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 ground-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n
 <td><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td>Friday\, October 29\, 2010</td>\n</tr>\n<
 tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;
 '>Location</span></td>\n<td><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td>MB 14.250</td>\n<
 /tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #3
 33333\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td>10 a.m.<br /><
 /td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><br /></td>\n<td><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td><br /
 ></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='
 color: #333333\;'>Guest Speaker</span><br /></td>\n<td><br type='_moz' /><
 /td>\n<td>Jason Huafeng Chen (University of British Columbia)<br /></td>\n
 </tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20101029T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20111102T214200Z
SUMMARY:Finance Department Seminar
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
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DESCRIPTION:The Department of Finance is pleased to present Sergey Isaenko 
 “Dynamic equilibrium in an economy with a illiquid stock market”. <br 
 /><br /> \n<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style='back
 ground-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n
 <td><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td>Friday\, November 5\, 2010</td>\n</tr>\n<
 tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;
 '>Location</span></td>\n<td><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td>MB 14.250<br />14
 50 Guy Street\, MB 14.250\, Montreal (corner of Guy and De Maisonneuve\, 1
 4th Floor)<br />Click <a target='_blank' title='Google Maps - John Molson 
 School of Business\, 1450 Guy Street ' href='http://maps.google.ca/maps/pl
 ace?cid=11422758982743762928&q=john+molson+school+of+business&gl=ca&hl=en&
 cd=1&ei=FzPLTN7aOpbuzAW6x6yNAg&dtab=0&sll=45.495253\,-73.578368&sspn=0.010
 499\,0.01929&ie=UTF8&ll=45.500527\,-73.588014&spn=0\,0&t=h&z=16'>here</a> 
 to view on Google maps<br type='_moz' /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='bac
 kground-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Time</span></td>
 \n<td><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td>10 a.m.<br /></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</
 table>
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20101105T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20111102T214200Z
SUMMARY:Presenting Sergey Isaenko - Dynamic equilibrium in an economy with 
 a illiquid stock market
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
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DESCRIPTION:The Department of Finance is pleased to present Mikhail Simutin
  (University of Toronto) “Excess Cash and Mutual Fund Performance”. <b
 r /><br /> \n<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style='ba
 ckground-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>
 \n<td><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td>Friday\, November 12\, 2010</td>\n</tr>
 \n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #33333
 3\;'>Location</span></td>\n<td><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td>MB 14.250<br /
 >1450 Guy Street\, MB 14.250\, Montreal (corner of Guy and De Maisonneuve\
 , 14th Floor)<br />Click <a target='_blank' title='Google Maps - John Mols
 on School of Business\, 1450 Guy Street ' href='http://maps.google.ca/maps
 /place?cid=11422758982743762928&q=john+molson+school+of+business&gl=ca&hl=
 en&cd=1&ei=FzPLTN7aOpbuzAW6x6yNAg&dtab=0&sll=45.495253\,-73.578368&sspn=0.
 010499\,0.01929&ie=UTF8&ll=45.500527\,-73.588014&spn=0\,0&t=h&z=16'>here</
 a> to view on Google maps<br type='_moz' /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='
 background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Time</span></t
 d>\n<td><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td>10 a.m.<br /></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n
 </table>
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20101112T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20111102T214300Z
SUMMARY:Presenting Mikhail Simutin - Excess Cash and Mutual Fund Performanc
 e
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
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DESCRIPTION:<br /><span style='font-size: x-small\;'>The Department of Fina
 nce is pleased to present</span> <span style='font-size: x-small\;'><stron
 g>Lars-Alexander Kuehn (Carnegie Mellon University)</strong>.<br /></span>
 <br /> \n<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style='text-align: 
 left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span
  style='color: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'
 ><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>Tuesday\, Februar
 y 18\, 2011</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='backg
 round-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>
 Location</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></t
 d>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>MB 14.250<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style=
 'text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: 
 left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td style='text-a
 lign: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>10:0
 0am <br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='text-a
 lign: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' 
 /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td styl
 e='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #33
 3333\;'>Open to</span><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type
 ='_moz' /></td>\n<td>Students\, faculty\, staff and the general public</td
 >\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<br /><br type='_moz' />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20110112T080000
LAST-MODIFIED:20111102T214400Z
SUMMARY:Finance Seminar - Lars-Alexander Kuehn (Carnegie Mellon University)
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
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DESCRIPTION:The Department of Finance is pleased to present Vera Baranouska
 ya (Swiss Finance Institute)“Real options approach to vertical product d
 ifferentiation: from monopoly to merger”. <br /><br /> \n<table id='_mc_
 tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><
 span style='color: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n<td><br type='_moz' /></td
 >\n<td>Friday\, November 19\, 2010</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='backgroun
 d-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span></td>\n<
 td><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td>MB 14.250<br />1450 Guy Street\, MB 14.250
 \, Montreal (corner of Guy and De Maisonneuve\, 14th Floor)<br />Click <a 
 target='_blank' title='Google Maps - John Molson School of Business\, 1450
  Guy Street ' href='http://maps.google.ca/maps/place?cid=11422758982743762
 928&q=john+molson+school+of+business&gl=ca&hl=en&cd=1&ei=FzPLTN7aOpbuzAW6x
 6yNAg&dtab=0&sll=45.495253\,-73.578368&sspn=0.010499\,0.01929&ie=UTF8&ll=4
 5.500527\,-73.588014&spn=0\,0&t=h&z=16'>here</a> to view on Google maps<br
  type='_moz' /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\;'
 ><span style='color: #333333\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td><br type='_moz' /></
 td>\n<td>10 a.m.<br /></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20101119T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20111102T214300Z
SUMMARY:Presenting Vera Baranousk - Real options approach to vertical produ
 ct differentiation: from monopoly
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
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DESCRIPTION:<br /><span style='font-size: x-small\;'>The Department of Fina
 nce is pleased to present </span><b><span style='font-size: x-small\;'>Ste
 phen Ferris  (University of Missouri).<br /></span></b><br /><br /> \n<ta
 ble id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<t
 d style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='colo
 r: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_
 moz' /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>Friday\, April 1\, 2011</td>
 \n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0
 d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span><
 /td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='t
 ext-align: left\;'>MB 14.250<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: lef
 t\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span st
 yle='color: #333333\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><b
 r type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>10:00am <br /></td>
 \n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><
 br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td st
 yle='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-c
 olor: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Open to
 </span><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>
 \n<td>Students\, faculty\, staff and the general public</td>\n</tr>\n</tbo
 dy>\n</table>\n<br /><br type='_moz' />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:20110101T090000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20110101T080000
LAST-MODIFIED:20111102T214400Z
SUMMARY:Finance Seminar - Stephen Ferris  (University of Missouri)
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
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DESCRIPTION:The Department of Finance is pleased to present Stephen Ferris�
 � (University of Missouri).<br /><br /><br /> \n<table id='_mc_tmp' border
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 or: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Date</spa
 n></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style
 ='text-align: left\;'>Friday\, April 1\, 2011</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text
 -align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\
 ;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span></td>\n<td style='text-al
 ign: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>MB 14
 .250<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='backgr
 ound-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>T
 ime</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<
 td style='text-align: left\;'>10:00 a.m.<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='tex
 t-align: left\;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='
 text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;
 '><br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-al
 ign: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Open to</span><br /></td>\n<td
  style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td>Students\, facult
 y\, staff and the general public</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<br /><b
 r type='_moz' />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20110401T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20111102T214900Z
SUMMARY:Finance Seminar - Stephen Ferris  (University of Missouri)
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
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DESCRIPTION:<br /><span style='font-size: x-small\;'>The Department of Fina
 nce is pleased to present Van Son Lai (University of Laval). <strong>“Pe
 rformance\, risk\, and Capital Buffer under Business Cycles and Banking Re
 gulations: Evidence from the Canadian Banking Sector”</strong>\, co-auth
 ored with Alaa Guidara & Issouf Soumaré.</span><br /><br /><br /> \n<tabl
 e id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td 
 style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color:
  #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_mo
 z' /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>Friday\, February 4\, 2011</td>
 \n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0
 d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span><
 /td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='t
 ext-align: left\;'>MB 14.250<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: lef
 t\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span st
 yle='color: #333333\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><b
 r type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>10:00 a.m.<br /></td
 >\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>
 <br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td s
 tyle='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-
 color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Open t
 o</span><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td
 >\n<td>Students\, faculty\, staff and the general public</td>\n</tr>\n</tb
 ody>\n</table>\n<br /><br type='_moz' />
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DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20110204T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20111102T214600Z
SUMMARY:Performance\, risk\, and Capital Buffer under Business Cycles and B
 anking Regulations
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
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DESCRIPTION:<h3>“IPO Waves\, Information Spillovers \, and Analyst Biases
 ”</h3>\nThe Department of Finance is pleased to presentAmrita Nain (McGi
 ll University)- “IPO Waves\, Information Spillovers \, and Analyst Biase
 s” co-authored with Susan Christoffersen and Ya Tang.<br /><br /> \n<tab
 le id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td
  style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color
 : #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>
 \n<td style='text-align: left\;'>Friday\, March 18\, 2011</td>\n</tr>\n<tr
  style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-
 align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span></td>\n<td st
 yle='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>MB 14
 .250<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='backgr
 ound-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>T
 ime</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='te
 xt-align: left\;'>10:00am <br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\
 ;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: le
 ft\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>
 \n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='
 color: #333333\;'>Open to</span><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;
 '><br /></td>\n<td>Students\, faculty\, staff and the general public</td>
 \n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<h2><br /><br /></h2>\n<table id='_mc_tmp' bo
 rder='0'>\n</table>\n<h2></h2>\n<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n</table>
 \n<h2></h2>\n<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n</table>\n<h2></h2>\n<table 
 id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n</table>\n<h2>\n<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>
 \n</table>\n</h2>
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20110318T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20111102T214800Z
SUMMARY:Finance Seminar - Amrita Nain (McGill University).
