CESAM - Center for Studies in Asset Management

The CESAM is pleased to announce its doctoral course in Econometrics of Mixed Data Sampling by Prof. Eric Ghysels, University of North Carolina. The course is organized jointly with CORE and the National Bank of Belgium and will take place on June 4-6, 2013 at the NBB in Brussels.

The Best Paper Award at the 2012 Global Finance Conference in Chicago were attributed to Fan Wu (FUSL) for her paper entitled "How to Profit from Momentum within a Diversified Portfolio? Evidence from European Industry and Country Portfolios".

The CESAM is pleased to invite you at this conference to be held at Aula Magna in Louvain-la-Neuve on May 30, 2012. Registration is free but compulsory.

We are pleased to inform you that Gerrit Sarens' article entitled “Factors Associated with Convergence of Internal Auditing Practices:  Emerging vs Developed Countries” published in JAEE has been chosen as an Outstanding Paper Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2012.

Our two CESAM colleagues have been awarded by the best paper published in Finance, the journal of the French Finance Association (AFFI). Their paper is entitled "Volatility regimes and liquidity co-movements in cap-based portfolios" and co-authored with R. Beaupain. The price, amounting 1500 €, will be awarded at the occasion of the French Finance Association Meetings to be held in Strasbourg in May, 2012.

We are delighted to announce that Gerrit Sarens became Associate Editor of the Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies (Emerald). This journal showcases empirical research which are based on diverse methodological and theoretical approaches and which highlight the policy and practical implications of the research in accounting.

This Fondation Banque de France Prize recognizes her thesis on "Non linear Exchange Rate Dynamics : From Short to Long Term". This thesis was supervised by Professor V. Mignon (Université of Paris Ouest Nanterre and CEPII). The price, amounting 3 000 € was awarded on 9 September 2011, at the occasion of the 60th Annual Congress of the French Economic Association, jointly with the prize of the AFSE.

from the Institut des Reviseurs d'entreprises (IRE - Belgium) and The Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation (IIRAF - US) to respectively study the role played external auditors in Belgian SMEs that are not obliged by law to appoint an external auditor and the relationship between internal audit and the C-suite in American and European companies.

Within the framework of the BNP Paribas Fortis Chair, Professor Viral Acharya (NYU) will give a keynote speech entitled "Measuring and Managing Systemic Risk in the Financial Sector" on September 26, 2011 in Brussels.