Double-dealing the investors?

Professor Klaus Reiner Schenk-Hoppé (left) Ronan Ryan Chief Strategy Officer at IEX GROUP, Terje Lensberg and Thore Johnsen, both professor at Department of Finance NHH, at Jan Mossin Memorial Symposium «Do financial markets double-deal investors?».
Professor Klaus Reiner Schenk-Hoppé (left), Ronan Ryan Chief Strategy Officer at IEX GROUP, Terje Lensberg and Thore Johnsen, professors at Department of Finance NHH, at Jan Mossin Memorial Symposium «Do financial markets double-deal investors?».
By Sigrid Folkestad

12 June 2016 14:39

(updated: 12 June 2016 15:20)

Double-dealing the investors?

Last week NHH held Jan Mossin Memorial Symposium. The symposium, held every fifth year at NHH, is a tribute to former NHH Professor Jan Mossin.

The symposium committee, Professor Thore Johnsen and Professor Terje Lensberg, both Department of Finance at NHH and Professor Klaus Reiner Schenk-Hoppe, University of Manchester and NHH, brought together academics and practitioners for an exchange of ideas on investments, asset allocation and asset pricing.

Ronan Ryan, Chief Strategy Officer at IEX GROUP.
Ronan Ryan, Chief Strategy Officer at IEX GROUP. Photo: Helge Skodvin

The growing footprint of high-frequency traders have led many investors to question the fairness of current market structures.

Financial markets have indeed changed dramatically in recent years. The combination of new regulation with rapid advances in technology has triggered a fundamental transformation that poses huge challenges to practitioners and financial authorities.

Professor of Finance Maureen O´Hara at Cornell University, together with Bente A Landsnes, President & CEO at Oslo Børs, and Ronan Ryan, IEX.
Professor of Finance Maureen O´Hara at Cornell University, together with Bente A Landsnes, President & CEO at Oslo Børs, and Ronan Ryan, IEX. Photo: Helge Skodvin

The Jan Mossin Memorial Symposium held every fifth year is a tribute to former Professor Jan Mossin and his essential contributions to modern finance. The Memorial Symposium is financed by the Finance Market Fund (Finansmarkedfondet), The Norwegian Finance Initiative (NFI/NBIM) and the Jan Mossin Fund.

Audhild Asheim Aabø, Nordea Investment Management.
Audhild Asheim Aabø, Nordea Investment Management, was one of the guests at the symposium. As former master student at NHH (2015) she wrote a master thesis about algotrade and had Professor Terje Lensberg as supervisor. Photo: Helge Skodvin

During this year's symposium, experts from practics and academia shared insider views of how today's financial markets work, and spell out the implications for investors and regulators.

Guests at Jan Mossin Mem. Symposium.
Guests at Jan Mossin Mem. Symposium. Photo: Helge Skodvin