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
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CONTACT:Dr. Lorne N. Switzer\nVan Berkom Endowed Chair Small-Cap Equities a
 nd\nAssociate Director\, Institute for Governance in Private and Public Or
 ganizations\nJohn Molson School of Business\, Concordia University\nTel: 5
 14-848-2424 ext. 2960\nE-mail: switz@jmsb.concordia.ca.
DESCRIPTION:<h2>How Much of the Diversification Discount Can be Explained b
 y Poor Corporate Governance?<br /></h2>\nThe <a target='_blank' title='Ins
 titute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations (IGOPP)' href='h
 ttp://www.igopp.org'>Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organi
 zations</a> and The Van Berkom Endowed Chair in Small Cap Equities are ple
 ased to announce the upcoming visit of Professor David L. Yermack\, Albert
  Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transformation at New York Un
 iversity Stern School of Business.<br /><br /> \n<table id='_mc_tmp' borde
 r='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style
 ='color: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n<td><br /></td>\n<td><b>Friday\, Nov
 ember 18\, 2011<br /></b></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: 
 #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td><br /></td
 >\n<td><strong>10 a.m. to noon</strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='back
 ground-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span></t
 d>\n<td><br /></td>\n<td><strong>Concordia University MB Building\, Room M
 B MB 15.254 (15th floor)</strong><br />1450 Guy Street (corner of de Maiso
 nneuve Blvd. West)\, Montreal\, Quebec. <a target='_blank' title='Google M
 aps - 1450 rue Guy\, MB Building' href='http://www.concordia.ca/about/cont
 act/campus-map/?markers=maps/markers.php&referer=www.concordia.ca&api=maps
 .canvas&centermap=MB'>View map</a></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='backgroun
 d-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Additional <br />Inform
 ation</span><br /></td>\n<td><br /></td>\n<td>Coffee and refreshments will
  be served.</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<br />\n<h3>David L. Yermack<
 /h3>\n<table border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img style='margin: 5px\;' ti
 tle='David L. Yermack\, Albert Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business
  Transformation at New York University Stern School of Business' alt='Davi
 d L. Yermack\, Albert Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transfor
 mation at New York University Stern School of Business' src='images/storie
 s/faculty_research/endowed_research/imgs/david_yermack-110x143.jpg' height
 ='143' width='110' /></td>\n<td>Professor David L. Yermack is the Albert F
 ingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transformation at New York Univ
 ersity Stern School of Business. Professor Yermack teaches courses in corp
 orate finance\, restructuring firms and industries\, and law and finance.<
 br /><br />Professor Yermack has been with NYU Stern since 1994. His prima
 ry research areas include boards of directors\, executive compensation\, e
 xecutive stock options\, and law and finance. Professor Yermack has publis
 hed in many leading journals including Journal of Financial Economics\, Jo
 urnal of Finance\, and Journal of Law\, Economics\, and Organizations. He 
 is on the editorial board of numerous journals including the Journal of Fi
 nancial and Quantitative Analysis\, Journal of Corporate Finance\,Financia
 l Markets and Portfolio Management\, and the Journal of Financial Economic
 s.<br /><br />He is currently a Research Associate with the National Burea
 u of Economic Research\, as well as an ongoing Visiting Scholar with the F
 ederal Reserve Bank of New York and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelph
 ia: Professor Yermack received his Bachelor of Arts in economics\, Master 
 of Business Administration\, Jurist Doctor degree\, Master of Arts in busi
 ness economics\, and Doctor of Philosophy in business economics from Harva
 rd University. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Basel
 \, Free University of Berlin\, University of Freiburg\, Erasmus University
  Rotterdam\, Swedish Institute for Financial Research\, London Business Sc
 hool\, Mannheim Business School\, University of St. Gallen and the Univers
 ity of Zurich.</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<br /><a target='_blank' t
 itle='Presenting David L. Yermack 'How Much of the Diversification Discoun
 t Can be Explained by Poor Corporate Governance?'' href='images/stories/fa
 culty_research/endowed_research/docs/presenting_david_yermack_nov-18-2011.
 pdf'><br />Download the event poster</a><img style='vertical-align: middle
 \; margin: 5px\;' title='Click to download the PDF event poster' alt='Clic
 k to download the PDF event poster' src='images/stories/pdficon_small.gif'
  height='17' width='17' /><br /><br /><br />\n<h3>For more information\, p
 lease contact:</h3>\n<b>Dr. Lorne N. Switzer<br />Van Berkom Endowed Chair
  Small-Cap Equities and<br />Associate Director\, Institute for Governance
  in Private and Public Organizations</b><br />John Molson School of Busine
 ss\, Concordia University<br />Tel: 514-848-2424 ext. 2960<br />E-mail: sw
 itz@jmsb.concordia.ca.
DTEND;TZID= -0500:20111118T110000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20111118T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20111104T212900Z
SUMMARY:How Much of the Diversification Discount Can be Explained by Poor C
 orporate Governance?
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
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 rator
DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
CONTACT:Katie Malazdrewicz John Molson School of Business 514-848-2424 ext.
