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Winners of the RFS Awards

The winners of the RFS Awards were announced at the Awards Reception on Tuesday, May 17, at the SFS Finance Cavalcade Conference. We are pleased to now share the winners: Distinguished Referee Award  Kenneth Ahern, Ing-Haw Cheng, Ran Duchin, Charles Hadlock, Victoria Ivashina, Justin Murfin, Alexi Savov, and Denis Sosyura Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award “The Real Effects of Hedge Fund Activism: Productivity, Asset Allocation, and Labor Outcomes” Alon Brav, Wei Jiang, and Hyunseob Kim Prize: $20,000 Michael J. Brennan… Read More »Winners of the RFS Awards

Editor Renewals

David Denis and Itay Goldstein have been appointed to second terms as RFS editors.

SFS Council Updates

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

Associate Editor Changes

RFS welcomes the following Associate Editors: Bo Becker, Benjamin Keys, Tarun Ramadorai, Philipp Schnabl, Heather Tookes, Adrien Verdelhan, Jessica Wachter, Motohiro Yogo. We thank our retiring Associate Editors: Ruediger Fahlenbrach, Stuart Gillan, Jarrad Harford, Robert Hodrick, Mark Huson, Marcin Kacperczyk, Lars Lochstoer. All changes are effective July 1, 2016.

Editorial Team Changes

RCFS welcomes Gregor Matvos as an Editor, replacing Amit Seru, who will retire from his position. We thank Amit for his service to the journal. RCFS also welcomes Carola Frydman and Victoria Ivashina as Associate Editors. We thank retiring Associate Editors Thomas Noe and Amir Sufi for their service. All changes are effective July 1, 2016.

Editor’s Choice: June

The Editor’s Choice article for June 2016 (issue 29/6) is “The Effect of Institutional Ownership on Payout Policy: Evidence from Index Thresholds” by Alan D. Crane, Sébastien Michenaud, and James P. Weston. You can read the article free online here.

Final Reminder: Register for Cavalcade 2016

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.

Extra Hotel Rooms Added for Cavalcade: Book Quickly!

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 Breakfast at 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