Introduction
The Research Group in Responsible Finance (GReFA) is pleased to invite you to its first annual conference in Applied & Sustainable Financial management on May 5th, 2022.
The Conference is hosted by the Finance department of École de Gestion at the University of Sherbrooke. The Conference is a hybrid meeting, in person and virtual attendees. The meeting brings together scholars from various specialities in financial economics. It also provides a forum for presenting new research results and discussing current issues in sustainable finance.
Keynote Speaker:
Lawrence Kryzanowski (Concordia University)
Professor Lawrence Kryzanowski is a Senior Concordia University Research Chair in Finance. His research focus on financial misrepresentations; rate of return and capital structure of regulated utilities; management of investments for institutions and individuals; capital market trading; financial services; mergers/acquisitions/reorganizations; new corporate and governmental financings; risk management; agency issues; political corruption and risk; effect of natural disasters. Lawrence Kryzanowski has published over 160 articles in refereed journals, such as the Bell Journal of Economics, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Money, Credit & Banking, Review of Finance and other academic journals.
Dr Kryzanowski was the founding chairperson/promoter in 1988 of the Northern Finance Association. He continues to be a Governor Emeritus at Concordia University; an Advisory Editor with the European Journal of Finance; Associate Editor with The International Review of Financial Analysis and Frontier of Finance and Economics; and Editorial Board Member with Canadian J. of Administrative Sciences, Managerial Finance, Studies in Economics and Finance, and Finance India. He is a former President of the Multinational Finance Society.
Conference Program :
Program Chair:
Hyacinthe Somé, Associate Professor, Université de Sherbrooke
Conference Location:
École de Gestion, Room K1-2004, Université de Sherbrooke
For Virtual Attendees:
(Link)
Conference Committee
- Bluteau, Keven*
- Coggins, Frank
- Farhat, Amel*
- Gentzoglanis, Anastassios*
- Somé, Hyacinthe – Program Chair
- Hessou, Helyoth*
- Mackay, Anne*
- Trudel, Yves
Conference Presenters
- Al Guindy, Mohamed – Carleton University
- Ardia, David – HEC Montréal
- Kryzanoski, Lawrence – Concordia University
- Perez, Yannick – Paris-Saclay University
- Racicot, Francois-Eric – Ottawa University
External Discussant
- Tremblay-Simard, Andréanne – Université Laval
Information:
Please contact Hyacinthe Somé
Registration:
Please contact Mohammad Refakar
Program (Subject to Change):
AM Sessions
Chairperson: Hyacinthe Somé, Département de Finance, Université de Sherbrooke
8:30 - 8:40: Session AM1 - Welcome and Opening words
8:45 - 10:00: Session AM2 - Keynote Speaker
Presenter: Lawrence Kryzanowski, Senior Concordia University Research Chair, Finance
"Corporate Securities Fraud: Share Pledging and Investor-firm Interactions"
Discussant: Andréanne Tremblay-Simard, Département de Finance, Assurance et Immobilier, Université Laval
10:05 - 11:05: Session AM3 - ESG
Presenter: Yannick Perez, CentralSupélec - Paris Saclay
"Economics of Electric Mobility"
Yannick Perez, CentralSupélec, Paris Saclay University
Wale Arowolo, CentralSupélec, Paris Saclay University
Discussant: Anastasos Gentzogalnis, Département de Finance, Université de Sherbrooke
11:10 - 12:10: Session AM4 - Social Network and Finance
Presenter: Mohamed Al Guindy, Carleton University
"The Social Internetwork and Stock Returns"
Mohamed Al Guindy, Carleton University
Ryan Riordan, Smith School of Business, Queen’s University
Discussant: Keven Bluteau, Département de Finance, Université de Sherbrooke
12:15 - 13:20: Lunch
PM Sessions
Chairperson: Yves Trudel, Département de Finance, Université de Sherbrooke
13:25 - 14:25: Session PM1 - Hedge Funds Performance
Presenter: David Ardia, HEC Montreal
“Evaluating Hedge Fund Performance when Models are Misspecified"
David Ardia, GERAD & HEC Montreal
Laurent Barras, University of Luxembourg
Patrick Gagliardini, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Swiss Finance Institute
Olivier Scaillet, University of Geneva, Swiss Finance Institute
Discussant: Helyoth Hessou, Département de Finance, Université de Sherbrooke
14:30 - 15:30: Session PM2 - Market Risk and the Business Cycle
Presenter: Francois Eric Racicot, Telfer School of Business
"The dynamics of risk monitoring and leveraging by hedge funds over the business cycle"
Francois Eric Racicot, Telfer School of Business
Raymond Théoret, Université du Québec à Montréal
Discussant: Anne Mackay, Département de Finance et Département de Mathématiques, Université de Sherbrooke