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ABFER is delighted to announce that Professor Guojun He (University of Hong Kong) is the recipient of the ABFER Researcher Award 2026. The award will be presented at the ABFER Welcome Dinner on 18 May 2026. abfer.org/events/abfer-e… #ABFER #ResearcherAward #Research #Asia

AlphaManager: A Data-Driven-Robust-Control Approach to Corporate Finance by Murillo CAMPELLO, Lin William Cong, Luofeng ZHOU abfer.org/working-papers… #AI #BigData #CorporateFinance, #DeepLearning #GenerativeModeling #InverseRL #OfflineRL #StochasticControl #TransferLearning

Crafting an AI Compass - The Influence of Global AI Standards on Firms by Mehmet CANAYAZ and Zhe WANG abfer.org/working-papers…

The anatomy of a peg: lessons from China's parallel currencies by Saleem BAHAJ and Ricardo REIS abfer.org/working-papers…

The 12th Asian Monetary Policy Forum was held on 23 May 2025. This year’s AMPF once again served as a vital platform for generating policy-relevant perspectives amidst unprecedented shifts in the global political and financial landscapes. abfer.org/events/abfer-e…

The Joint Dinner for ABFER and AMPF was held on 22 May 2025. Professor Raghuram Rajan was invited to deliver a keynote speech on "Monetary Policy and Financial Stability" at the dinner. To access the presentation materials, please visit: lnkd.in/gdeUs24h.

The ABFER Welcome Dinner was held on 19 May 2025. Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh (Columbia University) was invited to discuss the topic on "The Valuation of Private Assets: New Methods". To access the presentation materials, please visit: lnkd.in/gR-hRGqX.

The ABFER 12th Annual Conference was held from 19 to 22 May. To access the conference documents, please visit the ABFER conference webpage:lnkd.in/gMg7QM35. We thank all participants for their support and hope to see you at the ABFER 13th Annual Conference in May 2026.

The Low Frequency Trading Arms Race: Machines Versus Delays by Alexander DICKERSON, Yoshio NOZAWA and Cesare ROBOTTI abfer.org/working-papers…

Equity Lender Base and Limits to Arbitrage by Xi DONG and Qifei ZHU abfer.org/working-papers…

Revisiting the Cross-Section of Expected Stock Returns: Evidence from a Textual Analysis of Buy Recommendations by Hailiang CHEN, Byoung-Hyoun HWANG and Zhuozhen PENG abfer.org/working-papers…

Do Sustainability Ratings Induce ESG Window-Dressing by Mutual Funds? by Kevin C. W. CHEN, Wilbur Xinyuan CHEN and Haifeng YOU abfer.org/working-papers…

Differential Fertility and Economic Opportunity: Evidence from China’s One-Child Policy by Yewen YU, Yi FAN and Junjian YI abfer.org/working-papers…

Do Investors Overvalue Startups? Evidence from the Junior Stakes of Mutual Funds by Vikas AGARWAL, Brad BARBER, Si CHENG, Allaudeen HAMEED, Harshini SHANKER and Ayako YASUDA abfer.org/working-papers…

Socially Responsible Investors and Stock Price Informativeness by Yong George YANG, Xintong ZHAN, Weiming ZHANG and Yaojia (Zoe) ZHANG abfer.org/working-papers…

Feedback on Emerging Corporate Policies by Sean CAO, Itay GOLDSTEIN, Jie HE and Yabo ZHAO abfer.org/working-papers…

The Long and Short-Run Spatial Impacts of Trade by Lin MA, Yunlong SONG and Yang TANG abfer.org/working-papers…

Barriers to Labor Migration for the Rural Poor by Abu S. SHONCHOY, Tomoki FUJII and Selim RAIHAN abfer.org/working-papers…

Does Access to Equity Promote Trade? Evidence from IPO Approvals in China by Robin Kaiji GONG, Yao Amber LI and Stephen TENG Sun abfer.org/working-papers…

Peers Affect Personality Development by Xiaoyue SHAN and Ulf ZOLITZ abfer.org/working-papers…