Leading Finance Scholar Appointed as Research Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Rotman FinHub

Toronto – A leading finance scholar has been appointed as a research fellow of the Rotman Financial Innovation Hub in Advanced Analytics (Rotman FinHub) at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.   
  
Campbell R. Harvey is a professor of finance at Duke University who also serves on the advisory board of Rotman FinHub. Most recently, his research has focused on blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and the nascent field of decentralized finance.  
  
Launched in 2017, Rotman FinHub develops new classes and learning opportunities for students in financial innovation including machine learning and blockchain in the school’s MBA, Master of Finance, and Master of Financial Risk Management programs as well as supporting scholarships for students interested in the field. Rotman FinHub also encourages research in financial innovation by faculty members and promote engagement with the financial industry through conferences and symposiums. Rotman FinHub leverages the expertise of Rotman faculty along with existing research centres and collaborates with other UofT faculties as well as external financial, economic and technology organizations.  
  
Campbell R. Harvey is Professor of Finance at Duke University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He served as President of the American Finance Association in 2016 and as Editor of the Journal of Finance from 2006-2012. He has also been a visiting scholar at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. He has published over 150 scholarly articles on topics spanning investment finance, emerging markets, corporate finance, behavioural finance, financial econometrics and computer science. He was named 2020 Quant of the Year and #1 LinkedIn Global Top Voice in 2020 for finance and the economy. Over the past seven years, Prof. Harvey has taught Innovation and Cryptoventures which focuses on decentralized finance and blockchain technology. His book DeFi and the Future of Finance was published in August 2021. He holds a B.A. from the University of Toronto and earned his MBA from York University and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.   
  
The Rotman School is globally recognized for its programs and research in finance. It offers a highly regarded Master of Finance program for working professionals in the finance industry, a Master of Financial Risk Management for recent university graduates, as well as majors in Financial Reporting and Analysis, Funds Management, Investment Banking, and Risk Management and Financial Engineering, in its Full Time and Morning and Evening MBA programs. The Rotman School also is the home of the BMO Financial Group Finance Research and Trading Lab, which is designed to promote experiential learning: integrating markets, data and research with practice making financial decisions.   

The Rotman School of Management is part of the University of Toronto, a global centre of research and teaching excellence at the heart of Canada’s commercial capital. Rotman is a catalyst for transformative learning, insights and public engagement, bringing together diverse views and initiatives around a defining purpose: to create value for business and society. For more information, visit www.rotman.utoronto.ca

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