Is technological innovation purely beneficial, or does it also create risk? In his keynote, Leonid Kogan highlights that while innovation drives growth, it also leads to displacement and uneven outcomes [...]
Are pension funds really the stable, long-term investors that markets rely on? In her recent presentation at the Inquire UK seminar, Kristy Jansen challenges this widely held belief by showing [...]
The presentation by Hojoon Lee examines whether the introduction of new option strike prices contains information about underlying stocks, set against the backdrop of a sharp rise in option trading [...]
How should investors build optimal portfolios? Kevin Schneider and his coauthors revisit one of the oldest questions in finance and argue that the problem is not the Markowitz framework itself, [...]
As part of its activities, Inquire Europe, organizes bi-annual conferences. The autumn conference will be organized in in Prague (Czech Republic): 27 – 29 September 2026. The theme of the [...]
Please join us at the beautiful University Arms Hotel in Cambridge, UK on the 22nd – 24th March 2026 for the 2026 Joint Spring Conference. Day 1 of the conference is equity focussed, [...]
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 [...]
