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Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 4th Nov 2025, 03:11:18am  CET 
 
 
 
10:00am  -  10:30am  
Coffee and registration  
 
 
10:30am  -  10:45am  
Introductory remarks  
 
 
10:45am  -  12:00pm  
K1: Keynote Session with Laura Veldkamp Location:  Amphi Suddens, Main Building Chair:  Olivier Dessaint Speaker:  Laura Veldkamp Title: "Valuing Data as a New Asset Type"
 
 
 
12:00pm  -  12:30pm  
P1: Poster session - short presentations Location:  Amphi Suddens, Main Building Chair:  Michał Dzieliński  
 
The Impact of New Information Disclosure on Firm's Information Asymmetry and Liquidity
 Aida Davani1 , Sahand Davani 2 
 1: Google, Inc;
2: ESADE Business School, Spain
Basis Portfolios
 Sina Seyfi 
 Aalto University, school of business, Finland
Child Penalties in Personal Finances: Evidence from Bank Data
 Arna Olafsson1 , David Westerheide 2 
 1: Copenhagen Business School;
2: Lund University, Sweden
Does Retail Order Flow Internalization Increase Information Acquisition?
 David García-Méndez 
 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Do Gamified Social Interactions on a Green Fintech App Nudge Users’ Green Investments?
 Chuwen Chen 1 , Tse-Chun Lin2 , Xingguo Luo1 
 1: Zhejiang University, China, People's Republic of;
2: The University of Hong Kong, China, People's Republic of
 
 
 
12:30pm  -  2:00pm  
P2: Poster session - free discussion (with lunch)  
 
 
2:00pm  -  3:30pm  
1A: Connecting data Location:  Amphi S, Le Cercle Building Chair:  Thierry Foucault  
 
Data as a Networked Asset
 Bo Bian1 , Qiushi Huang2 , Ye Li3 , Huan Tang 4 
 1: University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business;
2: Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance;
3: University of Washington, Foster School of Business;
4: University of Pennsylvania, the Wharton School
Discussant:  Naveen Gondhi  (INSEAD) 
Data as Collateral: Open Banking for Small Business Lending
 Tong Yu 
 Imperial College London
Discussant:  Rachel Nam  (USI Lugano/Swiss Finance Institute) 
 
1B: Understanding anomalies Location:  Amphi T, Le Cercle Building Chair:  Paul Karehnke  
 
Why Complexity Makes Factor Models Fail
 Carter Davis1 , Alejandro Lopez-Lira 2 
 1: Indiana University;
2: University of Florida
Discussant:  Svetlana Bryzgalova  (LBS) 
Conditional Asset Pricing with Text-managed Portfolios
 Jian Feng1 , Jiantao Huang 1 , Shiyang Huang1 , Ran Shi2 
 1: University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China);
2: University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Discussant:  Charles Martineau  (University of Toronto) 
 
 
 
3:30pm  -  4:00pm  
Coffee  
 
 
4:00pm  -  5:30pm  
2A: Smart funds Location:  Amphi S, Le Cercle Building Chair:  Maxime Bonelli  
 
Generative AI and Asset Management
 Jinfei Sheng 1 , Zheng Sun1 , Baozhong Yang2 , Alan Zhang3 
 1: UC Irvine;
2: Georgia State U;
3: Florida International U
Discussant:  Ahmed Guecioueur  (University of Washington) 
Asset (and Data) Managers
 Marco Zanotti 
 Swiss Finance Institute; USI Lugano, Switzerland
Discussant:  Anton Lines  (Copenhagen Business School) 
 
2B: Asset pricing theory Location:  Amphi T, Le Cercle Building Chair:  Jérôme Dugast  
 
Kyle Meets Friedman: Informed Trading When Anticipating Future Information
 Hongjun Yan1 , Liyan Yang 2 , Xueyong Zhang3 , Deqing Zhou3 
 1: DePaul University;
2: University of Toronto, Canada;
3: Central University of Finance and Economics
Discussant:  Francesco Sangiorgi  (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management) 
Competition and Collusion Among Strategic Traders Who Face Uncertainty
 George Malikov 1 , Snehal Banerjee2 
 1: University of Western Ontario, Ivey Business School;
2: University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Discussant:  Jean-Edouard Colliard  (HEC Paris) 
 
 
 
5:45pm  -  7:00pm  
Cocktail reception  
 
 
7:00pm  
Conference dinner  
 
 
 
8:30am  -  9:00am  
Coffee and registration  
 
 
9:00am  -  10:30am  
3A: Analyzing analysts Location:  Amphi S, Le Cercle Building Chair:  Tamara Nefedova  
 
