Luiss Finance Workshop 2026
Fourth edition of the workshop organised by the 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 across 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? 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
14 May 2026
9:00 am Welcome
9:15 am Keynote
Bo Becker Stockholm School of Economics, CEPR & ECGI
10:00 am Break
10:15 am 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