On March 2, 2023, presenter Laura Starks gave the lecture “Climate Risk and Institutional Investors”. The seminar was moderated by Marco Becht.
The Q&A from Laura’s lecture will be added below.
Executive Compensation, featuring Mary Ellen Carter
On February 9, 2023, presenter Mary Ellen Carter gave the lecture “Executive Compensation”
The Q&A from Mary Ellen’s lecture is below.
Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and Their Governance Implications, featuring Vivian Fang
On January 19, 2023, presenter Vivian Fang gave the lecture “Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and Their Governance Implications”
The Q&A from Vivian’s lecture is below.
Corporate Governance in Turbulent Times, featuring Margarethe Wiersema
On December 8, 2022, presenter Margarethe Wiersema gave the lecture “Corporate Governance in Turbulent Times”
The Q&A from Margarethe’s lecture is below.
Minding the Gap in Corporate and White-Collar Crime, featuring Miriam Baer
On November 3, 2022, presenter Miriam Baer gave the lecture “Minding the Gap in Corporate and White-Collar Crime”
The Q&A from Miriam’s lecture is below.
What Were They Thinking? State of Mind Puzzles in Insider Trading, featuring Don Langevoort
On October 6, 2022, presenter Don Langevoort gave the lecture “What Were They Thinking? State of Mind Puzzles in Insider Trading”
Don’s paper can be found here: https://go.iu.edu/4BrD
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The Future of Cyber Security, featuring speakers Justin Greis, Charlie Lewis, and Jeffrey Caso
On May 5, 2022, presenters Justin Greis, Charlie Lewis, and Jeffrey Caso gave the lecture “The Future of Cyber Security”. The lecture covered trends and insights shaping the future of cyber security and was moderated by Dr. Angie Raymond
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Indexing and Corporate Governance, featuring Todd Gormley
On April 14, 2022, presenter Todd Gormley gave the lecture “Indexing and Corporate Governance”. The lecture covered the growth of indexing investment strategies and its implications for stewardship. Professor Gormley summarized recent and ongoing research that analyzes how stock ownership by index funds does (and does not) affect firms’ governance structures, the stewardship actions of other investors, and product-market competition. He also highlighted yet unanswered questions regarding what motivates stewardship actions by indexed institutional investors and indexing’s impact on informed trading by non-index funds.
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Governance by Persuasion, featuring Alon Brav
On March 10, 2022, presenter Alon Brav gave the lecture “Governance by Persuasion: Hedge fund activism and marker-based shareholder influence”. The lecture was based on a review paper coauthored with Wei Jiang and Rongchen Li in which the authors provide an updated empirical analysis as well as a comprehensive survey of the academic finance research on hedge fund activism. Alon provided a brief review of activists’ objectives, tactics, and the selection of target companies, and then focused on the current state of the literature, emphasizing how hedge fund activism impacts the target company, its shareholders, other stakeholders, and the capital market as a whole.
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Who Owns Your Data? featuring Angie Raymond and Scott Shackelford
On February 2, 2022 presenters Angie Raymond and Scott Shackelford, gave the seminar “Who Owns Your Data?”
Scott and Angie explored core questions of data governance focusing on comparing the United States, European Union, and several Asian nations with regards to their privacy, cybersecurity, and AI governance practices. They hi-lighted areas of convergence, and divergence, which in turn are giving rise to both public and private sector norm building efforts and are fueling a revolution in corporate data governance practices.
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