The Value of Information from Sell-side Analysts
 Linying Lyu 
 Washington University in St. Louis, United States of America
Discussant:  Romain Boulland  (ESSEC) 
Mental Models and Financial Forecasts
 Francesca Bastianello1 , Paul Decaire2 , Marius Guenzel 3 
 1: University of Chicago;
2: W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, United States of America;
3: University of Pennsylvania
Discussant:  Diego Garcia  (University of Colorado Boulder) 
 
3B: Retail investors' behavior Location:  Amphi T, Le Cercle Building Chair:  Joël Peress  
 
Inside Out: Who Trade Before the Start of Cyber Attacks?
 Xi Dong 1 , Edward Xuejun Li2 , Xintian Lin3 , Xin Yuan4 
 1: Baruch College, City University of New York;
2: Baruch College and Columbia University;
3: Central University of Finance and Economics;
4: Dongbei University of Finance and Economics
Discussant:  Andriy Shkilko  (Wilfrid Laurier University) 
The Impact of Finfluencers on Retail Investment
 Isaiah Hull1 , Yingjie Qi 2 
 1: BI Norweigian Business School;
2: Copenhagen Business School
Discussant:  Marina Niessner  (Indiana University -- Kelley School of Business) 
 
 
 
10:30am  -  11:00am  
Coffee  
 
 
11:00am  -  12:30pm  
4A: Green or greenwashed? Location:  Amphi S, Le Cercle Building Chair:  Stefano Lovo  
 
Socially responsible investing and multinationals' pollution: Evidence from global remote sensing data
 Virginia Gianinazzi, Victoire Girard, Mehdi Lehlali, Melissa Prado 
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova SBE, Portugal
Discussant:  Matilde Faralli  (Imperial College London) 
The Economics of Greenwashing Funds
 Sean Cao1 , Yong Chen2 , Han Xiao 3 , Alan Zhang4 
 1: University of Maryland;
2: Texas A&M University;
3: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen;
4: Florida International University
Discussant:  Elise Gourier  (ESSEC Business School) 
 
4B: Cryptonomics Location:  Amphi T, Le Cercle Building Chair:  Matthieu Bouvard  
 
Technology, Cybersecurity, and Cryptocurrency Returns
 Da Huang1 , Jeffrey Yang 2 
 1: Northeastern University, United States of America;
2: University of Utah, United States of America
Discussant:  Roxana Mihet  (University of Lausanne & Swiss Finance Institute) 
Demand for Safety in the Crypto Ecosystem
 Murillo Campello1 , Angela Gallo2 , Tammaro Terracciano 3 , Lira Mota4 
 1: Cornell University & University of Florida;
2: Bayes Business School (formerly Cass);
3: IESE Business School;
4: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Discussant:  Martina Fraschini  (University of Luxembourg) 
 
 
 
12:30pm  -  1:30pm  
Lunch  
 
 
1:30pm  -  3:00pm  
5A: Informed lending Location:  Amphi S, Le Cercle Building Chair:  Johan Hombert  
 
Information about climate transition risk and bank lending
 Bhavyaa Sharma 
 UCSC, United States of America
Discussant:  Thorsten Martin  (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management) 
“If You Don't Know Me by Now ...” Banks’ Private Information and Relationship Length
 Stijn Claessens1 , Teng Wang 2 , Steven Ongena3 
 1: Yale University;
2: Federal Reserve Board;
3: University of Zurich
Discussant:  Mitchell Petersen  (Northwestern University) 
 
5B: Politics, regulation and finance Location:  Amphi T, Le Cercle Building Chair:  Marco Ceccarelli  
 
Watching the Watchdogs: Tracking SEC Inquiries using Geolocation Data
 William Gerken1 , Steven Irlbeck 2 , Marcus Painter3 , Guangli Zhang3 
 1: University of Kentucky;
2: University of New Hampshire;
3: Saint Louis University
Discussant:  Ryan Israelsen  (Michigan State University) 
Corporate Lobbying of Bureaucrats
 Michelle Lowry1 , Ekaterina Volkova 2 
 1: Drexel University, USA;
2: University of Melbourne, Australia
Discussant:  Nandini Gupta  (Indiana University) 
 
 
 
3:00pm  -  3:15pm  
Coffee  
 
 
3:15pm  -  4:30pm  
K2: Keynote Session with Alexander Ljungqvist Location:  Amphi Suddens, Main Building Chair:  Michał Dzieliński Speaker:  Alexander Ljungqvist Title: "Quietly Ahead: The Diverging R&D Productivity of Public and Private Firms"
 
 
 
4:30pm  -  4:45pm  
Concluding remarks