2014 New Zealand Finance Colloquim

The 2014 conference was hosted by the Department of Finance at the Auckland University of Technology on the 13th and 14th of February 2014. A PhD Symposium was held on 12th February 2014 with presentations by Professor Bart Frijns and Professor Terry Walter.

2014 Prize Winners

PhD Symposium Awards

• Auckland Centre for Financial Research (AUT Business School) - best PhD student paper ($1,000)
  Venture Capital Performance in China
  Sophie Wang, Massey University (with Hamish Anderson and Jing Chi)

NZ Finance Colloquium Awards

• INFINZ - best paper in investment ($1,000)
  News Sentiment and Momentum
  Thanh D Huynh, Auckland University of Technology
  Daniel R Smith, Queensland University of Technology
  
  
• Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment - best paper in Capital Markets ($1,000)
  The Long-Run Performance of the New Zealand Stock Markets: 1899 – 2012
  Bart Frijns, Auckland University of Technology
  Alireza Tourani-Rad, Auckland University of Technology
  
  
• ISCR - best paper in Financial Regulation or Corporate Finance ($1,000)
  The Capital Structure of Small Public Firms
  Christina Atanasova, Simon Fraser University
  Evan Gatev, Simon Fraser University
  Daniel Shapiro, Simon Fraser University
  
  
• Financial Education and Research Centre Prize (Massey University) - best paper in Financial Literacy ($1,000)
  Financial Literacy and Participation in Risky Asset Markets: A Spurious Relationship?
  Marco Eugster , University of Auckland