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Call for Papers: CUHK-RAPS-RCFS Conference on Asset Pricing and Corporate Finance

The Call for Papers is now available for the 2025 CUHK-RAPS-RCFS Conference on Asset Pricing and Corporate Finance. The conference, which features optional dual submission to RAPS or RCFS, will be held December 8-10, 2025, in Hong Kong. The deadline for submission is August 31, 2025 (Hong Kong Time). For more information, visit the Call for Papers.

Call for Papers: RAPS Special Issue on AI/ML on Asset Pricing

The Review of Asset Pricing Studies is launching a Special Issue on AI/ML on Asset Pricing, guest edited by Zhiguo He (Stanford GSB, Executive Editor of RAPS), Bryan Kelly (Yale SOM, Guest RAPS Editor), and Markus Pelger (Stanford MS&E, Guest RAPS Editor). We welcome papers on all aspects of AI/ML applications in asset pricing. Deadline to submit papers is November 18, 2025. Please see the Call for Papers for full details.

RAPS Forthcoming Paper

“To Lend or Not to Lend: The Bank of Japan’s ETF Purchase Program and Securities Lending” by Mitsuru Katagiri, Junnosuke Shino, and Koji Takahashi

RAPS Forthcoming Paper

“Information from Inaction: Vested Options Unexercised and Firm Performance” by Dien Giau  Bui, Chih-Yung Lin, and Tse-Chun Lin

New Membership System

The Society for Financial Studies is pleased to launch our new membership system. Members will be able to purchase 1-year memberships, 3-year memberships, or student memberships. Our submission systems will automatically recognize memberships and remind you when you need to renew. The new system was not able to move current memberships over, which means all accounts are starting from scratch. We apologize for the inconvenience! If you purchased a membership recently,… Read More »New Membership System

RAPS Forthcoming Paper

“Asset Growth Anomaly of Corporate Bonds: A Decomposition Analysis” by Fang Chen, Jingzhi Huang, Yifei Li, Wenfeng Wu, and Tong Yu

Editorial Team Updates

RAPS welcomes the following Associate Editors:Vincent Bogousslavsky (Boston College)Jonathan Brogaard (University of Utah)Winston Dou (Wharton)Kai Li (PHBS at PKU)Andrea Tamoni (Notre Dame) Associate Editors renewing for a second term are:Ravi Bansal (Duke) Nicolae Garleanu (Washington University in St. Louis)Arvind Krishnamurthy (Stanford)Dacheng Xiu (University of Chicago) Changes are effective July 1, 2025.

Winners of the RAPS Awards

The winners of the annual RAPS Awards were announced at SFS Cavalcade North America 2025. We are pleased to share the winners: Best Paper Award“Loss Sharing in Central Clearinghouses: Winners and Losers”Christian Kubitza, Loriana Pelizzon, and Mila Getmansky ShermanPrize: $10,000 Referee of the YearAlexander DickersonPrize: $1000 Congratulations to all our award winners!