Overview
Research awards are an excellent way to identify and promote high quality research globally in areas relevant to long-horizon investors. Explore the:
CEAM Consortium on Asset Management awards
In collaboration with the Financial Management Association (FMA) CEAM hosts a Consortium on Asset Management. The Consortium focuses on finance faculty who are currently working on research in asset management. Priority is given to researchers who have received their doctorates within the last five years. Five to six papers are shortlisted for presentation at the Consortium and a Best Paper Prize is awarded.
Best Paper Prize 2025
The winner of the Best Paper Prize was Juan Pedro Gomez for his co-authored paper “MiFID II Research Unbundling”.
This outstanding research received a monetary prize of £1,000, sponsored by CEAM, and the winner has been invited to present their work at a future FMA European Conference.
Best Paper Prize 2024
The winner of the Best Paper Prize was Heiner Beckmeyer for the paper entitled “A New Option Momentum: The Role of the Systematic Component”, co-authored by Ilias Filippou from Florida State University and Guofu Zhou from Washington University in St. Louis – John M. Olin Business School.
Best Paper Prize 2023
The 2 winners of the Best Paper Prize were:
“Green or Brown: Which Overpriced Stock to Short Sell?”, presented by Xintong (Eunice) Zhan, co-authored with Weiming (Elaine) Zhang.
“Back to the Roots: Ancestral Origin and Mutual Fund Manager Portfolio Choice”, presented by Simon Straumann, co-authored with Manuel Ammann, Alexander Cochardt, Florian Weigert.
Best Paper Prize 2022
The winner of the Best Paper Prize was Π-CAPM: The Classical CAPM with Probability Weighting and Skewed Assets, presented by Joren Koëter at the 2022 Consortium on Asset Management and Fintech, co-authored with Joost Driessen and Sebastian Ebert.
Best Paper Prize 2020
The winner of the Best Paper Prize was awarded jointly to ESG Preference and Market Efficiency: Evidence from Mispricing and Institutional Trading presented by Weiming Zhang, co-authored with Jie Cao and Xintong Zhan and Sheridan Titman and Don’t Take Their Word for It: The Misclassification of Bond Mutual Funds presented by Huaizhi Chen, co-authored with Lauren Cohen and Umit Gurun. Both papers were presented at the 2020 Consortium on Asset Management.
Best Paper Award 2019
The winner of the Best Paper Prize was awarded to Bond Risk Premia with Machine Learning presented by Daniele Bianchi at the 2019 Consortium on Factor Investing, co-authored with Matthias Buechner and Andrea Tamoni.
CEAM European Investment Forum Awards
CEAM European Investment Forum awards a research prize recognising high-quality and innovative research being undertaken by early career academic researchers globally. Priority is given to research excellence, novel insights and applicability to asset management. Five finalists are usually shortlisted to present their research and two winners are selected; the first for best research paper and the second for best presenter.
2021 Research Prize
The Best Paper Award went to Dr Lakshmi Naaraayanan and the Best Presentation Award to Dr Huan Tang at the European Investment Forum in 2021.
2019 Research Prize
The Best Paper Award went to Dr Alejandro Lopez-Lira and the Best Presentation Award to Dr Kate Suslava at the European Investment Forum in 2019.