WRDS is pleased to be an exhibitor at the Australasian Finance and Banking Conference.
Sydney, Australia.
December 16-18, 2012

If attending, please visit our booth to learn more about the new data and features on WRDS.

For more information, please visit the conference site:
http://www.asb.unsw.edu.au/schools/bankingandfinance/newsandevents/afbc/Pages/25thaustralasianfinancebankingconference.aspx

Join the 2nd annual XBRL Challenge, application building contest for developers that is sponsored by WRDS. 

Build an open source analytical app that consumes XBRL formatted financial statement data. 

Why enter?
• Chance to win the $20,000 Grand Prize
• Get a technical education on XBRL, the biggest change to financial statement reporting in decades
• Get visibility for your app and your organization

All contestants will gain access to an XBRL database, experts and documentation, and get visibility through media outreach, web posting and the chance to present at live events in front of investors, VCs, software companies and developers. 

Learn more at http://xbrl.us/challenge or go straight to our Facebook page at http://xbrl.us/challengeFB

Plus, learn about the challenges and benefits of working with XBRL data at these FREE webinars:

The VC Market and Opportunities for XBRL Applications, November 27, 2012 at 3pm ET – join Philip Moyer, Managing Director, Safeguard Scientifics, where he is responsible for sourcing opportunities in financial technology and Enterprise 3.0.  Philip was previously President and CEO of EDGAR Online.

Beyond SEC Reporting – More Opportunities for XBRL, December 11, 2012 at 3pm ET – join Kaitlin Lee, Web Developer, Sunlight Foundation, on significant opportunities in government reporting for structured data.

To register for one or both webinars, go to http://xbrl.us/challenge and use the links on the right side of the page.

WRDS is pleased to announce the winners of the award for Outstanding Empirical Paper, 2012 Southern Finance Association (SFA):

Window Dressing in Mutual Funds by Gerald Gay (Georgia State University), Vikas Agarwal (Georgia State University, University of Cologne) and Leng Ling (Georgia College and State University).

The Southern Finance Association 2012 Annual Meeting will take place from November 14-17 in Charleston, SC.

WRDS is pleased to be participating as a sponsor for the 2012 Southern Finance Association (SFA). 
The annual meeting will be held November 14-17, 2012 at the Charleston Place Hotel, Charleston, SC.

WRDS is pleased to sponsor the upcoming 2013 Mid-Atlantic Research Conference in Finance (MARC)

Friday, March 22, 2013
Villanova, PA

• Corporate Finance
• Investments
• Market Microstructure
• Derivatives
• International Finance
• Financial Institutions
• Corporate Governance
• Socially Responsible Investing

WRDS congratulates the winners of the 2012 FMA Doctoral Student Consortium

The Financial Management Association sponsors Consortia for advanced finance doctoral students who are currently working on dissertations in conjunction with its Annual, European, and Asian Conferences. In addition, students accepted for the Annual Meeting’s Consortium have the opportunity to also present their job market papers on the regular conference program.

The students below were selected to participate in the 2012 FMA Doctoral Student Consortium being held in conjunction with the 2012 FMA Annual Meeting.

