A paper by Will Gerken and Marc Painter '19 entitled, "The Value of Differing Points of View: Evidence from Financial Analysts' Geographic Diversity" was presented at the NBER Conference on Big Data and Securities Markets.
On October 29, twenty four University of Kentucky Wall Street Scholars and Pelissier Scholars met with Nate Morris, founder, chairman and CEO of Rubicon, a software company focused on cloud-based, sustainable waste and recycling services.
The most recent Finance Society meeting was attended by more than 60 students, and featured an alumni panel offering advice about the changing recruiting landscape. They also shared their experience working remotely during COVID-19.
On August 27, Jon Chait shared advice for investors on WalletHub.com. Read the article, "Q2 2020 Hedge Fund Holdings: Top Stocks, New Buys & More."
This fall, the UK Finance Society held its first meeting via Zoom. Dr. Wendy Liu, Director of the Wall Street Scholars and faculty advisor to the Finance Society, hosted the one-hour meeting which included five speakers from Koch Equity Development (KED). The panelists included analysts, associates, as well as KED’s director of finance.
David Sovich's paper, "Home Equity and Labor Income: The Role of Constrained Mobility" was accepted for publication at The Review of Financial Studies.
David Sovich's paper, "State Minimum Wages, Employment, and Wage Spillovers: Evidence From Administrative Payroll Data" was accepted for publication in Journal of Labor Economics.
The University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics will be hosting Wall Street Prep's Financial Modeling seminar in B&E 283 at the University of Kentucky on November 5-6, 2022.
Kristine Hankins presented "Do Firms Hedge During Distress?" at the University of Colorado - Boulder on February 14. The paper is co-authored with Heitor Almeida (Illinois, NBER) and Ryan Williams (Arizona). Hankins is the William E. Seale Professor and Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Kentucky. Her research interests include corporate finance, corporate risk management, and methodology issues and she is a prior winner of the Jensen Prize.
Four Pelissier Scholars and finance majors, Bryce Kushner, Andrew Buskill, Connor McKee, and Graham Sparks (pictured L-R), recently passed the December 2019 CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Level I Exam, which had a pass rate of 42 percent. The four students received scholarship support from the Gatton College, supervised by professors Will Gerken and Grant Clayton.
