Self-Declared Benchmarks and Fund Manager Intent: Cheating or Competing?

Huaizhi Chen, University of Notre Dame

Richard Evans, University of Virginia

Yang Sun, Brandeis University

 Presenter: Yang Sun, Brandeis University

 Discussant: Qifei Zhu, Nanyang Technological University

Liquidity Picking and Fund Performance

Feng Jiao, University of Lethbridge

Sergei Sarkissian, McGill University

David Schumacher, McGill University

 Presenter: Feng Jiao, University of Lethbridge

 Discussant: Xintong Zhan, Fudan University

Immigrants in Finance

Jun Chen, Renmin University of China

Shenje Hshieh, City University of Hong Kong

Melvyn Teo, Singapore Management University

Feng Zhang, Southern Methodist University

 Presenter: Shenje Hshieh, City University of Hong Kong

 Discussant: Tao Shu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Monetary Policy and Fragility in Corporate Bond Funds

John Chi-Fong Kuong, INSEAD

James O' Donovan, City University of Hong Kong

Jinyuan Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles

 Presenter: Jinyuan Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles

 Discussant: Claire Yurong Hong, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University