Luiss Finance Workshop 2026
The fourth edition of the workshop, organized by Luiss in collaboration with CEPR.
This year’s workshop will focus on topics in corporate finance and financial intermediation, offering an informal and highly interactive environment. The workshop will feature high-quality theoretical and empirical papers covering all areas of corporate finance and financial intermediation.
12:30 pm Opening Remarks
12:45 pm Private Markets
Chair:
Michela Altieri, Luiss
Speaker:
Javier Suarez, Center for Monetary and Financial Studies
Banks, Venture Capitalists, and Low-Innovation Traps
Discussant:
Lin Shen, INSEAD
Speaker:
Cynthia Balloch, London School of Economics
Democratizing Private Markets? The Private Equity Performance of Individual Investors
Discussant
Mirco Rubin, EDHEC Business School
2:15 pm Break
Non-Bank Financial Intermediaries
Chair
José-Luis Peydró, Luiss
Speaker
: Sascha Steffen, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Competition in U.S. Credit Markets
Discussant:
Cedric Huylebroek, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Speaker
: Aleksandar Andonov, University of Amsterdam
When Cash Flows Turn Negative: Liquidity-Driven Selling by Pension Funds
Discussant
Federico Puglisi, Bank of Italy
May 14, 2026
9:00 am Welcome
9:15 am Keynote
Bo Becker, Stockholm School of Economics, CEPR, and ECGI
10:00 am Break
10:15 a.m. Venture Capital
Chair
: Raoul Minetti, Michigan State University
Speaker
Paolo Fulghieri, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Multilateral Contracting in Stage Financing
Discussant:
Charles Parry, University of Cambridge
11:00 am Break
11:30 am Asset Pricing
Chair
: Matteo Leombroni, Boston College
Speaker:
Nina Boyarchenko, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
The Global Credit Cycle
Discussant:
Sofia Anyfantaki, European Central Bank
Speaker:
David Lando, Copenhagen Business School
Bank Equity Risk
Discussant
Ziang Li, Imperial College London