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Shyam Venkatesan is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Ivey Business School, Western University. His research focuses on the role and functioning of financial intermediaries, particularly in the context of classical finance, which assumes a frictionless market. Venkatesan studies the distortions that arise from the presence of financial intermediaries and their effects on asset prices and market efficiency. His work specifically addresses issues related to delegated portfolio management, an industry that has grown exponentially over recent decades, with portfolio managers now owning a significant portion of the U.S. stock market. He analyzes the personal characteristics of portfolio managers and their implications for various outcome variables. Employing theoretical models and empirical analyses, Venkatesan's research makes important economic contributions regarding portfolio management, the potential agency problems that can influence capital allocation, risk-taking, compensation structures, and money flows.
Ivey Business School • London, ON
Teaches finance courses and conducts research on financial markets and intermediaries.
Streams include Archaeology and Bioarchaeology, and Sociocultural Anthropology.