Hailing a Decade at the Cutting Edge of Global Finance

[Sponsored article] Embracing the ever-changing financial industry, the 10th anniversary of the Master of Science in Global Finance (MSGF) program jointly offered by the HKUST Business School and the New York University Stern School of Business (NYU Stern), celebrates how the program has gone from strength-to-strength during the last decade.

To celebrate the program’s 10-year milestone, more than 100 current students, alumni, faculty and distinguished guests gathered at HKUST on 6 May to attend a conference featuring leading experts from both the industry and academia, followed by a gala dinner.

Examining the future of finance

Highlighting that behavioral finance is a relatively new area, Christopher Malloy, Professor of Financial Management, Harvard Business School, and Visiting Professor, HKUST Business School, started the conference by explaining how behavioral finance combines elements of psychology and economics to investigate investor behavior in financial markets, especially when judgment and decision are made under risk and uncertainty.

Technology continues to initiate innovation and disruption in the financial industry and during a panel discussion moderated by NYU Stern Professor David Yermack, experts share their different perspectives on ways that Financial Technology (FinTech) is shaping financial institutions and impacting markets. Panel members Mr Guy Mills, CEO of Manulife Hong Kong, and Ms Bénédicte Nolens, Senior Director, Head of Risk Management and Strategy, Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), explain how FinTech is disrupting traditional financial strategies, raising questions from audience members keen to gain more insights into this current exciting and evolving topic in finance.