2026 Midwest Finance Annual Meeting

March 12-14, 2026

Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago, IL

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Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).

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Session Overview

Session

Information Acquisition and Mutual Fund Trading

Time:

Friday, 13/Mar/2026:

10:00am - 11:45am

Session Chair: Zoran Ivkovich, Michigan State University

Location: Pacific 1

Presentations

Familiarity in International Fund Allocation and Performance: Information or Bias

Kevin Zheyuan Cui, Yinan Qiu

Princeton University

Discussant: Ryan Israelsen (Michigan State University)

Cui-202-Familiarity in International Fund Allocation and Performance.pdf

The Complex Materiality of Proprietary ESG Information: Evidence from Actively Managed Funds

Martijn Cremers¹, Timothy Riley², Rafael Zambrana¹

¹University of Notre Dame; ²University of Arkansas

Discussant: Jan Schneemeier (Michigan State University)

Cremers-869-The Complex Materiality of Proprietary ESG Information.pdf

Complementarities in Information Acquisition: Evidence from Mandatory Portfolio Disclosures

Raja Reddy Bujunoori

Indian School of Business

Discussant: Stanislav Sokolinski (Michigan State University)

Bujunoori-467-Complementarities in Information Acquisition.pdf