  7598
DESCRIPTION:<h2>William W. Ashby Investment Lecture Series on Value Investi
 ng</h2>\n<span style='color: #000000\;'>You are invited to attend the thir
 d lecture in the series: The Harsh New Financial Reality.</span><br /><br 
 /> \n<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style='background
 -color: #e0d3ad\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333
 \;'>Date</span></td>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><strong>Tues
 day\, September 18\, 2012</strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='backgroun
 d-color: #e0d3ad\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #33333
 3\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><strong>5:3
 0 to 7:30 p.m.</strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e
 0d3ad\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Locati
 on</span></td>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><strong>Concordia 
 University MB Building\, Room MB 15.254</strong> (15<sup>th</sup> floor)<b
 r />1450 Guy Street (de Maisonneuve Blvd. West)\, Montreal\, Quebec. <br /
 ><br /><a target='_blank' title='Google Maps - 1450 rue Guy\, MB Building'
  href='http://www.concordia.ca/about/contact/campus-map/?markers=maps/mark
 ers.php&referer=www.concordia.ca&api=maps.canvas&centermap=MB'>View map</a
 ></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\; background-col
 or: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Registration</span></td>\n<t
 d style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'>This event is free\, but space is li
 mited.<br /><br />Register now by going to <b><a target='_blank' title='Re
 gister now for the the first lecture in the William W. Ashby Investment Le
 cture Series on Value Investment: Investment vs Speculation' href='http://
 ashby.eventbrite.com/'>ashby.eventbrite.com</a></b></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>
 \n</table>\n<b><br /></b>\n<h3>Value Investing: The Harsh New Financial Re
 ality</h3>\n<br />This lecture will further explore value investing\, and 
 how weak economic growth\, cash-strapped governments and uncertain financi
 al markets will affect our finances through the current decade.<br /><br /
 >There will be a networking reception following the presentation\; we invi
 te all guests to join.<br /><br />\n<h3>About Rob Carrick<br /></h3>\n<tab
 le border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign='top'><img style='float: left\; 
 margin: 4px\;' title='rob_carrick_2442gm-a.jpg' src='images/stories/news__
 events/events/imgs/rob_carrick_2442gm-a.jpg' alt='rob_carrick_2442gm-a.jpg
 ' height='159' width='180' /></td>\n<td valign='top'>Rob Carrick has been 
 writing about personal finance\, business and economics for close to 20 ye
 ars. He joined the Globe and Mail in late 1996 as an investment reporter a
 nd has been personal finance columnist since November 1998. Rob's personal
  finance columns appear in the Globe on Tuesdays and Thursdays\, and his '
 Portfolio Strategy' column for investors appears on Saturdays. Rob is also
  the host of the 'Let's Talk Investing' online video series\, and he write
 s a daily blog called 'The Reader' that compiles top online personal finan
 ce and investing content. Rob is the author or co-author of five books. Hi
 s most recent book\, published in the spring 2012\, is called How Not to M
 ove Back in With Your Parents: The Young Person's Complete Guide to Financ
 ial Empowerment. You can also follow Rob on Facebook at <a target='_self' 
 title='Rob Carrick - Facebook' href='http://www.facebook.com/robcarrickfin
 ance#!/robcarrickfinance'>http://www.facebook.com/robcarrickfinance#!/robc
 arrickfinance</a>.</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<hr />\n<p style='text
 -align: center\;'><br /><a target='_blank' title='Click here to register f
 or the William W. Ashby Investment Lecture Series on Value Investment usin
 g Eventbrite.com' href='http://ashby.eventbrite.com/'><img style='vertical
 -align: middle\; margin: 5px\;' title='Click here to register for the Will
 iam W. Ashby Investment Lecture Series on Value Investment using Eventbrit
 e.com' alt='Click here to register for the William W. Ashby Investment Lec
 ture Series on Value Investment using Eventbrite.com' src='images/stories/
 news__events/events/imgs/button_register.jpg' height='40' width='190' /></
 a><br /><em>This event is free\, but space is limited.</em></p>
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20120918T173000
LAST-MODIFIED:20120820T161600Z
SUMMARY:William W. Ashby Investment Lecture Series on Value Investing
URL:http://ashby.eventbrite.com/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:11caea98853f6f7d81d072105b9b00e2http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/administ
 rator
DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
DESCRIPTION:<h3>“Do Hedge Funds Have Information Advantages? Evidence fro
 m Hedge Fund Stock Holdings”</h3>\nThe Department of Finance is pleased 
 to present Kee-Hong Bae (York University)<br /><br /><br /> \n<table id='_
 mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='
 background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #33333
 3\;'>Date</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></
 td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>Friday\, March 25\, 2011</td>\n</tr>\n
 <tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; te
 xt-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span></td>\n<td
  style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='text-align
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  style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color
 : #333333\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_m
 oz' /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>10:00 a.m.<br /></td>\n</tr>\n
 <tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td
 >\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='text
 -align: left\;'><br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0
 d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Open to</span><b
 r /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td>Stu
 dents\, faculty\, staff and the general public</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</ta
 ble>\n<br /><br type='_moz' />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20110325T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20111102T214800Z
SUMMARY:Finance Seminar - Kee-Hong Bae (York University)
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:f0bc9d5b0bf41e9d69538e9d10c79773http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/administ
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DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
DESCRIPTION:<br /><span style='font-size: x-small\;'>The Department of Fina
 nce is pleased to present </span><b><span style='font-size: x-small\;'>Yua
 n (Glorai) Tian (University of New South Wales).<br /></span></b><br /><br
  /> \n<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style='text-align: lef
 t\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span st
 yle='color: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><b
 r type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>Thursday\, August 25
 \, 2011</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='backgroun
 d-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Loca
 tion</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n
 <td style='text-align: left\;'>MB 14.250<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='tex
 t-align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left
 \;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td style='text-align
 : left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>10:00 a.
 m.<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='text-ali
 gn: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' />
 </td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=
 'background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #3333
 33\;'>Open to</span><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='
 _moz' /></td>\n<td>Students\, faculty\, staff and the general public</td>
 \n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<br />Yuan (Glorai) Tian (University of New S
 outh Wales) will present her paper “Rumors of Mergers and Acquisitions: 
 Market Efficiency and Markup Pricing” co-authored with Hsin-I Chou and 
  Xiangkang Yin.<br /><br type='_moz' />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20110825T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20111102T215200Z
SUMMARY:Rumors of Mergers and Acquisitions: Market Efficiency and Markup Pr
 icing (Finance Seminar)
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
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 rator
DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
DESCRIPTION:<h3>Market Effects of SEC Regulation of Short-Term Borrowing Di
 sclosure <br /></h3>\n<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=
 'text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\; border: 1px solid #e0
 d3ad\; background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Date</s
 pan></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'>Frid
 ay\, January 25\, 2013<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>
 \n<td style='text-align: left\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\; background-col
 or: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span></td>\n<td st
 yle='text-align: left\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'>MB 12.101<br /></td>
 \n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\; bo
 rder: 1px solid #e0d3ad\; background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color:
  #333333\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\; border: 1px so
 lid #e0d3ad\;'>10 a.m.<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='text-align: lef
 t\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\; background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='
 color: #333333\;'>Open to</span><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;
  border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'>Students\, faculty\, staff and the general p
 ublic</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<br /> The Department of Finance is
  please to present Trevor Chamberlain of McMaster University. The subject 
 of Mr. Chamberlain's presentation is 'Market Effects of SEC Regulation of 
 Short-Term Borrowing Disclosure'<br /><br />Refreshments will be served.\n
 <br /><br />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20130125T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20130117T175800Z
SUMMARY:Finance Seminar - Market Effects of SEC Regulation of Short-Term Bo
 rrowing Disclosure
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:9c81bf10cee45e4eee1fe502d1889f64http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/administ
 rator
DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
CONTACT:Tel: 514-848-2424\, ext. 2960
DESCRIPTION:<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='2'
 >The <strong>Van Berkom Endowed Chair in Small-Cap Equities</strong> at Co
 ncordia \nUniversity's John Molson School of Business presents: Giovanni 
 \nBarone-Adessi\, Professor of Finance Theory and Director\, Swiss Finance
  \nInstitute\, University of Lugano\, Switzerland. rofessor Barone-Adessi 
 \nwill present his paper (co-authored with Loriano Marcini and Hersch \nSh
 effrin) entitled “A Tale of Two Investors: Estimating Risk Aversion\, \n
 Optimism and Overconfidence.”<br /><br />Professor Barone-Adessi will be
  \navailable to meet with interested students and faculty on Thursday Apri
 l\n 25 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. in MB 11.369. <b><a target='_blank' title=
 'Giovanni Barone-Adessi presents “A Tale of Two Investors: Estimating Ri
 sk Aversion\, Optimism and Overconfidence”' href='en/faculty-research/re
 search-events/view/20438/date/2013-04-26/2377'>He will present his paper o
 n \nFriday\, April 26\, 2013 at 10 a.m. in MB 6.240.</a></b><br /><br /><a
  target='_blank' title='Giovanni Barone-Adessi presents “A Tale of Two I
 nvestors: Estimating Risk Aversion\, Optimism and Overconfidence”' href=
 'http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/images/stories/news__events/events/docs/pr
 esenting_giovanni_barone-adesi_april_25-26-2013.pdf'>Download the event po
 ster</a><img style='vertical-align: middle\; margin: 5px\;' title='Click t
 o download the poster' alt='Click to download the poster' src='http://john
 molson.concordia.ca/images/stories/news__events/events/imgs/pdficon_small.
