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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

Wharton Conference on Liquidity and Financial Crises

The Wharton Conference on Liquidity and Financial Crises will feature a dual submission option with RFS. The RFS sponsoring editor is Itay Goldstein. The deadline for paper submission is June 15, 2016. The conference will take place October 14-15, 2016, on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia, PA. The Call for Papers may be viewed here.

Special RCFS Paper Presentation at Cavalcade 2016

Cavalcade 2016 will feature a special presentation from the Review of Corporate Finance Studies on Tuesday, May 17, at 3:45pm. The presented paper will be “Spillovers in Local Banking Markets” by Mark Garmaise and Gabriel Natividad.