The Accounting & Financial Management research group at King's Business School organises regular research seminars with guest speakers.
Seminars and workshops are held at Bush House, unless stated otherwise.
Previous seminars in the Accounting & Financial Management event series are archived online.
Current Seminars
2023/2024 Academic Year
- 20 September 2023, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Paul Kofman (University of Melbourne) - Ethics of AI Financial Advice – Gateways, Principles, and Ratings (Joint AFM and B&F seminar).
- 18 October 2023, 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Luca Taschini (University of Edinburgh) - Temperatures and their Effects on Equity Returns and Firm Performance.
- 01 November 2023, 3:30pm-5:00pm
Jan Hanousek (FBE Mendelu) - The “Cinderella” Effect in Business Groups: Choosing which Subsidiary Firms to Support
- 15 November 2023, 3:45pm-5:15pm
Jie Cao (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) - Do Insurers Listen to Earnings Conference Calls? Evidence from the Corporate Bond Market
- 29 November 2023, 3:30pm-5:00pm
Francisco Urzúa (Bayes Business School, City University) - Undervaluation Induced LBOs
- 06 December 2023, 11:00am-12:30pm
Yongxian Tan (Curtin University) - The Value of Social Media Anonymity: Evidence from the Stock Market
- 13 December 2023, 2:30pm- 4:00pm
Panayiotis Andreou (Cyprus University of Technology) - Stock Price Crash Risk and the Managerial Rhetoric Mechanism: Evidence from R&D Disclosure in 10-K filings
- 03 April 2024, 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Shuhui Wang (Surrey Business School, University of Surrey) - CEO Marital Status and Firm Diversification
- 17 April 2024, 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Ben Sila (University of Edinburgh) and Louis Nguyen (University of Durham) – Succession
- 24 April 2024, 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Jason Sturgess (Queen Mary University of London) - Product Complexity, Investor Experience, and Returns
- 15 May 2024, 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Jiri Tresl (University of Mannheim) - Navigating Policy Uncertainty: Politically Experienced Directors and Corporate Investment
- 22 May 2024 – 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Kam-Ming Wan (Hanken School of Economics) - The Sensitivity of CEO Pay to ESG Performance
- 29 May 2024 – 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Meziane Lasfer (Bayes Business School, City University) - Does Geopolitical Risk explain IPO first-day returns?