 gif' height='17' width='17' /><br /><br type='_moz' /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n
 <td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><span 
 style='color: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e
 0d3ad\;'><b>Thursday\, April 25\, 2013<br /></b></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td st
 yle='background-color: #e0d3ad\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><span style=
 'color: #333333\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\
 ;'><strong>2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.</strong><br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style
 ='background-color: #e0d3ad\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><span style='co
 lor: #333333\;'>Location</span></td>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad
 \;'><strong>Concordia University MB Building\, Room MB 11.369 </strong>(11
 th floor)<br />1450 Guy Street (corner of de Maisonneuve Blvd. West)\, Mon
 treal\, Quebec. <br /><b><a target='_blank' title='Google Maps - 1450 rue 
 Guy\, MB Building' href='http://www.concordia.ca/about/contact/campus-map/
 ?markers=maps/markers.php&referer=www.concordia.ca&api=maps.canvas&centerm
 ap=MB'>View map</a></b></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<t
 r>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='2'>\n<h3>Giovanni Baro
 ne-Adesi</h3>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img style='margin: 5px\;' title='G
 iovanni Barone-Adesi is professor of finance theory and director at the Sw
 iss Finance Institute\, University of Lugano\, Switzerland' alt='Giovanni 
 Barone-Adesi is professor of finance theory and director at the Swiss Fina
 nce Institute\, University of Lugano\, Switzerland' src='images/stories/ne
 ws__events/events/imgs/barone-adesi_giovanni_jmsb_guest_speaker_vb_chair-1
 10x143.jpg' height='143' width='110' /></td>\n<td>Giovanni Barone-Adesi is
  professor of finance theory and director at the Swiss Finance Institute\,
  University of Lugano\, Switzerland. He studied electrical engineering as 
 an undergraduate at the University of Padova. Later he received a MBA and 
 a PhD from the Graduate Business School at the University of Chicago\, spe
 cializing in Finance and Statistics. Before moving to Lugano he has taught
  at the University of Alberta\, where he held the Pocklington Chair\, the�
 � University of Texas at Austin\, the Wharton School of the University of 
 Pennsylvania\, and City University. His main research interests are deriva
 tive securities\, asset and risk management. He is the author of several m
 odels for valuing and hedging securities. Especially well-known are his co
 ntributions with Whaley to the pricing of American commodity options and h
 is filtered simulation approach to the measurement of market risk\, develo
 ped while advising the London Clearing House. His more recent works concer
 n the pricing of index options\, barrier options\, and gold derivatives. H
 e is president of BACEP\, a fund management firm. He has been an advisor t
 o several exchanges\, financial intermediaries and other business organiza
 tions in the areas of risk management and financial strategy.</td>\n</tr>
 \n</tbody>\n</table>\n<i><br /></i> \n<hr />\n<em>The Van Berkom Chair in 
 Small-Cap Equities at Concordia University's John Molson School of Busines
 s was endowed by J. Sebastian van Berkom in 2003. The purpose of the Chair
  is to teach\, conduct and pursue research in small-cap stock investment a
 nd to establish programs at the graduate level concerning small-cap equiti
 es.</em><br /><br />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20130425T023000
LAST-MODIFIED:20130415T183800Z
SUMMARY:Morning Session with Giovanni Barone-Adessi
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:e0d444db5cca0f4cc07c360d44a7578ehttp://johnmolson.concordia.ca/administ
 rator
DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Finance is pleased to present Melissa Toffani
 n (Concordia University).<br /><br /><br /> \n<table id='_mc_tmp' border='
 0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color
 : #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Date</span>
 </td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='
 text-align: left\;'>Friday\, April 8\, 2011</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-a
 lign: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'
 ><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span></td>\n<td style='text-alig
 n: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>MB 14.2
 50<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='backgrou
 nd-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Tim
 e</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td
  style='text-align: left\;'>10:00 a.m.<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-
 align: left\;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='te
 xt-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>
 <br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-alig
 n: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Open to</span><br /></td>\n<td s
 tyle='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td>Students\, faculty\
 , staff and the general public</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<br /><br 
 type='_moz' />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20110408T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20111102T214900Z
SUMMARY:Finance Seminar - Melissa Toffanin (Concordia University)
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:8c354f339011c6838d943dceee4e7b99http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/administ
 rator
DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
CONTACT:Cornelia Molson\nJohn Molson School of Business\n514-848-2424 ext. 
 7581
DESCRIPTION:<h2>William W. Ashby Investment Lecture Series on Value Investi
 ng</h2>\n<span style='color: #000000\;'>You are invited to attend the firs
 t lecture in the series: Investment vs Speculation.</span><br /><br /> \n<
 table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color
 : #e0d3ad\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Da
 te</span></td>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><strong>Thursday\,
  March 8\, 2012</strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #
 e0d3ad\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Time<
 /span></td>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><strong>5:30 to 7:30 
 p.m.</strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; bo
 rder: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span><
 /td>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><strong>Concordia University
  MB Building\, Room MB 15.254</strong> (15<sup>th</sup> floor)<br />1450 G
 uy Street (de Maisonneuve Blvd. West)\, Montreal\, Quebec. <br /><br /><a 
 target='_blank' title='Google Maps - 1450 rue Guy\, MB Building' href='htt
 p://www.concordia.ca/about/contact/campus-map/?markers=maps/markers.php&re
 ferer=www.concordia.ca&api=maps.canvas&centermap=MB'>View map</a></td>\n</
 tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\; background-color: #e0d3a
 d\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Registration</span></td>\n<td style='b
 order: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'>This event is free\, but space is limited.<br 
 /><br />Register now by going to <b><a target='_blank' title='Register now
  for the the first lecture in the William W. Ashby Investment Lecture Seri
 es on Value Investment: Investment vs Speculation' href='http://ashby.even
 tbrite.com/'>ashby.eventbrite.com</a></b></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>
 \n<b><br /></b>\n<div>\n<p><span style='font-size: small\;'><em>“Rule No
 . 1: Never lose money…Rule No. 2: Never forget Rule No. 1.” </em></spa
 n></p>\n</div>\n<span style='color: #000000\;'>Warren Buffet’s sage two-
 rule counsel has stood the test of time. This lecture examines periods of 
 irrational speculation.<br /><br />The South Sea Bubble\, Tulip Mania and 
 the Dot-com crash all demonstrate that investors have a long history of ig
 noring obvious signs of excessive valuation and extreme market risk.  This
  presentation will provide important insights into speculative cycles and 
 examine early warning signs that investors should heed to avoid financial 
 disaster. The lecture will look at some of the elements that should have s
 ignalled the extreme risk associated with the housing market and that led 
 to the sub-prime mortgage crisis. </span><br /><br />\n<h3>About William W
 . Ashby\, CFA\, ICD.D</h3>\n<table border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=
 'top'><img style='float: left\; margin: 4px\;' title='t William W. Ashby' 
 src='https://evbdn.eventbrite.com/s3-s3/eventlogos/17721941/billashby0187w
 eb.jpg' alt='William W. Ashby Speaker Series on Value Investing' height='1
 89' width='144' /></td>\n<td valign='top'>A graduate of Sir George William
 s University\, Mr. Ashby began his career at the Confederation Life Insura
 nce Company where he worked in the group insurance division. When the comp
 any created an investment management subsidiary Confed Investment Counsel 
 Limited in 1973\, Mr. Ashby was appointed manager of its Montreal branch. 
