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Faculty in the Media
Finance professor and interim dean Martijn Cremers is quoted in a Barron's article on whether actively managed funds are still useful. Passive investing has gained popularity over the years thanks to lower fees than active funds.
Faculty in the Media
Lower fees and rising volatility are making active management more competitive, supporters say. But critics say the odds are on the side of passive investing. Martijn Cremers, interim dean and professor of finance at Mendoza and a consultant to investment management firms, argues in favor of active management.
Finance & Markets
University of Notre Dame assistant finance professor Huaizhi Chen’s research paper took first place in the 17th annual Dr. Richard A. Crowell Prize, which recognizes new and cutting-edge academic research that connects theory and practice in the field of quantitative investing.
Faculty Research
The growing number of crowd-sourcing sites shows the extent to which consumers rely on popular opinion. New research by professor of finance Zhi Da and Xing Huang of Washington University in St. Louis has found a way to improve their accuracy.
Faculty in the Media
Last May, finance professor Paul Gao and fellow researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago found government waste and corruption, and other community issues grew when local newspapers closed.
Faculty in the Media
Finance professor Paul Gao's research was referenced in an article about the demise of local newspapers and what that loss means to the communities who no longer have the oversight the newspapers provide.
Faculty in the Media
Advisor News published an article citing associate professor of finance Paul Gao's research into whether Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) face discrimination when issuing debt in the bond market. Gao and his co-authors were led to research the matter by a bond trader at a large investment bank who reported difficulty selling bonds issued by an HBCU.
Faculty in the Media
Assistant professor of finance Huaizhi Chen and his co-authors have won this year's Richard A. Crowell prize for their paper "IQ from IP: Simplifying Search in Portfolio Choice," which links performance with portfolio managers' EDGAR searches.
Faculty in the Media
“For the average consumer this will have no effect,” said Gianna Bern, a former Latin American energy analyst with Fitch Ratings and now an associate professor of finance at the University of Notre Dame. “Where this comes into play is at the refining level.”
Faculty in the Media
Hartford City News Times published a piece on the impact newspaper closures have on communities, based on research by finance professor Paul Gao, and fellow researchers Chang Lee and Dermot Murphy of the University of Illinois-Chicago, College of Business, Department of Finance.