Recent Activities

We are engaged in a range of research and knowledge exchange activities within the fields of Finance, Economics, Accounting and Statistics. A list of our most recent research activities are included below.

Seminars and Conferences Organised:

“Quantifying ESG Data ” (Seminar) – Nov 2013 in Amsterdam and London.

“Investing in Responsibility ” (Seminar) – Nov 2013 in London.

“Managing Risk in Future Pensions Provision: The Role of Institutional Governance ” (Practitioner Led Conference) – Feb 2014 at CanterburyChristChurchUniversity (CCCU).

Guest Speakers:

“The Intools Project – Accounting Meets Finance ” by Blain Lambert from Fontys International Business School.

“Determinants of Financial Reporting Quality in Local Government: UK Perspective ” by Richard Baylis from CardiffBusinessSchool.

“The Case for Smart Beta ” by Chris Williams, Director of Quantitative Research, DIAM International.

“Is Capital Supposed to Promote Sustainability or be Inherently Sustainable Itself? A Roadmap for Investors ” by Martina Macpherson, Vice President, MSCI ESG Research.

“The Russell Pensions Governance Index ” by Ian McKnight, Chief Investment Officer, Royal Mail Pensions Trustees Limited.

“Fit for a New Era ” by Marcus Ashworth, Head of Fixed Income, Espirito Santo Investment Bank.

“Whose risk Counts ? And how Academics Could be a Bigger Part of the Solution ?” by Dr Raj Thamotheram, CEO, Preventable Surprises and Visiting Fellow, Smith School, Oxford University.

Internal Speakers:

“A Study on Dynamic Volatility Spill Over ” by Dr Yen Chen, CCCUBusinessSchool and Member of the IDEAS Research Group.

“Self-Defeating Austerity at the Monetary Zero Lower Bound ” by Richard McManus, CCCUBusinessSchool and Member of the IDEAS Research Group.