Raghavendra Rau
Known For
World-Leading Cambridge University Researcher On Behavioral Finance & Financial Markets.
Winner of the Ig Nobel Prize for a Study On CEO Risk Appetite.
Positions Held
Professor of Finance at Cambridge University Judge Business School.
Founder and Academic Director of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF).
Former Principal at Barclays Global Investors, Then The Largest Asset Manager In The World.
Speaking Engagement Topics
Behavioral Finance. Corporate Finance. Asset Pricing. The Effects of Corporate Name Changes On Stock Prices. CEO Risk-Taking. Price Momentum In Financial Markets. Whether It’s Possible To Beat The Market. Majority Shareholders & Tunnelling. Sell-Side Analyst Coverage. Investor Under & Overreaction. Stock Performance Post Mergers. Mutual Funds. Artificial Intelligence In Finance. Blockchains. Digital Ledger Technologies. Fintech.
Expertise Sought By
Investment Banks. Hedge Funds. Financial Institutions. Private Sector Enterprises. Think Tanks. Schools of Business.
Finance Lectures
Articles (Selected)
What doesn’t kill you will only make you more risk-loving: Early life disasters and CEO behavior”. Journal of Finance. 2017.
Changing names with style: Mutual fund name changes and their effects on fund flows. Journal of Finance. 2005.
Managerial actions in response to a market downturn: Valuation effects of name changes in the dot.com decline. Journal of Corporate Finance. 2005.
Investor Reaction to Corporate Event Announcements: Under-reaction or Overreaction?. Journal of Business. 2004.
Is there life after the complete loss of analyst coverage?. The Accounting Review. 2013.
Investment Bank Market Share, Contingent Fee Payments, and the Performance of Acquiring Firms. Journal of Financial Economics. 2000.
Patterns in the timing of corporate event waves. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 2011.
Previous Speaking Engagements (Selected)
Dr. Rau Speaking At A Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA) Africa Event.
Prof. Rau Delivers An MBA Lecture At Cambridge University.
Dr. Rau Delivers A Talk At The Amsterdam Institute of Finance.
Conferences Talks (Selected)
Dr. Rau Speaks At The Development Bank of Japan’s 2011 RICF International Conference On The ‘Frontiers of Corporate Finance & Governance’.
Interviews
Raghavendra Rau On Insights From Behavioral Finance & Whether It’s Possible To Beat The Market. March 3, 2025.
Research Featured In Mass Media (Selected)
Business Insider - The Highest Paid CEOs Are The Worst For Investors - Reporting On The Journal Article Performance for Pay? The Relation Between CEO Incentive Compensation and Future Stock Price Performance.