-- From: si-researchcenter <si-researchcenter(a)wu.ac.at> -- INVITATION (apologies for duplicated mails!)  We are pleased to invite you to our next Investment Talk, organized by the Spängler IQAM Research Center. The Center is a joint initiative of TU Vienna (Vienna University of Technology) and WU Vienna University of Economics and Business supported by Spängler IQAM Invest and provides a platform for exchange in the field of asset management between academics, practitioners and the public. INVESTMENT TALK Date: Wednesday, June 14th, 2017 at 4 pm Speaker: Amit Goyal Topic: "Quantitative Corporate Bond Portfolio Management" AMIT GOYAL is a professor of finance at the University of Lausanne. Formerly on the faculty of Emory University (Atlanta, USA), he holds a Ph.D. in finance from the University of California at Los Angeles. He has research interests in empirical asset pricing, predictability of stock returns, portfolio optimization, and pension funds. His papers have been published in a variety of top academic journals including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Review of Financial Studies. He is currently an editor of the Review of Finance. REGISTRATION is required. We kindly ask to register before June 7th at si-researchcenter(a)wu.ac.at Location: WU Wien, Festsaal 2 1020 Vienna, Welthandelsplatz 1 Parking facilities: APCOA Campus Wien, Trabrennstraße 5 Public transport: U2 Messe-Prater or Kriau (5 minutes walking distance) WU building plan: https://www.wu.ac.at/universitaet/campus/infrastruktur/ Contact and further information: WU, Dept. Finance, Accounting and Statistics, Spängler IQAM Research Center, attn. Martina Schlichting, 1020 Vienna, Welthandelsplatz 1, Building D4, Level 4 Phone: +43 1 31336 6315 Mail: si-researchcenter(a)wu.ac.at, web: www.si-researchcenter.at