• Alyssa G Anderson, Cornell University, Ambiguity in Securitization Markets
• Travis Box, University of Arizona, Comovement and the News
• Si Cheng, National University of Singapore, Institutional Ownership, Retail Trading and Stock Return Comovement
• Yiying Cheng, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Real Option Model of Real Estate Construction with Entitlement Risk
• Gabriela Alexandra Coiculescu, New York University, Banking Relationships and Supply-Chain Relationships
• Karen Ann Craig, University of Tennessee, Liquidity in the 144A Debt Market
• Stefanos Delikouras, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Great Expectations – Greater Disappointment: Disappointment Aversion Preferences in General Equilibrium Asset Pricing Models
• Igor Oliveira dos Santos, HEC Montréal, Essays on Privatization, Natural Advantage, and Resource Extraction
• Yang Duan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Geographical Proximity of Financial Advisors and Value Creation in Mergers and Acquistions
• Daniel Greene, Georgia State University, Firm valuation in going public reverse mergers and initial public offerings
• Vincent Gregoire, University of British Columbia, Three Essays on Passive Investing
• Kateryna Holland, University of Oklahoma, Three Essays in Corporate Finance – Examining the Influence of Government Ownership and Evaluating Crude Oil Arbitrage
• Xin Hong, University of Kentucky, Three Essays on Investments
• Dashan Huang, Washington University, What is the Maximum Return Predictability Permitted by Asset Pricing Models?
• Pawan Jain, University of Memphis, A Comprehensive Analysis of Limit Order Book
• Yeejin Jang, The Ohio State University, Does International Corporate Diversification Improve Access to Capital?
• Candace Jens, University of Rochester, Investment Around U.S. Gubernatorial Elections
• Junlan Jiang, Vanderbilt University, Forecasting Hedge Fund Failure
• Minjeong Kang, Arizona State University, Do Hedge Fund Managers Possess Timing and Selectivity Skill? Evidence from Stock Holdings
• Stephen A Karolyi, Yale University, Three Essays on Lender Control Rights
• Hugh Hoikwang Kim, University of Pennsylvania, Contagious Runs in Money Market Funds and the Impact of a Government Guarantee
• Joon Ho Kim, University of Washington, Debt Financing Frictions and Access to Public Debt
• Kihun Kim, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Two Essays on Labor and Finance
• Kirak Kim, Arizona State University, Inventory Accumulation, Cash Flow and Corporate Investment
• Amy Kwan, The University of New South Wales, Essays on Dark Market Fragmentation in U.S. Equity Markets
• Hong Lee, Louisiana State University, Cherry-picking in Securitization? Selective Mortgage Transfer by Sponsoring Originators
• Jeongmin Lee, University of Maryland, Inside Money and Fragility of the Repo Market
• Zhelei Li, The University of Hong Kong, Silence is Golden – Discretionary Analyst Reporting and Stock Returns
• Yi Ling Michelle-Joy Low, The University of Melbourne, The Option-Implied Density of the S&P500 Index: Financial Market Uncertainty and Crisis Prediction
• Wenling Lu, Washington State University, U.S. Bank Structure, Fragility, and Failure During the 2007—2009 Financial Crisis and Bailout
• Juan Luo, Nanyang Technological University, Are Institutional Investors with multiple largest blockholdings Effective Monitors?
• Liang Ma, University of Wisconsin-Madison, A Model of Momentum, Momentum Crashes, and Long-Run Reversals: Theory and Evidence
• Anahit (Anya) Mkrtchyan, Pennsylvania State University, The Effect of Director Acquisition Experience on Acquisition Activity
• Tim Mooney, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Investment Banks, their Affiliated Mutual Funds, and Investor Protection
• Saurin Patel, McGill University, Economic Optimism, Information Uncertainty and Future Investment Decisions: Evidence from the Mutual Fund Industry
• Daniel Schmidt, INSEAD, Investors’ Attention and Stock Covariation
• Michael Shafer, Syracuse University, The Option to Stock Volume Ratio and Acquisition Targets
• Chenyu Shan, University of Hong Kong, Does CDS Affect Debt Contracting? Evidence from Loan and Bond Covenants?
• Rohit Sonika, Lancaster University, Compensation Structure Shifts: Rationale and Likelihood of Introducing ‘New Components’
• Yuehua Tang, Georgia State University, Leverage and Liquidity: Evidence from the Closed-End Fund Industry
• Lee Yen Teik, Singapore Management University, Social Networks and Risk Taking: Evidence from Corporate Control Activities
• Jing Wang, Purdue University, Debt Covenant Renegotiations and Creditor Control Rights
• Song Wang, University of Central Florida, Short selling, margin trading and price efficiency
• Ethan D Watson, University of Mississippi, Cancelling Liquidity
• Matthew M Wynter, The Ohio State University, Why Go Home: Active changes in the equity home bias of investors
• Steven Chong Xiao, Georgia Institute of Technology, Essays on Liquidity, Corruption, and Corporate Finance
• Chen Yao, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Three Essays on Transparency
• Haibo Yao, Mississippi State University, Two essays on monetary policy and corporate finance
• Jiaquan Yao, Nanyang Technological University, Hiring merger-counterparty’s prior bank as M&A advisor: Causes and consequences
• Chengdong Yin, University of California, Irvine, Optimal Size of Hedge Funds: Conflict between Investors and Fund Managers
• Xiaojing Yuan, University of South Florida, Policy risk, corporate political strategies, and the cost of debt
• Xiaofei Zhao, University of Toronto, Information disclosure/acquisition and asset prices
• Yihua Zhao, University of Texas – Dallas, Real Investment, Dynamic Beta, and Expected Return
• Chao Zhuang, University of Southern California, Market timing and stock repurchases