Will Gerken's "The Value of Differing Points of View: Evidence from Financial Analysts’ Geographic Diversity," was just accepted in The Review Of Financial Studies. The paper is co-authored with Gatton Ph.D alum, Marc Painter.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 29, 2022) — Today, the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved 14 University Research Professorships for the 2022-23 academic year. Established by the Board of Trustees in 1976, the professorships program recognizes excellence across the full spectrum of research, scholarship and creative endeavors at UK.
Last Fall, the Gatton College sponsored a financial and valuation modeling seminar delivered by corporate partner, Wall Street Prep. Since 2004, Wall Street Prep—the industry leader—has trained thousands of financial analysts at investment banks, private equity firms, investment funds, and Fortune 1000 comp
Will Gerken presented "Where is the Intersection of Madison Avenue and Wall Street? Advertisement, Local Access to Investment Advice, and Stock Market Participation" with Joe Farizo and Ge Wu "at FINRA's 2021 Access and Impact Conference: Gauging the Participation of Diverse Communities in the Capital Markets on Friday, Oct 22.
As a young girl, Kennedy Ekovich dreamed of working on Wall Street. The dream will soon come true for the senior finance major and business analytics minor at the University of Kentucky. After graduating this December from the Gatton College of Business and Economics, Ekovich will head to New York as an incoming analyst at Mizuho Financial Group and work on mergers and acquisitions in its healthcare division.
Chris Clifford, Chair, Department of Finance and Quant. Methods; Phillip Morris Associate Professor of Finance and Will Gerken, Real Estate Endowed Associate Professor of Finance published in The Journal of Finance: Property Rights to Client Relationships and Financial Advisor Incentives
When the University of Kentucky kicked off its 2021 football season against Louisiana-Monroe, the team was led by starting quarterback Will Levis, a student in the Master of Science in Finance Program (MSF) at the Gatton College of Business and Economics.
As a part of the CFA University Affiliation Program, the Department of Finance and Quantitative Methods is pleased to recognize fourteen students who were awarded a CFA Scholarship to aid their pursuit of the CFA designation during the 2020-2021 exam cycle: Taisir Ali Al Hilfi Nicolas De Villalobos Paz Winston Duncan Andrew Ebelhar
On April 8, the Gatton College held the third annual Stock Pitch Competition. Partnered with the Institute of Free Enterprise (ISFE) & Truist, and organized by the Department of Finance and Quantitative Methods, the event is an opportunity for students to carry out creative, valuable research in stock investing and to obtain real-world insights about business.
