Banking & Finance Holiday Bowling Party 2007
The Department of Banking and Finance got off to a great start this holiday season with a little bowling and some treats afterwards. [view photos from the party]

Steuer to be Keynote Speaker in Lisbon
Professor Ralph E. Steuer will be the keynote speaker at the 41st Meeting of the EURO Working Group on Financial Modelling, Lisbon, Portugal, November 8-10, 2007. Professor Steuer also recently gave the keynote address that jointly opened the 3rd International Conference on Hedge Funds and the 2nd International Workshop on Multi-Attribute Portfolio Selection, Montreal, Canada, May 6-8, 2007.

Three New Faculty
Dr. Tao Shu joins the Finance faculty this fall. He received his Ph.D. from McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin this summer. Also joining the faculty is Dr. Matt Blasko. Professor Blasko is a former student of the Terry College of Business and received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia. Dr. Rajesh Narayanan also joins the Finance Department faculty this fall. He received his Ph.D. from Florida State University. We feel very fortunate to have these new faculty join the Finance Department.

Professor Linck to spend summer in Oxford
Teaching twenty-six Terry and pre-Terry students in Oxford from July to August has Professor Jim Linck busy. Before starting the semester, Professor Linck and some colleagues took the students on an excursion to Brussels where they visited the European Union's Economic and Social Committee and the United Parcel Service (UPS). At UPS, they spoke with a panel of managers and directors (most were Terry alumni). The students gained insight on global business and how UPS grew throughout Europe. They also toured Brugge, Belgium, and the Bank of England in London.

Finance Faculty Continue to write Remarkable Papers
Professor Jeff Netter, Professor Jim Linck, and former Finance Ph.D. Student Professor Tina Yang (now at Clemson University) wrote a paper titled "The Effects and Unintended Consequences of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and its Era, on the Supply and Demand for Directors". The paper is a comprehensive study on the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) on the supply and demand of directors.