Why do green stocks outperform?
by Dr Mehrshad Motahari, Research Associate, Cambridge Centre for Finance and Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance Green, or environmentally friendly, companies have generated significantly higher stock returns compared to their brown peers in recent years. This gap in the…
Demand for information
by Dr Shiqi Chen, Research Associate, Cambridge Centre for Finance and Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance Shiqi Chen We are entering into an era of Big Data, in which the demand and supply of data and information are growing…
Impact and engagement at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
Each of our research centres has unique ways to engage with non-academic organisations and, through that, to generate real world impact. This month we are sharing the work of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School.…
Climate finance
by Dr Mehrshad Motahari, Research Associate, Cambridge Centre for Finance and Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance The risk of climate change and its potentially drastic consequences has reshaped many industries in recent years. The financial industry has been no…
Firms’ capital structure dynamics, market competition, and industry dynamics
by Shiqi Chen, Research Associate, Cambridge Centre for Finance and Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance Debt-equity conflict is undoubtfully one of the core paradigms of corporate finance research. It is well-known that, once debt is in place, the misalignment…
Crowdfund Insider: The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance launches collaboration network
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at Cambridge Judge Business School, launches global collaboration network. The Cambridge Alternative Finance Collaboration Network will facilitate cross-regional and sectoral knowledge to fulfill its goal of “informing decisions related to financial inclusion, economic…
Call for SEC action
Article co-authored by Professor Alan Jagolinzer of Cambridge Judge calls for Securities and Exchange Commission to reform 'pre-planned' stock sale rules. Professor Alan Jagolinzer An article co-authored by Professor Alan Jagolinzer of Cambridge Judge Business School in The Hill, a…
Khayala Eylazova wins Advocate of the Year at Women in Finance Award Series
Executive MBA (EMBA) alumna Khayala Eylazova's leadership in diversity, equity and inclusion in finance, insurance and technology has been recognised by award. Khayala Eylazova (EMBA 2014) has won the Advocate of the Year award at the Women in Finance Award…
Negative interest rate: the interaction between monetary and financial regulatory policies
by Hormoz Ramian, Research Assistant, Cambridge Centre for Finance and Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance The negative interest rate has been among the frontier policies to counter the recent economic downturns. The 2020 pandemic resurfaced the policy's role that…
Financial Times: Pandemic drives business schools to overhaul curricula
Marwa Hammam, Executive Director of the Master of Finance (MFin) programme at Cambridge Judge Business School, comments on changes in MFin curricula in response to COVID-19. She says “topical examples and stressing expertise in credit, distressed debt, financial restructuring and…