 Ten years later\, he earned his CFA designation and was transferred to the
  company's Toronto-based research division where his responsibilities incl
 uded securities research and portfolio management.<br /><br />He joined Be
 utel\, Goodman and Company Ltd in 1986 as Vice President and was subsequen
 tly appointed President\, member of the Management Committee and member of
  the Board of Directors in 1999.<br /><br />Mr. Ashby has sat on a number 
 of boards over the course of his career\, including those of the Montreal 
 Amateur Athletic Association\, the Investment Counsel Association of Canad
 a and Deans Advisory Board of Simon Fraser University.</td>\n</tr>\n</tbod
 y>\n</table>\n<hr />\n<p style='text-align: center\;'><br /><a target='_bl
 ank' title='Click here to register for the William W. Ashby Investment Lec
 ture Series on Value Investment using Eventbrite.com' href='http://ashby.e
 ventbrite.com/'><img style='vertical-align: middle\; margin: 5px\;' title=
 'Click here to register for the William W. Ashby Investment Lecture Series
  on Value Investment using Eventbrite.com' alt='Click here to register for
  the William W. Ashby Investment Lecture Series on Value Investment using 
 Eventbrite.com' src='images/stories/news__events/events/imgs/button_regist
 er.jpg' height='40' width='190' /></a><br /><em>This event is free\, but s
 pace is limited.</em></p>
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20120308T173000
LAST-MODIFIED:20120217T214900Z
SUMMARY:Investment vs Speculation: William W. Ashby Investment Lecture Seri
 es on Value Investing
URL:http://ashby.eventbrite.com/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:e6a65923916b3efdd6445df8592694c0http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/administ
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DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
DESCRIPTION:<span style='font-size: x-small\;'>The Department of Finance is
  pleased to welcome </span><span style='font-size: x-small\;'> <a title='O
 liver Boguth\, W. P. Carey School of Business\, Arizona State University '
  href='http://www.public.asu.edu/~oboguth/index.html'>Oliver Boguth</a> (A
 rizona State University). He will present </span><span style='font-size: x
 -small\;'><strong>'Dividend Strips and the Term Structure of Equity Risk P
 remia'</strong> which is co-authored with Murray Carlson\, Adlai Fisher\, 
 and Mike Simutin<strong>.</strong></span><b><span style='font-size: x-smal
 l\;'><br /></span></b><br /><br /> \n<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbo
 dy>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad
 \; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n<t
 d style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='text-alig
 n: left\;'>Friday\, September 23\, 2011</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align
 : left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><sp
 an style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: l
 eft\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>MB 14.250<b
 r />1450 Guy Street (de Maisonneuve Blvd. West)\, Montreal\, Quebec.<br />
 View location on <a title='John Molson School of Business\, 1450 Guy Stree
 t\, Montreal\, Quebec' href='http://maps.google.ca/maps/place?cid=11422758
 982743762928&q=john+molson+school+of+business&gl=ca&hl=en&cd=1&ei=FzPLTN7a
 OpbuzAW6x6yNAg&dtab=0&sll=45.495253\,-73.578368&sspn=0.010499\,0.01929&ie=
 UTF8&ll=45.500527\,-73.588014&spn=0\,0&t=h&z=16'>Google Maps</a><br /></td
 >\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e
 0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Time</span></td
 >\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='text
 -align: left\;'>10:00 a.m.<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-
 color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Open t
 o</span><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td
 >\n<td>Students\, faculty\, staff and the general public</td>\n</tr>\n</tb
 ody>\n</table>\n<br /><br type='_moz' />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20110923T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20111102T215200Z
SUMMARY:Finance Seminar - Oliver Boguth (Arizona State University)
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:f7a20893e913118dca0f600055f36c9ehttp://johnmolson.concordia.ca/administ
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DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
DESCRIPTION:<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody style='text-align: left
 \;'>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\; borde
 r: 1px solid #e0d3ad\; background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #0
 00000\;'><strong>Date</strong></span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\; 
 border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'>Friday\, March 23\, 2012</td>\n</tr>\n<tr sty
 le='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\; border: 1px solid 
 #e0d3ad\; background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><b><span style='color: #000000\;'>L
 ocation</span></b></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\; border: 1px solid #
 e0d3ad\;'>MB 3.3.210<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<
 td style='text-align: left\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\; background-color:
  #e0d3ad\;'><b><span style='color: #000000\;'>Time</span></b></td>\n<td st
 yle='text-align: left\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'>1 to 3 p.m.<br /></td
 >\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\; b
 order: 1px solid #e0d3ad\; background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color
 : #000000\;'><strong>Open to</strong></span><br /></td>\n<td style='text-a
 lign: left\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'>All students\, specifically JMSB
  undergraduate and graduate Finance students interested in derivatives\, f
 utures and options.</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<br />Hear Senior Vic
 e President Mr. Claude Cyr speak about the Montreal Exchange\, its importa
 nce in Canadian Finance\, and what opportunities are available to JMSB stu
 dents interested in futures\, options and derivatives trading.<br /> \n<ul
 >\n</ul>
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20120323T130000
LAST-MODIFIED:20120315T204800Z
SUMMARY:Montreal Exchange: The Canadian Derivatives Market (Seminar)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:51c7e1054365015aa2a952c95afa9a1fhttp://johnmolson.concordia.ca/administ
 rator
DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
DESCRIPTION:<span style='font-size: x-small\;'>The Department of Finance is
  pleased to welcome </span><span style='font-size: x-small\;'>Rahul Ravi (
 Concordia University). He will present <strong>'Does the Law of one Price 
 really hold intraday?'</strong></span><span style='font-size: x-small\;'><
 strong> </strong>which is co-authored with Stephen Bertone<strong>.</stron
 g></span><b><span style='font-size: x-small\;'><br /></span></b><br /><br 
 /> \n<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style='text-align: left
 \;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span sty
 le='color: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br
  type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>Friday\, October 28\,
  2011</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-
 color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Locati
 on</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<t
 d style='text-align: left\;'>MB 14.250<br />1450 Guy Street (de Maisonneuv
 e Blvd. West)\, Montreal\, Quebec.<br />View location on <a title='John Mo
 lson School of Business\, 1450 Guy Street\, Montreal\, Quebec' href='http:
 //maps.google.ca/maps/place?cid=11422758982743762928&q=john+molson+school+
 of+business&gl=ca&hl=en&cd=1&ei=FzPLTN7aOpbuzAW6x6yNAg&dtab=0&sll=45.49525
 3\,-73.578368&sspn=0.010499\,0.01929&ie=UTF8&ll=45.500527\,-73.588014&spn=
 0\,0&t=h&z=16'>Google Maps</a><br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: l
 eft\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span 
 style='color: #333333\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>
 <br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>10:00 a.m.<br /></
 td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\
 ;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Open to</span><br /></td>\n<td style='te
 xt-align: left\;'><br type='_moz' /></td>\n<td>Students\, faculty\, staff 
 and the general public</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<br /><br type='_m
 oz' />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20111028T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20111102T215400Z
SUMMARY:Finance Seminar - Rahul Ravi (Concordia University)
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:a6b14c8c9bbfa8d5e0919ae581a77f7bhttp://johnmolson.concordia.ca/administ
 rator
DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
DESCRIPTION:<span style='color: #000000\;'>The Department of Finance is ple
 ase to present Ashrafee Hossain (PhD Candidate\, Concordia University). He
  will present 'The Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Corporate Acquisition 
 Activity' which is co-authored with Harjeet Bhabra.</span><br /><br /> \n<
 table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n
 <td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='co
 lor: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></t
 d>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>Friday\, January 27\, 2012</td>\n</tr>
 \n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; 
 text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span></td>\n<
 td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>
 MB 14.250<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='b
 ackground-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333
 \;'>Time</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td styl
 e='text-align: left\;'>10:00 a.m.<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align
 : left\;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-al
 ign: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n</tr
 >\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span 
 style='color: #333333\;'>Open to</span><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align:
  left\;'><br /></td>\n<td>Students\, faculty\, staff and the general publi
 c</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<br /><br />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20120127T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20120119T210200Z
SUMMARY:Finance Seminar - Ashrafee Hossain (PhD Candidate\, Concordia Unive
 rsity)
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:3764b2ac3e1e03492e4b8deb376b215chttp://johnmolson.concordia.ca/administ
 rator
DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
DESCRIPTION:<span style='color: #000000\;'>The Department of Finance is ple
 ase to present David Newton (Concordia University). He will present 'Are G
 reen Returns Sustainable' which is co-authored with Melissa Levi.</span><b
 r /><br /> \n<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style='text-ali
