SFS News

Raman Uppal and Josef Zechner have been appointed to second terms on the SFS Council.

Cavalcade 2016 begins this Sunday, May 15. For details, visit the Cavalcade web site.

We are now less than two weeks away from Cavalcade 2016. If you have not registered yet, please do so at the Cavalcade 2016 web site. Reminder: Everyone who plans to attend–including presenting authors, co-authors, discussants, session chairs, doctoral students, and University of Toronto faculty–must register.

Due to demand, we are able to offer a few extra days of the Hyatt room block for Cavalcade 2016. There are now only deluxe rooms remaining so the price has increased to $249/night (Canadian). These rooms will be available UNTIL APRIL 30, 2016, while availability remains. The Holiday Inn has rooms remaining. The InterContinental is fully booked. For hotel details, visit Cavalcade 2016.

AFFECT (Academic Female Finance Committee) will host a breakfast at  Cavalcade 2016 on Monday, May 16, 2016, from 7:30am – 8:45am. AFFECT formed recently to promote gender equality in the finance profession, to facilitate networking among women, to provide mentoring of women, and to conduct research on the standing of women and differences in the career paths of men versus women in finance. At the breakfast, there will be a discussion of issues that may be… Read More »AFFECT Breakfast at Cavalcade 2016

Cavalcade 2016 will feature special presentations from both the Review of Asset Pricing Studies and the Review of Corporate Finance Studies.  The RAPS presentation will take place on Monday, May 16, at 3:45pm. The presented paper will be “The Impact of Hedge Funds on Asset Markets” by Mathias S. Kruttli, Andrew J. Patton, and Tarun Ramadorai. The RCFS presentation will take place Tuesday, May 17, at 3:45pm. The presented paper will be “Spillovers in Local Banking Markets” by Mark Garmaise and Gabriel Natividad.

Have you registered for Cavalcade 2016? Everyone who plans to attend–including presenting authors, co-authors, discussants, session chairs, doctoral students, and University of Toronto faculty–must register at the Cavalcade 2016 web site.

Today is the last day to book the SFS room block at the Hyatt (while availability remains). Information about accommodations is on the Cavalcade 2016 web site.

Today is the last day for early registration for Cavalcade 2016. Registration fees increase tomorrow, April 1. Register online at Cavalcade 2016.

Register for Cavalcade 2016 by March 31 to pay the early registration fee of $100 for SFS members or $140 for nonmembers. Registration fees increase on April 1! Register online at Cavalcade 2016.