Courses
Courses and workshops organized within NFN are open to
finance PhD students and faculty from all Nordic
universities or business schools irrespective of whether
their home institution is a member
of NFN.
Past courses
Forthcoming courses
Course calendar
2019
Course
calendar 2020
| Hedge Funds and Performance Evaluation |
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| Organizer | Graduate School of Finance |
| Instructor |
George
Aragon (W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State
University) |
| Dates | April 6-8, 2020 |
| Place | Aalto University School of
Business, Espoo, Finland |
| Information |
This workshop exposes
students to recent developments in the literature on the theory
and management of hedge funds. It is intended for doctoral
students in finance and related fields. Topics include hedge fund
trading strategies, compensation, performance evaluation,
liquidity management, operational risk, and the role of
arbitrageurs in capital markets.
|
| Applications | Please see the
course
website for how to apply. |
| Travel Grant |
NFN offers Travel Grants for attending PhD students in
finance coming from Nordic institutions outside of
Finland. To apply for the Travel Grant, please
use this form and send
it to NFN office nfn (@) aalto.fi. Please, send the application
well in advance to make sure that the NFN office has time
to process your application and you have a chance to ensure the
cheapest tickets available. |
| Topics in Empirical Asset
Pricing |
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| Organizer | Graduate School of Finance |
| Instructor |
Tarun Chordia (Emory University) |
| Dates | April 14-17, 2020 |
| Place | Aalto University School of
Business, Espoo, Finland |
| Information | Link to the course website
is here. This NFN
course refers to part II of the GSF course Empirical Asset
Pricing. This intensive course is worth 3 ECTS credits. Grading by
a closed book exam and a term paper. |
| Applications | Application deadline is
April 1, application instructions can be found on the course
web page. |
| Travel Grant |
NFN offers Travel Grants for attending PhD students in
finance coming from Nordic institutions outside of
Finland. To apply for the Travel Grant, please
use this form and send
it to NFN office nfn (@) aalto.fi. Please, send the application
well in advance to make sure that the NFN office has time
to process your application and you have a chance to ensure the
cheapest tickets available. |
| The Financial Economics of Entrepreneurship,
Private Equity and Venture Capital |
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| Organizer | Graduate School of Finance |
| Instructor |
David
Robinson (Fuqua School of Business, Duke University) |
| Dates | Summer 2020 |
| Place | Aalto University School of
Business, Espoo, Finland |
| Information | This course is an
introduction to recent research on the small business economics
(entrepreneurship) as well as the private equity/venture capital.
This course is designed to provide a deep, fast-paced dive into
the field of entrepreneurial finance. We will cover both classic
papers as well as new work. The ultimate objective of the course
is to prepare doctoral students for doing research in this rapidly
growing sector. |
| Applications | TBA |
| Travel Grant |
NFN offers Travel Grants for attending PhD students in
finance coming from Nordic institutions outside of
Finland. To apply for the Travel Grant, please
use this form and send
it to NFN office nfn (@) aalto.fi. Please, send the application
well in advance to make sure that the NFN office has time
to process your application and you have a chance to ensure the
cheapest tickets available. |
| Summer School on Market Microstructure |
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| Organizer | Stockholm Business School |
| Instructor |
Thierry Foucault (HEC Paris) &
Albert Menkveld (VU
Amsterdam) |
| Dates | June 29 - July 3, 2020 |
| Place |
Stockholm Business School, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Information |
More information can be found
here. The course
is worth 3 ECTS. The course fee is waived for PhD students from
NFN institutions. |
| Applications | Fill in the application
here.The deadline for the first round of applications is
November 30, 2019. Due to classroom size there is only a limited
amount of places available. |
| Travel Grant |
NFN offers Travel Grants for attending PhD students in
finance coming from Nordic institutions outside of
Sweden. To apply for the Travel Grant, please
use this form and send
it to NFN office nfn (@) aalto.fi. Please, send the application
well in advance to make sure that the NFN office has time
to process your application and you have a chance to ensure the
cheapest tickets available. |