 gn: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><
 span style='color: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: lef
 t\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>Friday\, February 3\, 201
 2</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-colo
 r: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</
 span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-al
 ign: left\;'>MB 14.250<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>
 \n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='
 color: #333333\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /><
 /td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>10:00 a.m.<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr sty
 le='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td 
 style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br
  /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: 
 left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Open to</span><br /></td>\n<td styl
 e='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td>Students\, faculty\, staff and the
  general public</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<br /><br />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20120203T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20120119T210300Z
SUMMARY:Finance Seminar - David Newton (Concordia University)
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:b963f41a42f86efd9d46327d0dd7f2e4http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/administ
 rator
DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
CONTACT:Katie Malazdrewicz\nJohn Molson School of Business\n514-848-2424 ex
 t. 7598
DESCRIPTION:<h2>William W. Ashby Investment Lecture Series on Value Investi
 ng</h2>\n<span style='color: #000000\;'>This lecture will further explore 
 value investing. It will examine who the value investors are\, what value 
 investors do\, what they believe in\, and whether or not what they do work
 s and why.<br /><br />There will be a networking reception following the p
 resentation\; we invite all guests to join.</span><br /><br /> \n<table id
 ='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3a
 d\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Date</span
 ></td>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><strong>Tuesday\, April 3\
 , 2012</strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; 
 border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Time</span></t
 d>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><b>5:30 to 9:00 p.m.<br /></b>
 There will be a networking reception following the presentation.<b><br typ
 e='_moz' /></b></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; 
 border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span
 ></td>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><strong>Concordia Universi
 ty MB Building\, Room MB 15.254</strong> (15<sup>th</sup> floor)<br />1450
  Guy Street (de Maisonneuve Blvd. West)\, Montreal\, Quebec. <br /><br /><
 a target='_blank' title='Google Maps - 1450 rue Guy\, MB Building' href='h
 ttp://www.concordia.ca/about/contact/campus-map/?markers=maps/markers.php&
 referer=www.concordia.ca&api=maps.canvas&centermap=MB'>View map</a></td>\n
 </tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\; background-color: #e0d
 3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Registration</span></td>\n<td style=
 'border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'>This event is free\, but space is limited.<b
 r /><br />Register now by going to <b><a target='_blank' title='Register n
 ow for the the first lecture in the William W. Ashby Investment Lecture Se
 ries on Value Investment: Investment vs Speculation' href='http://ashby.ev
 entbrite.com/'>ashby.eventbrite.com</a></b></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table
 >\n<br />\n<h3>About Dr. George Athanassakos</h3>\n<table border='0'>\n<tb
 ody>\n<tr>\n<td valign='top'><img style='margin: 4px\;' title='Dr. George 
 Athanassakos' src='images/stories/news__events/events/imgs/athanassakos_ge
 orge_ashby_speaker_series-110x143.jpg' alt='Dr. George Athanassakos' heigh
 t='143' width='110' /></td>\n<td valign='top'>Dr. George Athanassakos is a
  professor of finance and the Ben Graham Chair in Value Investing at Richa
 rd Ivey School of Business\, which he joined in 2004. He is also the direc
 tor of The Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing.<br /><br />Dr. Athanassa
 kos’s research has focused on the institutional attributes of Canadian c
 apital markets\, the effect of institutional trading and analysts’ forec
 asts on stock market performance\, stock and bond market anomalies and bon
 d and equity valuation.<br /><br />He is the recipient of numerous researc
 h grants and several teaching and research paper awards\, including the pr
 estigious Toronto Society of Financial Analysts’ Best Research Paper Awa
 rd\, which he has won three times.<br /><br />Dr. Athanassakos has served 
 on the board of directors of the Financial Planners Standards Council of C
 anada and the Canadian Institute of Financial Planners. He was a member of
  the Academic Advisory Board of the Financial Planners Standards Council\,
  the Research Advisory Board of the Canadian Securities Institute and the 
 Editorial Board of the Canadian Investment Review. He also served as VP-Me
 mbership and President of the Multinational Finance Society.<br /><br />He
  is currently a member of the Editorial Board of the European Research Stu
 dies Journal and Multinational Finance Journal and a member of the Board o
 f Trustees of the Multinational Finance Society.<br /><br />Dr. Athanassak
 os’s work has been published in a great number of journals and newspaper
 s. He has written several books\, including Derivatives Fundamentals and E
 quity Valuation: A Guide to Discounted Cash Flow and Relative Valuation Me
 thods and currently writes\, as a guest columnist\, about investments and 
 other economic and financial topics in The Globe and Mail.</td>\n</tr>\n</
 tbody>\n</table>\n<hr />\n<p style='text-align: center\;'><br /><a target=
 '_blank' title='Click here to register for the William W. Ashby Investment
  Lecture Series on Value Investment using Eventbrite.com' href='http://ash
 by.eventbrite.com/'><img style='vertical-align: middle\; margin: 5px\;' ti
 tle='Click here to register for the William W. Ashby Investment Lecture Se
 ries on Value Investment using Eventbrite.com' alt='Click here to register
  for the William W. Ashby Investment Lecture Series on Value Investment us
 ing Eventbrite.com' src='images/stories/news__events/events/imgs/button_re
 gister.jpg' height='40' width='190' /></a><br /><em>This event is free\, b
 ut space is limited.</em></p>
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20120403T173000
LAST-MODIFIED:20120317T002600Z
SUMMARY:The 3 Ws - Who\, What\, Why: William W. Ashby Investment Lecture Se
 ries on Value Investing
URL:http://ashby.eventbrite.com/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2f196e546579b15ae5f747e6684684b7http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/administ
 rator
DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
DESCRIPTION:<span style='color: #000000\;'>The Department of Finance is ple
 ase to present Harry J. Turtle from Washington State University. He will p
 resent 'Reliable Estimation of Efficient Portfolio Means' which is co-auth
 ored with Bob Korkie.</span><br /><br /> \n<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>
 \n<tbody>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #
 e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Date</span></t
 d>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: lef
 t\;'>Friday\, February 17\, 2012</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\
 ;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span styl
 e='color: #333333\;'>Location</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>
 <br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>MB 14.250<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<
 tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; tex
 t-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td styl
 e='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>10:00 a
 .m.<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='text-al
 ign: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td 
 style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background
 -color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Open 
 to</span><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td>Stud
 ents\, faculty\, staff and the general public</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</tab
 le>\n<br /><br />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20120217T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20120216T183800Z
SUMMARY:Finance Seminar - Harry  J. Turtle (Washington State University)
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eef8d6a4998385a375d058423075987ahttp://johnmolson.concordia.ca/administ
 rator
DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
DESCRIPTION:<span style='color: #000000\;'>The Department of Finance is ple
 ase to present Jiro Kondo from McGill University.</span><br /><br /> \n<ta
 ble id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<t
 d style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='colo
 r: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>
 \n<td style='text-align: left\;'>Friday\, March 16\, 2012</td>\n</tr>\n<tr
  style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-
 align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span></td>\n<td st
 yle='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>MB 14
 .250<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='backgr
 ound-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>T
 ime</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='te
 xt-align: left\;'>10:00 a.m.<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: lef
 t\;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: 
 left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n</tr>\n<t
 r>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style
 ='color: #333333\;'>Open to</span><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left
 \;'><br /></td>\n<td>Students\, faculty\, staff and the general public</td
 >\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<br /><br />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20120316T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20120119T210500Z
SUMMARY:Finance Seminar - Jiro Kondo (McGill University)
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:f28576def2c604734303eea1015d5debhttp://johnmolson.concordia.ca/administ
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DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
DESCRIPTION:<span style='color: #000000\;'>The Department of Finance is ple
 ase to present Anna Pavlova from London School of Business.</span><br /><b
 r /> \n<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style='text-align: le
 ft\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span s
 tyle='color: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><
