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Academic and Practitioner Symposium on Mutual Funds and ETFs

This year, via Zoom, the 2021 Academic and Practitioner Symposium on Mutual Funds and ETFs focuses attention on diversity and inclusion, financial fragility, fixed income and COVID-19. Hosted by the Darden School of Business and the Investment Company Institute, this year will be dedicated to exploring these areas in what promises to be a focused, high-quality program featuring leading scholars and practitioners at the intersection of these emerging topics. Please find program details below (all in Eastern time).

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Program

Session 1: Diversity and Inclusion

Mellody Hobson
Co-CEO and President
Ariel Investments

Moderator

Richard B. Evans, Associate Professor of Business Administration and Donald McLean Wilkinson Research Chair in Business Administration, Darden School of Business

12:40pm-1:30pm: Paper Presentation and Panel Discussion

Academic Presenter: Renee B. Adams, Professor of Finance, University of Oxford

Paper: Gender Discrimination as a Consequence of Team Failure

Session 2: Financial Fragility, Fixed Income and COVID-19

This session’s keynote presentation, paper presentation and panel discussion elements are continuing to develop. We will update with final details as they become available.