of the RFS, Prof. David Hirshleifer, is completing his term on June 30. We wish him all the best in his future endeavors.

We are delighted to announce that Prof. Andrew Karolyi will be the new Executive Editor of the RFS beginning July 1. Prof. Karolyi joined the RFS editorial team in August 2010, and is the Alumni Professor in Asset Management and Professor of Finance at Cornell University, as well as the Faculty Director of the Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Karolyi to his new role.

February 6, 2014: RFS Post-Doctoral Position

The RFS post-doctoral position is available for the next academic year. The position will begin July 1. Job responsibilities include recommending referees and ensuring all formatting guidelines are met prior to processing submissions. If you are interested in the position or know somebody who is, please have them contact Jaclyn Einstein for additional details. Deadline to apply is May 31, 2014, but the position will only remain open until a candidate is identified.