 br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>Friday\, April 13\, 2012</td>\n
 </tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3
 ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span></t
 d>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: lef
 t\;'>MB 14.250<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td sty
 le='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #3
 33333\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td
  style='text-align: left\;'>10:00 a.m.<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-
 align: left\;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='te
 xt-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>
 \n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'>
 <span style='color: #333333\;'>Open to</span><br /></td>\n<td style='text-
 align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td>Students\, faculty\, staff and the general
  public</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<br /><br />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20120413T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20120119T210500Z
SUMMARY:Finance Seminar - Anna Pavlova (London School of Business)
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
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DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
DESCRIPTION:<span style='color: #000000\;'>The Department of Finance is ple
 ase to present Louis Gagnon from Queen's University.</span><br /><br /> \n
 <table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>
 \n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='
 color: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /><
 /td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>Wednesday\, May 9\, 2012</td>\n</tr>
 \n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; 
 text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span></td>\n<
 td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'>
 MB 14.250<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='b
 ackground-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span style='color: #333333
 \;'>Time</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td styl
 e='text-align: left\;'>10:00 a.m.<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align
 : left\;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-al
 ign: left\;'><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\;'><br /></td>\n</tr
 >\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; text-align: left\;'><span 
 style='color: #333333\;'>Open to</span><br /></td>\n<td style='text-align:
  left\;'><br /></td>\n<td>Students\, faculty\, staff and the general publi
 c</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<br /><br />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20120509T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20120119T210700Z
SUMMARY:Finance Seminar - Louis Gagnon (Queen's University)
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:d54906eec09dd49d4d40e4975e445a84http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/administ
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DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
DESCRIPTION:<h3>Structural Models of the Firm under State-Dependent Volatil
 ity and Jump Process Asset Dynamics</h3>\n<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>
 \n<tbody>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\; 
 border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\; background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='colo
 r: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\; border: 1px 
 solid #e0d3ad\;'>Friday\, November 2\, 2012</td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-a
 lign: left\;'>\n<td style='text-align: left\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\; 
 background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span
 ></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'>MB 15.2
 54<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr style='text-align: left\;'>\n<td style='text-ali
 gn: left\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\; background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span 
 style='color: #333333\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td style='text-align: left\; b
 order: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'>10:00 a.m.<br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=
 'text-align: left\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\; background-color: #e0d3ad\
 ;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Open to</span><br /></td>\n<td style='te
 xt-align: left\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'>Students\, faculty\, staff a
 nd the general public</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<br />\n<table bord
 er='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img style='margin: 5px\;' title='Rui Zhong\, 
 PhD Candidate\, John Molson School of Business\, Concordia University' alt
 ='Rui Zhong\, PhD Candidate\, John Molson School of Business\, Concordia U
 niversity' src='images/stories/news__events/events/imgs/zhong_rui_2011_phd
 __jmsb_9666-110x143.jpg' height='91' width='70' /></td>\n<td><span style='
 color: #000000\;'>The\n Department of Finance is please to present Rui Zho
 ng a PhD candidate at\n Concordia University's John Molson School of Busin
 ess.</span> The \nsubject of Mr. Zhong's presentation is 'Structural Model
 s of the Firm \nunder State-Dependent Volatility and Jump Process Asset Dy
 namics'<br /><br />Refreshments will be served.</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</t
 able>\n<br /><br />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20121102T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20121026T150300Z
SUMMARY:Finance Seminar - Rui Zhong (John Molson School of Business\, Conco
 rdia University)
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
 guestspeakers/
END:VEVENT
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UID:3e1ac9c8a16983b9779f82c5d3504ff5http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/administ
 rator
DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
CONTACT:Katie Malazdrewicz John Molson School of Business 514-848-2424 ext.
  7598
DESCRIPTION:<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='2'
 >\n<h2>William W. Ashby Investment Lecture Series on Value Investing</h2>
 \n<h3>F<span style='color: #000000\;'>irst Principles of Investing: A Scie
 ntific Perspective</span></h3>\n<span style='color: #000000\;'>This presen
 tation will focus on the first principle of investing: laying down your sa
 fety net\, and the importance of safety over diversification. <br /><br />
 <a target='_blank' title='First Principles of Investing: A Scientific Pers
 pective | William W. Ashby Lecture Series on Value Investing' href='images
 /stories/news__events/events/docs/bodie_zvi_ashby_speaker_series_april-11-
 2013.pdf'>Download the event flyer</a></span><a target='_blank' title='Fir
 st Principles of Investing: A Scientific Perspective | William W. Ashby Le
 cture Series on Value Investing' href='images/stories/news__events/events/
 docs/bodie_zvi_ashby_speaker_series_april-11-2013.pdf'><img style='vertica
 l-align: middle\; margin: 5px\;' title='Download the event poster (PDF)' a
 lt='Download the event poster (PDF)' src='images/stories/news__events/even
 ts/imgs/pdficon_small.gif' height='17' width='17' /></a><span style='color
 : #000000\;'><a target='_blank' title='First Principles of Investing: A Sc
 ientific Perspective | William W. Ashby Lecture Series on Value Investing'
  href='images/stories/news__events/events/docs/bodie_zvi_ashby_speaker_ser
 ies_april-11-2013.pdf'> </a><br /><br /></span></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td sty
 le='background-color: #e0d3ad\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><span style='
 color: #333333\;'>Date</span></td>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;
 '><strong>Thursday\, April\, 2011</strong></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='b
 ackground-color: #e0d3ad\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color
 : #333333\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><b>
 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.<br /></b>There will be a networking reception following 
 the presentation\; we invite all guests to join.<br type='_moz' /></td>\n<
 /tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; border: 1px solid #e0d3
 ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Location</span></td>\n<td style='bord
 er: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><strong>Concordia University MB Building\, Room M
 B 15.254</strong> (15<sup>th</sup> floor)<br />1450 Guy Street (de Maisonn
 euve Blvd. West)\, Montreal\, Quebec. <br /><br /><a target='_blank' title
 ='Google Maps - 1450 rue Guy\, MB Building' href='http://www.concordia.ca/
 about/contact/campus-map/?markers=maps/markers.php&referer=www.concordia.c
 a&api=maps.canvas&centermap=MB'>View map</a></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=
 'border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\; background-color: #e0d3ad\;'><span style='col
 or: #333333\;'>Registration</span></td>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d
 3ad\;'><a target='_blank' title='This event is free\, but space is limited
 . Register now at ashby.eventbrite.com. ' href='http://ashby.eventbrite.co
 m/'><img style='margin: 5px\;' title='Register now!' alt='Register now!' s
 rc='images/stories/news__events/events/imgs/button_register.jpg' height='4
 0' width='190' /></a><br /><em>This event is free\, but space is limited.<
 /em><br /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td></td>\n<td><br /><br type='_moz' /></td>
 \n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='2'>\n<h3>Zvi Bodie</h3>\n</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<
 td><img style='margin: 5px\;' title='Zvi Bodie\, Norman and Adele Barron P
 rofessor of Management at Boston University' alt='Zvi Bodie\, Norman and A
 dele Barron Professor of Management at Boston University' src='images/stor
 ies/news__events/events/imgs/bodie_zvi_guest_speaker_ashby_speaker_series-
 110x143.jpg' height='143' width='110' /></td>\n<td>Zvi Bodie is the Norman
  and Adele Barron Professor of Management at Boston University. He holds a
  PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has served on the 
 finance faculty at the Harvard Business School and MIT’s Sloan School of
  Management. He has published widely on life-cycle wealth and risk managem
 ent and pension finance in leading professional journals. His books includ
 e The Future of Life Cycle Saving and Investing and Foundations of Pension
  Finance. His textbook\, Investments\, coauthored by Alex Kane and Alan Ma
 rcus is the market leader and is used in the certification programs of the
  CFA Institute and the Society of Actuaries. His textbook Financial Econom
 ics is coauthored by Nobel Prize winning economist\, Robert C. Merton. His
  latest book is Risk Less and Prosper: Your Guide to Safer Investing. In 2
 007 the Retirement Income Industry Association gave him their Lifetime Ach
 ievement in Applied Retirement Research Award. For more information on Dr.
