Prof. Roni Michaely wins Best Paper on Corporate Finance – Western Finance Association 2025

Prof. Roni Michaely wins Best Paper on Corporate Finance – Western Finance Association 2025

Congratulations to Professors Roni Michaely, Silvina Rubio, and Irene Yi on receiving the Charles River Associates Award for their paper “Voting Rationales.”

The paper examines the disclosed rationales behind institutional investors’ voting decisions and whether these disclosures affect board behavior. This award-winning study brings fresh clarity to one of corporate governance’s most important questions.

Read the full paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4521854

Explore key insights on: https://hkujcesgri.hku.hk/voting-rationales/

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Professor Jingcun Cao Awarded the Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2025
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HSBC Life Insurance Innovation Competition 2025
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We are thrilled to announce that our student has achieved the Top 3 Winner position in the HSBC Life Insurance Innovation Competition 2025, themed “Unleashing the Future of Insurance.” The competition was open to students from all universities in Hong Kong and unfolded in two phases. In Phase 1, teams submitted a proposal outlining their innovative concepts, strategies, and expected outcomes. The top three teams in each category advanced to Phase 2, where they presented their refined ideas to the panel of judges and staff from HSBC Life in the HSBC Life Insurance Expo 2025.