2019 Academic & Practitioner Symposium on Mutual Funds and ETFs

Corporate Governance and ESG investing

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Location

Washington DC

The Mayo Center for Asset Management at the University of Virginia, an ECGI Academic Institutional Member, and the Investment Company Institute (ICI) hosted the 2019 Academic & Practitioner Symposium on Mutual Funds and ETFs on Friday, February 22nd, 2019 in Washington, DC (U.S.A.).  The symposium brought together practitioners, regulators and academics to discuss important issues in asset management and the focus this year was on Corporate Governance and ESG investing.  The program consisted of four invited academic papers (each with a practitioner and an academic discussant), two panel discussions and the lunch keynote speaker was Bill McNabb, former Chairman and CEO of Vanguard.  Additional details about the conference can be found here: https://www.darden.virginia.edu/faculty-research/seminars-conferences/academic-practitioner-symposium/

The conference venue was Darden’s campus in Washington DC in Rosslyn, VA overlooking the Potomac River (with easy access from Reagan National airport and Dulles International airport). 

Programme

Friday, February 22nd
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Registration and Continental Breakfast

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Break

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ESG Paper Discussion – Do Investors Value Sustainability? A Natural Experiment Examining Ranking and Fund Flows, by Samuel M. Hartzmark and Abigail B. Sussman : Session Chair- Shelly Antoniewicz

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Discussant

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Voting Paper Discussion – Picking Friends Before Picking (Proxy) Fights: How Mutual Fund Voting Shapes Proxy Contests, by Alon Brav, Wei Jiang and Tao Li : Session Chair - Ting Xu

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Discussant

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Panel – Asset Management and Governance: Voting and Voice

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Break

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Governance Paper Discussion – The Life Cycle of Dual-Class Firms, by Martijn Cremers, Beni Lauterbach and Anete Pajuste : Session Chair - Davide Tomio

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Discussant

Speakers

Oğuzhan Karakaş

University Associate Professor in Finance
Cambridge Judge Business School
Research Member

Wei Jiang

Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Finance
Emory University Goizueta Business School
Research Member

Martijn Cremers

Bernard J. Hank Professor of Finance
University of Notre Dame
Research Member

Pedro Matos

James A. & Stacy Cooper Bicentennial Professor of Business Administration (Finance)
Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Research Member

Laura Starks

George Kozmetsky Centennial University Distinguished Chair
McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
Research Member

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