  Bodie\, please visit <b><a target='_blank' title='ZviBodie.com' href='htt
 p://zvibodie.com/'>ZviBodie.com</a></b>.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td></td>\n<td
 ></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20130411T173000
LAST-MODIFIED:20130326T142900Z
SUMMARY:William W. Ashby Investment Lecture Series on Value Investing
URL:http://ashby.eventbrite.com/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:78a5decf6422bcc8a928e152e9328753http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/administ
 rator
DTSTAMP:20130521T095212Z
CONTACT:Tel: 514-848-2424\, ext. 2960
DESCRIPTION:<table id='_mc_tmp' border='0'>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='2'
 >\n<h2>A Tale of Two Investors: Estimating Risk Aversion\, Optimism and Ov
 erconfidence</h2>\nThe <strong>Van Berkom Endowed Chair in Small-Cap Equit
 ies</strong> at Concordia \nUniversity's John Molson School of Business pr
 esents: Giovanni \nBarone-Adessi\, Professor of Finance Theory and Directo
 r\, Swiss Finance \nInstitute\, University of Lugano\, Switzerland. rofess
 or Barone-Adessi \nwill present his paper (co-authored with Loriano Marcin
 i and Hersch \nSheffrin) entitled “A Tale of Two Investors: Estimating R
 isk Aversion\, \nOptimism and Overconfidence.”<br /><br /><a target='_bl
 ank' title='Morning Session with Giovanni Barone-Adessi' href='en/faculty-
 research/research-events/view/20439/date/2013-04-25/2377'><strong>Professo
 r Barone-Adessi will be \navailable to meet with interested students and f
 aculty on Thursday\, April\n 25 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. in MB 11.369.</st
 rong></a><br /><br /><a target='_blank' title='Giovanni Barone-Adessi pres
 ents “A Tale of Two Investors: Estimating Risk Aversion\, Optimism and O
 verconfidence”' href='images/stories/news__events/events/docs/presenting
 _giovanni_barone-adesi_april_25-26-2013.pdf'>Download the event poster</a>
 <img style='vertical-align: middle\; margin: 5px\;' title='Click to downlo
 ad the poster' alt='Click to download the poster' src='images/stories/news
 __events/events/imgs/pdficon_small.gif' height='17' width='17' /><br /><br
  type='_moz' /></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; 
 border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Date</span></t
 d>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><b>Friday\, April 26\, 2013<br
  /></b></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-color: #e0d3ad\; border: 
 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;'>Time</span></td>\n<td 
 style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><strong>10 a.m.</strong><br />Coffee a
 nd refreshments will be served.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style='background-c
 olor: #e0d3ad\; border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><span style='color: #333333\;
 '>Location</span></td>\n<td style='border: 1px solid #e0d3ad\;'><strong>Co
 ncordia University MB Building\, Room MB 6.240</strong> (6th floor)<br />1
 450 Guy Street (corner of de Maisonneuve Blvd. West)\, Montreal\, Quebec. 
 <br /><b><a target='_blank' title='Google Maps - 1450 rue Guy\, MB Buildin
 g' href='http://www.concordia.ca/about/contact/campus-map/?markers=maps/ma
 rkers.php&referer=www.concordia.ca&api=maps.canvas&centermap=MB'>View map<
 /a></b></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td></td>\n<
 td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan='2'>\n<h3>Giovanni Barone-Adesi</h3>\n<
 /td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img style='margin: 5px\;' title='Giovanni Barone-A
 desi is professor of finance theory and director at the Swiss Finance Inst
 itute\, University of Lugano\, Switzerland' alt='Giovanni Barone-Adesi is 
 professor of finance theory and director at the Swiss Finance Institute\, 
 University of Lugano\, Switzerland' src='images/stories/news__events/event
 s/imgs/barone-adesi_giovanni_jmsb_guest_speaker_vb_chair-110x143.jpg' heig
 ht='143' width='110' /></td>\n<td>Giovanni Barone-Adesi is professor of fi
 nance theory and director at the Swiss Finance Institute\, University of L
 ugano\, Switzerland. He studied electrical engineering as an undergraduate
  at the University of Padova. Later he received a MBA and a PhD from the G
 raduate Business School at the University of Chicago\, specializing in Fin
 ance and Statistics. Before moving to Lugano he has taught at the Universi
 ty of Alberta\, where he held the Pocklington Chair\, the  University of 
 Texas at Austin\, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania\, a
 nd City University. His main research interests are derivative securities\
 , asset and risk management. He is the author of several models for valuin
 g and hedging securities. Especially well-known are his contributions with
  Whaley to the pricing of American commodity options and his filtered simu
 lation approach to the measurement of market risk\, developed while advisi
 ng the London Clearing House. His more recent works concern the pricing of
  index options\, barrier options\, and gold derivatives. He is president o
 f BACEP\, a fund management firm. He has been an advisor to several exchan
 ges\, financial intermediaries and other business organizations in the are
 as of risk management and financial strategy.</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</tab
 le>\n<i><br /></i> \n<hr />\n<em>The Van Berkom Chair in Small-Cap Equitie
 s at Concordia University's John Molson School of Business was endowed by 
 J. Sebastian van Berkom in 2003. The purpose of the Chair is to teach\, co
 nduct and pursue research in small-cap stock investment and to establish p
 rograms at the graduate level concerning small-cap equities.</em><br /><br
  />
DTEND;TZID= -0500:19991129T190000
DTSTART;TZID= -0500:20130426T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20130415T183900Z
SUMMARY:Giovanni Barone-Adessi: A Tale of Two Investors: Estimating Risk Av
 ersion\, Optimism & Overconfidence
URL:http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/faculty-research/departments/finance/
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