Laura Starks began her presentation at the Inquire Europe Autumn Seminar by noting the decline in traditional mutual fund flows and the simultaneous rise in ETF popularity: “Actively managed domestic [...]
2025 marked a year of reflection and recalibration for global markets. While inflationary pressures continued to ease and growth proved more resilient than many had anticipated, investors were increasingly confronted [...]
The prize for the best paper presented at the Autumn Seminar 2025 has been awarded to Tiange Ye (USC Marshall School of Business) for his presentation entitled ”Passive Demand and Active Supply: Evidence from [...]
In his presentation, Tiange Ye introduced a novel empirical approach to understanding how the growing presence of passive investment vehicles shapes U.S. corporate bond markets. He began by documenting the [...]
As part of our continued effort to share insights from our events, we are pleased to present an article written by Jean-François Boulier, member of the Inquire Europe Board, for [...]
Campbell R. Harvey’s presentation of his joint work with Michele Mazzolini and Alessandro Melone examined how large institutional investors’ routine rebalancing rules can quietly move markets and impose hidden costs [...]
Dr. Riccardo Sabbatucci, Associate Professor of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics, opened his presentation with a clear framing of his and his coauthors’ — Andrea Tamoni and Song [...]
Inquire Europe provides financial support for academic research projects which have the potential to be applied in the field of investment management. We encourages early-stage research focusing on European issues [...]
In his paper “Passive Investing and the Rise of Mega-Firms,” joint with Hao Jiang and Lu Zheng and forthcoming in the Review of Financial Studies, Dimitri Vayanos examines one of [...]
Inquire Europe and Netspar recently held a joint program exploring the transformation of the Dutch pension system: “Navigating The Dutch pension Reform”, featuring Bas Werker and Joost Driessen from Netspar [...]
To further strengthen the bridge between academic research and industry practice, Inquire Europe is pleased to announce an additional program as part of the upcoming Autumn Seminar. On Tuesday afternoon, [...]
As INQUIRE Europe celebrates its 35th anniversary, the occasion presents an opportunity to reflect on its profound influence within the field of quantitative finance. For decades, the organization has brought [...]
