CFP-UBS Quant Insight Series
A selection of past events hosted by the Center for Financial Policy, featuring leading scholars and practitioners discussing developments in asset management, financial markets, and economic policy.
The Future of Investment Management and the Opportunities for Active Managers
With Ronald N. Kahn and Russ Wermers
December 2021
The Best Strategies for Inflationary Times
Featuring Campbell R. Harvey (Duke University; NBER)
2021
Value Investing: Requiem, Rebirth or Reincarnation?
Featuring Aswath Damodaran (NYU Stern) and Russ Wermers
2021
Ripples Into Waves: Trade Networks, Economic Activity and Asset Prices
Featuring Jeffery Chang (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
2021
Net Zero Carbon Portfolio Alignment, Mandatory Corporate Carbon Disclosures and the Path to Net Zero
Featuring Patrick Bolton (Columbia University; Imperial College London) and Marcin Kacperczyk (Imperial College London)
2021
Digital Assets and Cryptocurrencies: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Featuring Talis Putnins (UTS; Digital Finance CRC)
2021
Strategic Risk Management: Designing Portfolios and Managing Risk
With Campbell R. Harvey
April 1, 2021
Does Money Change Everything?
February 17, 2021
Real Economy Portfolio: The Market Risk Premium as a Source of Alpha
January 18, 2021
Artificial Intelligence, Firm Growth and Industry Concentration
Featuring Tania Babina (Columbia University) and Russ Wermers
December 2, 2020
Read the research
Social Transmission Bias in Economics and Finance
Featuring David Hirshleifer (UC Irvine) and Russ Wermers
October 1, 2020
Decomposing the Value of Corporate Culture
Featuring Jillian Grennan (Duke University)
August 18, 2020
Read the research
Financial Markets and News About the Coronavirus
Featuring Harry Mamaysky (Columbia Business School), Russ Wermers, and Paul Winter
July 22, 2020
The Great Value Debate Part II
Featuring Campbell R. Harvey (Duke University; NBER)
July 2, 2020
Research paper
The Great Value Debate Part I
Featuring Gerald Garvey (BlackRock) and Russ Wermers
June 22, 2020
Narrative Economics
Featuring Robert Shiller (Yale University) and Russ Wermers
June 16, 2020