Third Annual Cass Mergers and Acquisitions Research Centre Conference
- 20 August 2018
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- London
The Mergers & Acquisitions Research Centre at Cass Business School hosted the Third Annual M&A Research Centre Conference on Monday 20 August 2018 at Cass Business School, London.
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Monday 20 August 2018
Lower Ground Milling Area- Registration with coffee and pastries
Room LG002/3- Conference opening
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Session 1: Session Chair: Naaguesh Appadu
Morning coffee break
Session 2: Session Chair: Valeriya Vitkova
“Financial Protectionism, M&A Activity, and Shareholder Wealth”
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“Congruence in Governance: Evidence from Creditor Monitoring of Corporate Acquisitions”
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Lunch
Brief welcome and introduction to the keynote speaker
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Keynote speech
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Afternoon coffee break
Session 3: Session Chair: Navin Chopra
“Mergers & Acquisitions and Employee Job Search”
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“The Value of Human Capital Synergies in M&A: Evidence from Global Asset Management”
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Closing remarks
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Conference close
Dinner: by invitation for presenters, discussants and chair persons- The Kitchen Restaurant, 3rd Floor, Cass Business School
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Presentations
Room LG002/3- Conference opening
Room LG002/3- Conference opening
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“Killer Acquisitions”
“Killer Acquisitions”
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Discussants
Conference Documents
“Liquid Stock as an Acquisition Currency”
“Liquid Stock as an Acquisition Currency”
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Discussants
Conference Documents
“Financial Protectionism, M&A Activity, and Shareholder Wealth”
“Financial Protectionism, M&A Activity, and Shareholder Wealth”
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Discussants
Conference Documents
“Congruence in Governance: Evidence from Creditor Monitoring of Corporate Acquisitions”
“Congruence in Governance: Evidence from Creditor Monitoring of Corporate Acquisitions”
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Discussants
Conference Documents
Brief welcome and introduction to the keynote speaker
Brief welcome and introduction to the keynote speaker
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Keynote speech
Keynote speech
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“Mergers & Acquisitions and Employee Job Search”
“Mergers & Acquisitions and Employee Job Search”
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Discussants
Conference Documents
“Cross-Border Acquisitions and Employee Relations”
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Discussants
Conference Documents
Institutional Debt Holder Governance
Using data on the universe of US-based mutual funds, we find that two out of five fund families hold corporate bonds of firms in which they also own an equity...
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Finance: A Review of the Literature
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers to the incorporation of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations into corporate...
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Universal Corporate Governance
A widely accepted principle in finance is that good corporate governance is associated with higher firm value. However, what is “good governance”...
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Culture and Firms
We study how societal culture shapes business activities and corporate behavior by leveraging data on the locations of Confucian schools in Ancient...
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The Externalities of Mandatory ESG Disclosure
We study the potential negative externalities of mandatory environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure. Our analysis exploits a unique...
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Socially Responsible Corporate Customers
Corporate customers are an important stakeholder in global supply chains. We employ several unique international databases to test whether socially...
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Seeking Alpha: Excess Risk Taking and Competition for Managerial Talent
We present a model where firms compete for scarce managerial talent ("alpha") and managers are risk-averse. When managers cannot move across firms...
Read more“The Value of Human Capital Synergies in M&A: Evidence from Global Asset Management”
“The Value of Human Capital Synergies in M&A: Evidence from Global Asset Management”
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Discussants
Conference Documents
Closing remarks
Closing remarks
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Institutional Debt Holder Governance
Using data on the universe of US-based mutual funds, we find that two out of five fund families hold corporate bonds of firms in which they also own an equity...
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Corporate Governance Externalities
When firms compete in the managerial labor market, the choice of corporate governance by a firm affects, and is affected by, the choice of governance by...
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Managers, Workers, and Corporate Control
If management has high private benefits and a small equity stake, managers and workers are natural allies against takeover threats. Two forces are at...
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Seeking Alpha: Excess Risk Taking and Competition for Managerial Talent
We present a model where firms compete for scarce managerial talent ("alpha") and managers are risk-averse. When managers cannot move across firms...
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