LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 11, 2024) – The Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky recently hosted its 4th annual Women in Finance Summit. The event brought together successful female finance alumni from across the country to share their experiences and insights with current Gatton finance students.
Will Gerken presented his research on Tracking SEC Inquiries using Geolocation Data last year at our Gatton Research Excellence Series. One year later, the research is rapidly gaining media attention.
In this research, Gerken and his co-authors built a database tracking SEC-associated smartphones to study how they monitor firms. A key finding: firm insiders that sell around a visit avoid large losses.
Jonathan Pliszka, Investment Analysis lecturer, faculty advisor for the MSF Graduate Student Managed Fund, the ESG Student Managed Fund, and the Finance Society, was recently cited by WalletHub in a piece about the Best Personal Loans for Veterans.
Many Kentucky fans became entranced by the performance of the 2023-2024 UK Baseball team with their outstanding run, including the first College World Series appearance in program history. This historic team also recorded the most wins in a season (46), surpassing the previous record of 45 in 2012.
Pictured above: Elizabeth King (left two images) and Anneli White (right two images)
LEXINGTON, Ky. July 19, 2024- The Miss America Kentucky competition is the official preliminary pageant to the Miss America title. With multiple past competitors from Gatton, including Alex Franke Sohn (Miss Kentucky 2019-2020), we are proud to add Elizabeth King and Anneli White to that list.
The Gatton College of Business and Economics, in collaboration with the John Maze Stewart Department of Finance, hosted the third annual Women in Finance Summit, drawing together over 100 students who gathered to network and acquire industry insights from accomplished Gatton alumnae in the finance industry.
Kristine Hankins' paper with Richard Friberg (Stockholm School of Economics) and Itay Goldstein (The Wharton School) “Corporate Responses to Stock Fragility,” has been accepted at the Jo
The editors of the Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog, which focuses on corporations and capital markets, recently featured one of Taylor Begley's working papers. Read full blog.
