2006
Research findings of Prof. Susan
Christoffersen (with Profs. Chris Geczy, Dadid Musto, and
Adam Reed) on voter trading are profiled in The
New York Times.
McGill Finance Research Centre in partnership with IFM2
(Institut de Finance Mathématique de Montréal) hosted a
conference on."Risk Management" in
Mont Tremblant, Québec, March 24-26, 2006.
2005
Prof. Susan Christoffersen is awarded a Limited Term
Professorship from the Canadian Securities Institute Research
Foundation.
Research findings of Profs. Francesca Carrieri,
Vihang Errunza, and Sergei Sarkissian on the increased
importance of industry diversification are profiled in
The New York Times.
McGill Finance Research Centre hosted a conference on "Global Asset Management &
Performance" - June 2-3, 2005.
2004
Professors Peter Christoffersen and Kris Jacobs
received a research award from the Institute for Quantitative
Research in Finance, ''The Q-Group.''
Professor Adolfo De Motta was awarded the McGill Management
Undergraduate Society 2003-2004 Teacher of the Year
Award.
Professor Sergei Sarkissian's paper "Spurious Regressions
in Financial Economics?," written with Profs. Wayne Ferson
(Boston College) and Timothy Simin (Penn State), was
nominated for the Smith-Breeden Prize for the best paper in
the Journal of Finance.
2003
Professors Peter Christoffersen and Kris Jacobs
won the Montreal Exchange Award for the best paper on
derivatives at the 2003 Northern Finance Association
Meeting in Quebec City.
Professor Susan Christoffersen won the Bank of Canada
Research Award for the best paper on capital markets at the
2003 Northern Finance Association Meeting in Quebec
City.
Professor Susan Christoffersen's research profiled in
The New York Times and The International Herald
Tribune.
Professor Peter Christoffersen received an award
from the International Journal of Accounting and
the KPMG & University of Illinois Business Measurement
Research Program.
Professor Sergei Sarkissian received the Outstanding
Referee Award for 2003 from the Editors of the Review of
Financial Studies.
McGill Finance Research Centre hosted a conference on "Challenges & Opportunities
in Global Asset Management" - June 5 & 6,
2003
2002
Professors Francesca Carrieri, Vihang Errunza and Sergei
Sarkissian received a research award in the area of
Globalization and Financial Markets from the BSI GAMMA
Foundation of Switzerland.
Professor Susan Christoffersen received a research award
from the Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, ''The
Q-Group.''
2001
Professors Susan Christoffersen and Sergei Sarkissian
received a research award in the area of Mutual Funds from the
BSI GAMMA Foundation of Switzerland.
1999
McGill Finance Research Centre hosted a conference on "Global Perspectives on
Economics, Politics and Investment" - November 17,
1999
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