Northern Finance Association Conference 2019 – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 A look at ESG’s influence on market efficiency https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/a-look-at-esgs-influence-on-market-efficiency/ Thu, 10 Oct 2019 04:44:04 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/a-look-at-esgs-influence-on-market-efficiency/ With the rise in socially responsible investing and quantitative strategies, are institutional investors that incorporate environmental, social and governance factors making markets less efficient and increasing mispricing signals? The link between socially responsible investing and the efficacy of signals used by quantitative investors is explored in a new working paper by Jie Cao, associate professor […]

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]]> Do analysts say ‘buy’ to the public while whispering ‘sell’? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/do-analysts-say-buy-to-the-public-while-whispering-sell/ Fri, 04 Oct 2019 04:29:31 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/do-analysts-say-buy-to-the-public-while-whispering-sell/ When sell-side stock analysts tell the public to buy, they may in fact be whispering sell to their institutional investor clients, according to a new working paper by Yushui Shi, a PhD candidate at the University of California, Irvine. The paper, which is based on data from China, looks at mutual fund managers voting for […]

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]]> How fintech is changing the world of finance https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/investments-other/how-fintech-is-changing-the-world-of-finance/ Wed, 02 Oct 2019 05:29:49 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-fintech-is-changing-the-world-of-finance/ Fintech includes four areas, all of which are changing the financial industry in different ways. These include peer-to-peer financing, robo-advising or systematic asset management, decentralized finance and machine learning and artificial intelligence, said Campbell Harvey, professor of finance at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, during a panel at the Northern Finance Association’s conference in […]

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]]> Navigating the challenges for women in finance in 2019 https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/investments-other/navigating_the_challenges_for_women_in_finance/ Thu, 26 Sep 2019 05:41:20 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/navigating_the_challenges_for_women_in_finance/ While challenges still exist for women in finance, many are navigating success in this world in different ways. A panel delved into this topic at the Northern Finance Association conference in Vancouver in September 2019. It featured Irem Demirci, an assistant professor of finance at Portugal’s Nova School of Business and Economics; Lisa Kramer, a […]

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